CDC to Re-Investigate Vaccines and Autism, Despite Decades of Evidence Showing No Link

Over the weekend, Reuters reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study looking into whether vaccination can cause autism. It’s a study that will be a complete waste of time and money, given how much scientific work has already been devoted to the topic. The CDC is one of several agencies under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, now being run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Last December, then President-elect Donald Trump said that RFK Jr. would investigate the purported link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder, claiming that “someone has to find out” what is causing the reported increase in autism cases. But in fact, many studies have already examined this very question, and the vast majority have failed to find any such connection. Though the antivaccination movement has existed since the days of Edward Jenner and his first ever vaccine for smallpox in the early 1800s, the specific fascination with autism on ... Read full article.