Government Launching Database of Everyday People With Autism

Image by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching a registry tracking Americans with autism as part of a series of new studies by America's anti-vax health czar, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, to discover the "cause" of the condition. As CBS News reports, NIH director and COVID truther Jay Bhattacharya told councillors that the studies, and the so-called "disease" registry that will be integrated into them, will glean data from a wide range of sources including pharmacies, Veterans Affairs, private insurance companies, and — perhaps most invasively — data from smart watches and fitness trackers. As of now, it's unclear how this data is being pulled, if people will be able to opt out, or if anyone will be informed when their data is used for these studies. We've reached out to the NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ask about all of the above. Launched under the guise of streamlining healthcare information, this announcement co ... Read full article.