Love on RFK Jr.: Calling autism an 'epidemic' pushes a false narrative
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held an April 16 news conference pegged to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that found the prevalence of autism rising to 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds. Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images
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If you saw the recent HHS Press Briefing by RFK Jr., you’re likely as horrified as I am. RFK Jr. proclaimed that “it’s gotta be environmental toxins” causing the supposed autism epidemic. As always, he manipulated data to claim autism is “skyrocketing” and he is going to get to the bottom of it in 4 months.
You cannot put a timeline on credible scientific inquiry.
You can put a timeline on a false narrative which is exactly what RFK Jr and his allies have done for the last several decades. And that’s exactly what they will continue to do, unless our elected officials do something about it.
Ironically, I am currently in Vienna, having presented at this years’ ESCMID Global (the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases). More to come on the conference, but it is not lost on me that the US is doing everything they can to erase global health, infectious disease research, and health interventions.
Anyway, let’s get into it.
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