RFK Jnr — Let’s do Vaccines and Autism again!

So what has the newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services been up to?

If only the answer to that was dull and boring, but alas as a renowned anti-vaccine and whacky conspiracy theorist, that is unfortunately not the case. “wild whacky stuff” is really not what anybody ever wants to hear from the guy who runs the Department of Health, but alas, we now live in “interesting times“.

So what is in the pipeline, what is coming?

Yes, my title gives the game away regarding just one of the many many crazy things.

First let’s do a quick bit of background on it.

Vaccines & Autism — The History

The anti-vaccine movement vigorously promotes the claim that vaccines cause autism on the basis of exactly zero credible evidence.

What is true is that there has been a increase in the number of autism diagnoses, but that’s not because the actual rates of autism have increased, it is down to an increase in the ability of medical professionals to conduct screenings and diagnose autism, typically around the time kids also get routine vaccines.

So where does it all come from?

The root behind this specific myth is a medical hoax perpetrated by fraudster…