The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
RFK Jr has utterly destroyed the CDC and taken public health down with it.
Once again, vaccines do not cause autism.
Tylenol does not cause autism.
More importantly, autism isn’t a disease that needs to be “fixed”.
The way this regime speaks about autistic and disabled people is eerily reminiscent of the Nazi “useless eater” rhetoric.
They went after disabled people first because they knew no one would speak up for us.
Get your vaccines. Protect your health.
But also push back on the idea that there’s something “wrong” with us.
We aren’t useless. We aren’t expendable. We aren’t a problem to be “fixed”
#uspol #rfkjr #vaccines #autism #fascism #disability #ableism #cdc #publichealth
The current #CDC page falsely says that studies supporting a link between #vaccines & #autism “have been ignored by health authorities.”
It falsely states: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.
Career scientists at the agency responsible for information about #vaccine safety & #autism had no prior knowledge about the changes to the website and were not consulted, acc/to 5 agency ofcls…
Before the Wednesday update, the #CDC webpage stated that studies have shown that there is “no link” between #vaccines & developing autism, & that “no links”have been found between any vaccine ingredients & the disorder…
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
The current #CDC page falsely says that studies supporting a link between #vaccines & #autism “have been ignored by health authorities.”
It falsely states: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
Career scientists at the agency responsible for information about #vaccine safety & #autism had no prior knowledge about the changes to the website and were not consulted, acc/to 5 agency ofcls…
Before the Wednesday update, the #CDC webpage stated that studies have shown that there is “no link” between #vaccines & developing autism, & that “no links”have been found between any vaccine ingredients & the disorder…
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
Under #Trump & #RFKJr., The #CDC promotes false #vaccines - #autism link it once discredited
The CDC’s website now says #health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines & autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/20/cdc-vaccines-autism-website-change/
RFK Jr has utterly destroyed the CDC and taken public health down with it.
Once again, vaccines do not cause autism.
Tylenol does not cause autism.
More importantly, autism isn’t a disease that needs to be “fixed”.
The way this regime speaks about autistic and disabled people is eerily reminiscent of the Nazi “useless eater” rhetoric.
They went after disabled people first because they knew no one would speak up for us.
Get your vaccines. Protect your health.
But also push back on the idea that there’s something “wrong” with us.
We aren’t useless. We aren’t expendable. We aren’t a problem to be “fixed”
#uspol #rfkjr #vaccines #autism #fascism #disability #ableism #cdc #publichealth
While flaws and inconsistencies in crime data persist, multiple sources suggest that violent crime in the U.S. is genuinely declining, though skepticism remains warranted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/12/world/the-accuracy-of-crime-statistics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #crime #washington #donaldtrump #police #fbi #cdc
👀 Apparently bird flu is running rampant on farms... and cuts to the CDC mean we have no idea what's going on. https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2025/11/05/reports-of-bird-flu-in-farm-animals-raise-concerns-about-the-virus/ #birdflu #flu #healthcare #cdc
👀 Apparently bird flu is running rampant on farms... and cuts to the CDC mean we have no idea what's going on. https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2025/11/05/reports-of-bird-flu-in-farm-animals-raise-concerns-about-the-virus/ #birdflu #flu #healthcare #cdc
Ridiculous
#RFKJr Orders #CDC to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore #WindFarms
#HHS Secy RFKJr directed CDC staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, according to people familiar with the matter, as #Trump marshals his admin to thwart the #CleanEnergy source he loathes.
#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms
The push reflects how #RFKJr has swiftly reordered the #CDC’s priorities, & underscores the #Trump admin’s antipathy towards the #RenewableEnergy source. Trump has ordered a broad govt review of offshore #WindFarms & enlisted agencies including #EPA & the depts of #Energy, #Defense & #Commerce to be part of a “inter-departmental coalition team,” RFKJr said in August.
#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
In late summer, #HHS instructed #CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health to prepare research about #WindFarms’ impact on fishing businesses…. #RFKJr has personally met with #NIOSH director John Howard about the issue & listed particular experts for Howard’s team to contact. The office of the #US #SurgeonGeneral has also been involved…, which HHS leadership…had aimed to have completed within a couple months.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChange
https://archive.ph/2025.10.28-194544/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms
Among the offshore #wind health impacts that #HHS staff have investigated is the electric magnetic frequency generated from undersea cables used to connect power from the machines to the electric grid, one of the people said [Never mind that people are constantly exposed to electrical cables not under the sea]. #Wind proponents say they aren’t harmful. #HHS spox didn’t respond to inquiries.
#Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
The push reflects how #RFKJr has swiftly reordered the #CDC’s priorities, & underscores the #Trump admin’s antipathy towards the #RenewableEnergy source. Trump has ordered a broad govt review of offshore #WindFarms & enlisted agencies including #EPA & the depts of #Energy, #Defense & #Commerce to be part of a “inter-departmental coalition team,” RFKJr said in August.
#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
In late summer, #HHS instructed #CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health to prepare research about #WindFarms’ impact on fishing businesses…. #RFKJr has personally met with #NIOSH director John Howard about the issue & listed particular experts for Howard’s team to contact. The office of the #US #SurgeonGeneral has also been involved…, which HHS leadership…had aimed to have completed within a couple months.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChange
https://archive.ph/2025.10.28-194544/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms
Ridiculous
#RFKJr Orders #CDC to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore #WindFarms
#HHS Secy RFKJr directed CDC staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, according to people familiar with the matter, as #Trump marshals his admin to thwart the #CleanEnergy source he loathes.
#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms
You know we're in uncharted territory when a former acting director of the #CDC, a scientist who spent years at the agency, says Americans can no longer look to the current CDC, under the current HHS leadership, for accurate vaccine guidance. https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/18/richard-besser-interview-first-opinion-podcast-transcript/