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(1,430 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2024, 08:52 AM Dec 13

Trump Signals His Administration Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines And Autism

Donald Trump speaks during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press." (Peter Kramer/NBC)

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s “open to anything” when it comes to understanding the dramatic rise in autism prevalence, an approach that advocates worry could distract from making real gains for those with the developmental disability.

In an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over the weekend, Trump suggested that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, would have wide latitude to look into the causes of autism, including investigating the long-discredited connection between autism and vaccines.

“I’m open to anything. I think somebody has to find out,” Trump said in response to questions prompted by Kennedy’s skepticism of vaccines. “If you go back 25 years ago, you had very little autism. Now you have it.”

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Kennedy, however, has spent years blaming the increase in autism on childhood vaccinations. That idea originated from a 1998 study, which has since been retracted. The doctor behind the study had his medical license revoked and subsequent research has found no link between autism and vaccines.
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/12/11/trump-signals-his-administration-will-investigate-debunked-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/31205/

So who exactly benefits from Trump receiving a pardon from Biden? We're trying to restore what exactly? His trustworthiness?

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Trump Signals His Administration Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines And Autism (Original Post) Passages Dec 13 OP

The goal appears to be to create epidemics. To make children and adults sick, perhaps die. Irish_Dem Dec 13 #1

Perhaps only certain groups atreides1 Dec 13 #2

Yes people on the margins will be more likely to die. Irish_Dem Dec 13 #3

Because of these dangerous idiots the next pandemic(s) will be catastrophic and Dave Bowman Dec 13 #4

Irish_Dem

(59,687 posts)

1. The goal appears to be to create epidemics. To make children and adults sick, perhaps die.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 08:58 AM

Dec 13

Along with cuts to the safety net. And rising prices.

So Americans will be sicker and poorer.

atreides1

(16,434 posts)

2. Perhaps only certain groups

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:12 AM

Dec 13

People with physical and mental disabilities!

A program like the Aktion T4.

Irish_Dem

(59,687 posts)

3. Yes people on the margins will be more likely to die.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:17 AM

Dec 13

So it is Trump's way of killing Americans he considers to be useless eaters.

Poor and sick people will be more likely to die first.

Dave Bowman

(3,857 posts)

4. Because of these dangerous idiots the next pandemic(s) will be catastrophic and