NEW: For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism. Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research. propub.li/41JYl7o
NEW: For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism. Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research. propub.li/41JYl7o
Has anyone ever thought to ignore him?
Wow health care for profit , I mean what could go wrong..
And screw Chris Pratt for claiming RFK, Jr. is a great guy. Can't anyone in Hollywood find their balls and fight what's happening in D.C?
RFK Jr. is clearly unfit for his role.
Vaccines cause autism.
Friends not responding to your messages anymore sport? Want to cry on my shoulder about it?
He's probably owns stock in Monsanto. They spray our food with all kinds of chemicals and farmers are forced to join the GMO club.
He'll save us billions if he stops funding research. All of it. Serfs don't need healthcare. Serfs need Jesus
Good morning, How are you doing today and how's the weather condition over there?
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The more I read about what he and the rest of Trump’s administration is doing to destroy the credibility and excellence in science and research that the U.S. has been known for makes me think of the movie, Dumb and Dumber. As the saying goes, “ignorance is bliss”.
He is a huge danger a perfect collision of science and madness
He IS A TAINT
Duh
Andrew Wakefield is guilty of crimes against humanity and should be tried at The Hague. Autism is hereditary, it’s so much less complicated than anything they’re suggesting. Autism is caused by autistic folks boinking and making new autistic folks, even if they don’t have a diagnosis.
Anyone privately, corporate, or in government who takes anything RFK Jr says seriously is a fool. It is a sad game to read the news in the am and wonder whose absurdity will make me shake my head ... him, or Trump. This morning Trump made me laugh out loud, otherwise I'd throw something in rage.
Not my specialty, but I've read the articles of numerous studies exploring the allegation that vaccinations and especially the thimerosal (mercury) in some of them caused autism. They all completely disproved the alleged association. This association was ALREADY DISPROVEN. QED
RFK Jr. is a criminally insane psychopath. He is Trump's Josef Mengele. His goal is to KILL MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
At first, I thought, "That's not quite right - Mengele was actually a doctor." However, as this administration is both evil and grossly incompetent, I think you're spot on.
I often wonder how Bobby is doing on his cure for autism. 😒🙄🫠
RFK Jr. is setting the research into the causes of autism back by decades. He's spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories, as he always does. He should be impeached.
RFK Jr told congress in May, “My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant. I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” The one true thing he’s said. Americans need to be reminded of it on a daily basis.
😂😂😂
As a physician I am appalled and irate of what he is doing to the CDC. All Americans will suffer during his tenure. He should be impeached!
I just finished the book "Hidden Valley Road." I didn't know how little research money was devoted to prenatal genetics. We need to fund research into diseases like autism before they take hold.
He’s a NUT. #RFK #goAway
A huge Danish study completely and comprehensively blew the whole ‘vaccines cause autism’ nonsense clean out of the water.
Yeah, but him & the MAGA cult following don't read. 🤷♀️
And even when they ARE aware of those studies, they misquote them to claim that they say the exact opposite of what they actually say. RFK Jr. has done exactly that, multiple times—citing studies to support his claims that do nothing of the sort.
👍yep!
They don’t need your stinking’ studies. They have their own shitty “scientists and doctors” to justify their lies. And once you convince yourself, the rest of the stupids in the world are easy to convince.
Brain Worm tried to pressure the journal that published the article to retract it. Then, when they refused, he did a press conference to defame the science publicly. The ignorani trolls of the MAHA movement remain unswayed.
I love the reserved language that legitimate scientists use. "Evidence is beginning to support a hypothesis that the whacko, brain-worm lunatic spouting absolutely delusional, blithering conspiracy-theory gibberish MIGHT not be entirely open-minded and guided by factual data."
a complete and utter joke that will cost millions of lives in the end. Polio said to measeles "hold my beer", Plague said polio to "hold my beer" and americans died...
We’re funding a rich man’s wack job hobby.
Don't listen to this fucking loser.
He’s butt Hutt because one of his children is affected. Now the first symptoms of autism happen around 2 years of age which coincides with a benchmark vacation time around the world, so people have blamed vaccines. But the truth is genetics. 3 different studies found the genetics markers
Independently & their findings agreed with genes involved and where on the dna the genetic marker found. So sadly RFKjr the problem is you and/or your wife. From what I’ve read about your life I’d say you too are on the spectrum.
His own family warned us. RFK Jr's arrogance is going to kill a lot of Americans. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
You don't need to fear, you know!!! The man is a moron.
I get that you are trying to take him seriously, but nobody in this administration tells the truth or has any interest in reality
I believe that the Danes discovered that vaccines do not cause autism in children.
Autism occurred in times of the Roman Empire..there were no vaccines, no flourish in water. But there was disease that killed that can now prevent those killing diseases. But when you have a brain fried on drugs with a worm in it..hallucination delusions, and Epstein playdates?
All those years on heroin have destroyed his critical thinking skills! Combined with his actual ignorance of science and medicine it renders him totally incompetent to make any judgements on vaccines, antidepressants, etc.
JFK Jr. is already a sick dude! (Dr. No, no, no)
I find hard to believe that only 'now'. Scientists working in the field of vaccines have fears about his position!!
Distraction
Not sure it’s just a fear… he’s busy making sweeping cuts and changes to suit his ridiculous paranoia
plainly obvious
He’s gonna inject that $$$$ into his veins and up his nose!
Fuck Béchamp. (Look him up. He’s RatFKrJr’s patron saint of stoopid.)
Well, the important thing is the wealthy being able to another mansion so maga can appreciate austerity.
Of course it will. That is what he wants. It makes me laugh when he says he'll find out the cause of autism by September, like scientists haven't been researching it for 40 years.
When it was about their taxes they had no worries and raised no objections to his nomination and appointment.
Results of his extensive scientific fact finding mission in by September I believe.
FULL.OF.FUCKING.SHIT.
Good thing we’ve got that plague outbreak in NorCal.
I wish we could work on accommodations for autistic people first and stop obsessing over the cause. I’m not against that research but it seems like it’s all anyone cares about when there are so many autistic people who COULD live happy independent lives with a little accommodation.
And hes never proved nothing !
Trump only watches Fox News. Just imagine what a swamp of disinformation is sloshing around in his skull.
Yes, it’s called FOX propaganda but tRUMP makes things up without any help from FOX.
Good point. I stand corrected.
You’re correct about the swamp in his head. Like any narcissist he makes things up on the go and only hears what he wants to hear.
That’s not surprising.
hasn't it already proven in sweden that autism is from generational dna damage and not something the immediate child was given?
This! As someone whose career is being a researcher, after a shocking number of years of education, I truly despise that the anti-intellectual crowd has destroyed the meaning of this word.
Well no surprise there. He is a totally unqualified person for any job and a real and present threat to the American people.
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Give USAID the Nobel Prize……
Make that all of trump policies and you have a country in sharp facist decline
Me. I wasn't vaccinated until I was 12. Vaccines don't TIME TRAVEL. ~ By age 12, my brother already had mumps STERILITY. Sounds like an awesome MAGA ideology.
This unqualified nutcase needs to be replaced with someone with an appropriate background and education for the job.
He should be tossed from that position. Hire someone who is qualified. It’s our public health, for God’s sake.
Wouldn't it be interesting if a Russian became President. I wonder what he would do to destroy America. How many ways could he gut America. Let's find out shall we.
Good morning, How are you doing today and how's the weather condition over there?
The HHS secretary should not be micromanaging medical research. Note how I put this: the HHS secretary, not specific to this case. Doesn't matter if it's crackpot RFK Jr. or someone qualified for the job. This is a matter that should be left to experts with minimal, well-defined oversight.
shocking a MAGA with idiotic preconceived notions😠
Pushups, raw milk and a paleo diet will cure all.
Most of the research is done by scientists working for universities. And most industries have paid fines when they’ve done something wrong. I wish more were fined for their wrongdoing. That we uncover these things in the pharmaceutical industry is a sign they are being closely watched.
Europe will lead the charge - as will any country worth their salt. Take our scientists and give them good careers. We will miss them.
Preconceived? This is the result his wonderful education while on heroin!
He has a dead worm in his brain. Extremely dangerous
You mean he has not delivered what he promised? Shocked!
Maybe he should find help with his stupid.
Ask RFK how much he receives in funding from TWC. It's an mlm company who are all maggits. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Do you get it yet? All the propaganda is bullshit so they can sell more unregulated "miracle" herbal solutions that they make billions from in not just product but books, speaking engagements , TV appearances, social media views etc.. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
They push Ivermectin. It's noted that there are no regulations for herbal supplements. The price of a covid vax is 0- 200. The price of taking Ivermectin daily for the rest of your life ?
I miss the America that prosecuted baby killers. RFK should have been prosecuted years ago. Free Speech does not include killing others for fame or fortune.
Capitalism spreads autism Our kids are full of poisons Their parents help spread around the world Billionaires build bunkers
It's from my german side. Pretty sure those farmers in the 1600,1700s didn't travel to get their apples too far from the tree.... if you know what i mean.
My best stories As a substitute teacher Were with severely disabled autistic kids Once Only we had a break thru Because I didn't know how disabled the kid was There were more such disabled kids every year when I taught The future may be 100%
I have several generations of autism in my family.
people knew what autistic was for generations
I can look at my grandfather, father, 2 uncles, several elderly cousins, who were all the same way as my brother, 2 kids, and 2 grand children which have been diagnosed.
Why the fuck is it so hard to accept that Autism is genetic? It's cuz they're eugenicists who think people are literally subhuman, and cannot stomach the idea that they might have those "regressive" genes in themselves. Of fucking course it is.
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The cause of Autism is a complex interplay of many variables. So tired of these reductionist theories about everything - science, finance, foreign relations. Stupid people are running - and ruining - the U.S.A.
Maybe. RFK JR is the cause of autism! When was he born. I bet we could find a significant uptick in autism diagnosis since his birth - cause that is how science works now .. apparently
This is what you get with a heroin junkie running HHS!!!
He's a POS. I'm proudly #Autistic not a vaccine injury!
RFK: Don’t listen to medical professionals! Believe me, a man with no medical training, whose family hates him, and who used heroin daily for 14 years!
You know even wilder, he has publicly said people shouldn't take medical advice from him, while in this job
I don’t believe this is a new fear.
The rest of the world has been watching him make a fool of himself
I’m excited! In 12 days we’re finally going to know the cause of autism www.bbc.com/news/article...
One of the tricks the CIA uses when a person criticises them, is to create a bunch of other criticisms that are totally garbage and circulate these, then the valid criticism is ignored and dismissed as one of those. I noticed that two of my close friends came down with Covid 1 week after 1/2
their first booster shot. Each of them almost died & said that for a time they wished they could die. One week is the incubation time for Covid 19. Another friend was always badgering me to get vaccinated. She had all the vaccines she could get, and still came down with long Covid afterwards.
Are you talking about the median incubation period? Bc that’s more like 5.1 days. To say incubation time is 1 week is misleading bc even different variants can have different incubation times.
I heard 7 days. I've never heard 5.1 days.
"they fear"? What kind of bs is this? The man's a menace. Fuck off with this "they fear" BS. We've been using passive and weak terminology for a decade now to discuss this MAGA crap. Stop! Scientists KNOW this man is dangerous, fucking say it.
I’m not a Doctor but I absolutely agree with them. He never should have been appointed for such a critical position. Typical Trump game playing which I believe will come back to hurt him!
I get there are aspects of the autism spectrum that are incredibly difficult and we should research to understand and support… but why do we act like autism is such a terrible thing to befall a child? I know many on the spectrum, including my dad, and their spectrumness is a super power.
He should go back home & shut up. He’s a Kennedy for crying out loud; he doesn’t need a job. People will die from him playing doctor.😡
He is a clear and present danger to the human race.
He must go!
This second Trump presidency will taint everything.
Well of course he is. He's the work camp guy "for your own good". Disposable disabled and ill folks will be picking produce in hot sun as part of your "therapy".
And they'll die of "natural causes", i.e. heart attacks, dehydration, sun stroke.... We're all going to die.
Not me. It appears that I'm so stubborn and spiteful that I'll live forever. 🙂
@propublica.org When will you call his beliefs by their name? He's a eugenicist. His political stances and continued suppirt for movements that are solely about wiping out the disabled population makes that clear.
I think you’re giving him too much credit. He’s just an uneducated idiot.
Downplaying eugenics is really gross.
The researchers are eugenicists too. They’re trying to cure us. We are not problems to be cured. These researchers are not our friends. Almost everyone involved in this is opposed to autism existing at all. They’re our enemies. Let them fight. Maybe they’ll take each other off the board.
It depends on the scientist. The general attitude is that all disability is something to be cured, yes, but there is a changing attitude that recognizes that it's a personal choice. That means that some people will still want a "cure" while others want acceptance, accommodations, & treatment.
I disagree with the word "choice." Nobody chose to be on the spectrum any more than they "chose" to be left handed. I also bristle at "neurotypical" because that just feeds into the "normal/abnormal" false dichotomy. For those unable to function, yes, support&accommodation, but value the diversity.
However, if I had cancer, I would choose the cure. For others, they would happily cure their RA and Fibromyalgia. Some people would choose to no longer be Autistic if they could. I would rather see pride in who we are, but I can't judge people for what they personally want.
Where I WILL judge people is when they believe that an entire group of people should be eliminated because they see us as lesser beings.
Choice is about how we respond to who we are. We don't choose who we are, but we choose what we do with that. I also didn't choose Fibromyalgia, RA, or asthma, which are also all different ways that the body functions. I would choose better accommodation, treatment, & understanding over a "cure."
I like neurotypical because “typical” is usable as a term of total derision.
Alternately, there's always "muggles."
Since there are far more trans people in the autism community than any other, no, there isn’t. Maybe a wall will fall on Jo Rowling but she’ll suffer for a few days before dehydration takes her.
Yeah, I know. She has just poisoned everything she ever touched.
Fuck divergent - Fuck Typical. I'm spicy, they're Bland There's levels to spicy, and some spicy is Too Much for people not used to spicy. And sometimes we need something to cool down the spicy for ourselves too.
Autistic brains are measurably distinct from allistic brains. But all the literature is about finding pharma ways to reduce the number of synapses in autistic children to literally turn them into allistic children. These folks literally made autists less intelligent (on their measure, anyway):
Just cause I'm the chef of this spicy Brain soup, doesn't mean I can't get bit by Reaper sometimes too.
They have to expand research to accommodate us all.
End research into trying to end autism. It’s a simple concept. Even a neurotypical could figure it out and they’re disabled in the whole cognition thing.
So, you're a eugenicist, prejudiced asshole. Good to know.
Additionally, end RFK, Jr. and everyone who agrees with him, just on general principle. I hope he dies painfully of old age and extreme gout.
THAT I agree with.
Yeah so I’m autistic and a reference librarian and so I checked out the scientists in this group. They’re pathologizing us and are no friends to our community.
And anyone willing to be in a group with some of these people deserves what they get. Let them fight.
Sadly, the people in power now are also taking away the latter: acceptance and accommodations (no more DEI) and support (Medicaid supports). I had 50 clients on my disability caseload and probably 30 were on the spectrum, using Medicaid caregivers, job assistance, OT, behavioral therapy, etc.
Yep.
Behavioral therapy? Like ABA, which is abuse? No, we don’t all want to be neurotypical. I would no more want to be a chimpanzee.
No, they typically don't fund ABA (at least where I live and it's not permitted as a school support). More like behavior plans for parents/caregivers...how to support when X happens, tips for food aversions, planning for sensory needs, etc.
Yeah. ABA has too many practitioners who view it as their job to "fix" a "broken" person, which is how it winds up becoming abusive. And because the code of ethics includes responsibility to parents (as a secondary client) and society, they justify that behavior. ⬇️
I got a degree in it and tried arguing for changes to focus specifically on skill development to improve quality of life and independence as well as helping family learn skills to support their loved one. ⬇️
I also argued that it's the responsibility of practitioners to advocate for their clients in society and advocate for a more accessible, accepting, and accommodating society. I am NOT a practitioner for a reason. But I had a fascination with social/cultural behavior and education as well.
Reminds me of X-Men: The Last Stand 😭
That's such a great way to explain it, actually! Thank you!!
Thanks and you're welcome 🙂
There is no cure. It’s not a disease to be cured. It is not a disability. It is the brain existing in all its beautiful neural diversity. Peer-reviewed research has already proven this again and again.
Seriously dude? Is this satirical? Retired career scientist here, who worked in scientific sales 23 yrs after 17 in academic lab. I don’t know a single one of these people you describe.sorry for trying to “cure” stuff…
Many in the Autistic community have responded to their trauma and pain with hate and aggression. It's unfortunately a very normal response, but we don't call out the bias and prejudice that can develop nearly enough. And when someone does, they get attacked.
As to the "curing" thing . . . Scientists have responded to the desires and needs of society above the desires and needs of communities that they claim to want to help for centuries. I tried putting my community first during my MS. A prof laughed in my face about disability.
Seriously? If you’re wading into a civil rights discussion about autistic people and viewing us as valid people then maybe do some reading first, champ.
Imagine thinking this was about science and not human rights. Come on. You’re a caricature of a scientist.
You don’t think this is an attack on science? Uh, okay…
I just don’t care. Let them fight. I will not support someone using science to try to destroy my neurotype. Dr. Mengele was also a scientist. Maybe you can understand via that comparison that this is a conversation about human rights being smuggled in as a conversation about science.
Research doesn't necessarily mean coming up with a cure. If the research shows that we inherit something from our grandma, then we've learned something, but we can't go back and cure grandma. If we learn that exercise doesn't help heart health, we may change our obsession with exercise.
I agree. I just also believe that I don't get to make choices for others. If there is a single Autistic who would choose to no longer be Autistic in a society that currently punishes us for being so, they should not be shamed for that choice.
I also don't believe that science should be penalized for providing that choice in our current society. We SHOULD be addressing a society that punishes people for existing.
How do you change your brain to be wired like what is in effect the Neanderthal to our human? We are no more like neurotypical Homo sapiens than a Neanderthal is. That is, extremely similar. But noticeably distinct. And the neurotypicals are the earlier kind of human: the early-model Homo sapiens.
So no, we should not let them erase us like they erased the Neanderthal. Whether we let them stay is a question for future autists.
I sense that you-all are equating research with "finding a cure" or bringing about a possible change to people. That may or may not be the end result of research. I believe that research is the study of something, a condition, a tree species, various dogs, etc. The end goal of research is to
It's a lot of things. Research could be conducted on the best educational environments for the Autistic community, most beneficial skill building techniques, support networks, coping mechanisms, or simply to better understand how our brains function.
My issue/point is that if we want autonomy, we can't then also argue that we get to decide what is right or best for ALL neurodivergent people. We can't argue against RFK Jr. making decisions for us, then turn around and make decisions for others that aren't ours to make.
If that's a problem for people, they don't actually care about autonomy for the Autistic community.
Understand something. In re to the topic at hand, it is possible that autism has some aspects that provide advantages in many cases. If you would study me, one thing you would ask is why am I always taller than others? How did that come about? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
If you aren’t thinking human rights are valid you might be like the early 20th century medical researchers who experimented on Black people. Or Dr. Mengele’s scientific experiments. Science without ethics is capable of great, spectacular evils. You cannot separate the two. Not possible. Grow up.
There's a difference between experimenting "on" people and doing data research.
For these people it does. It means “curing” it via eugenics. The same exact reason there are *many* fewer people with Down’s syndrome now, because of genetic testing. It’s eugenics. These people want to erase us. Only trust scientists who think autism is a valid and measurable difference.
Eugenics doesn’t want to “cure us”. They want to eliminate us so they can re-build their master race. They believe in the survival of strongest or the richest.
"Curing" Autistics IS eliminating Autistics. The elimination of a group or culture can be through removal or cultural erasure. It can also be via forced suppression of identity. It doesn't have to be through mass slaughter.
Huh?
Eugenics isn't necessarily about going out and killing people. It's about racial, cultural, socio-economic, and abled "purity." In the early 1900s, those who were identified as "feeble minded" were removed from the gene pool. There are still forced sterilization laws in the US. 1/3
The concept of "curing" the Autistic community is a way of eliminating our culture and identity without eliminating "breeding stock," so to speak. And, yes, this is how eugenicists think. We would never be equal, but we would have greater value as far as they are concerned. 2/3
The argument might make more sense if you try to imagine what a hierarchy of human value would look like to them and what it would mean to be able to move someone up a couple of steps on that hierarchy. It's still total horseshit, of course, but, hey, they're assholes. 3/3
seriously, why doesn't the entire medical establishment just turn their backs on Ricky Bobby Kennedy and publicly declare him a kook that can not be trusted and for no one to take him seriously or pay attention to anything he says. isolate, shun, ignore, make him insignificant on our own, fuck this
Someone needs to start a shadow HHS and give scientifically literate advice on the daily. Bill Gates and George Soros could fund it and give grant funding to closed programs. Where are they?
The uneducated are very prone to believe someone in power, and sadly, scientists have been maligned by some in power for decades 🔥🤬
He said he'd have Autism "solved" by September. I'm sure it will all be fine
Nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks he knows everything….
No shit, really?
Can you imagine how many millions upon millions of Americans (and many millions more around the world) would be dead now if RFK, Jr. was Sec. of HHS when the mRNA Covid vaccine was first rolled out in December of 2020?
Yeh probs the same to be honest. The vaccine didn't stop you getting COVID nor did it stop the spread. It was a means of control 💪
You cra-cra. The purpose of the vaccine wasn’t to prevent infection, though it could do that. The main purpose was to turn a potential killer disease into a manageable flu. The control you speak of is non-existent.
So why was it mandated? If the results were so amazing why did it have to be forced on people? Why not just the vulnerable? Why did we destroy an entire generation of opportunity and the economy for a "manageable flu".
It’s not en entire generation. Biden brought most everyw back and we were, until recently, the economic envy of the planet. The vaccine was amazing, but it had to be forced on people because many people are too fucking stupid to understand how mRNA vaccines work.
At least the majority of the dead would have been Republicans and MAGA. By the time Trump ran in 2024, he would have gotten 4 votes.
C’est terrible de voir des personnes comme RFK jr avec de tels responsabilités qui peut avoir des conséquences dramatiques sur des millions de personnes dans le monde comme vous le dites. Je ne l’embaucherais même pas pour gérer un pot de peinture. Comment peut-on mettre ce genre de types avec de
tels responsabilités entre les mains ? C’est vraiment incompréhensible !
It makes sense if you want to hurt people, or at least inflict sadistic pain.
You’re so spot on about RFK Jr. He’s contributing to making Americans sick again or quite possibly die from treatable viruses and diseases. Thank you 🙏
And all of them were boomers, so maybe we would have been better off js
So people need to punch out at 70 to make way for people like you? No thanks.
Lol my infant daughter is immune to ticks. Fun fact, if any tick bites her, it dies. So, I wouldn't be so quick to discount the usefulness and evolutionary advantageousness of me just yet 😝
What an ignorant thing to say. The people who are doing the heavy lifting at our local D committee are boomers. WTF ARE YOU DOING?
We are better off without spending time responding to her toxicity.
I am pretty sure that you guys are projecting that onto me lol all I did was make a bad joke about COVID being a boomer remover, based on statistics of who boomers support, and a phrase I did not make up as the punchline lol sorry you didn't get it
And you didn't know any better than to make jokes about the deaths of others?
I mean, it's a half joke. It's funny because it's true, kind of thing. I phrased it badly, it's my own fault. "All" was a poor choice of words, I had only just woken up. It could have been way funnier haha
Lol so many things that I can tell how stupid you are from how you just spat that baseless assumption at me. Bye
I lost a friend to covid, they weren't a boomer, they were the kindest and sweetest person I've ever known.
I had an underlying thyroid auto immune go from ok, to out of control and almost killing me, because I am immune system divergent and they didn't know it yet, no diagnosis yet, 34 years undiagnosed. And COVID shots were mandated by my employer, and hurt me immensely.
And then I almost died 5 times which would leave my 3 kids with no source of income, so, we have different motivations here. Very different kinds of lived experiences, and people can do evil things while trying to do good ones. Mandating vaccines is wrong. I couldn't get a doctor's note no diagnosis
No, mandating vaccines is a public good. Your singular medical situation does not justify losing millions of lives to preventable disease simply because YOU were hurt by a vaccine. It is highly unfortunate and painful for you, but a society cannot exist if one person can prevent inoculation to all.
My life is justified, and more important to me than a million others. Sorry, that's how animals are. You are hurting people. You should have to be the one to tell my 3 kids why they have no mom and are homeless when I am dead. I almost went to the ER again this weekend, can't tolerate the treatment
So all of society needs to be put at mortal risk because of you and your kids? Society cannot function if one person can prevent the inoculation of tens of millions of people. You and your kids need to live in isolation so that you don’t hurt millions and also so that vaccines don’t hurt you.
Lol that's a false dichotomy. You could invest in education, you could acknowledge the people like me and convince the others they're not like me, you could do any number of other things to encourage vaccine use without mandates. You are just cruel and faux empathic, and you don't give a fuck about
I was mandated to get the vaccine even though I work from home on 40 acres in bumfuck, you absolute twat. I have to work or my kids are homeless. If they mandate it I have to do that, and it almost killed me 6 times now. You are so full of shit it hurts.
disabled, divergent people. Ableism on display.
And do you know something? There have been hundreds of thousands more cases of thyroiditis since the COVID shot. So this is happening to a whole lot of people who you think don't matter. So go off, tell me how evil I am. I told you this hurt me, you decided that didn't matter.
I'm sorry for your loss. May you find them swiftly in their next life, blessed be.
Jesus…are you ok…pretty broad brush ya got there. Come down off your high horse…the air must be pretty thin.
Lol I am doing well, thanks for asking
Not all. I would be dead. As a person who got COVID 2/12/20, I developed Long COVID and could barely function, able to be productive 2 hours a day and being awake about 5 hours a day -- until I received the first vaccine in July 2020. It was a near-insant initial improvement, although only 1st step.
Glad you're doing ok
OK is relative. I am still housebound. I use a rolling walker. I was injured in a fall 2012 and car accident 2014 pre-COVID, but COVID is what rendered me housebound and unable to walk more than a few feet. But I am alive. I am a lawyer and do most of my work remotely. I just returned to FT work.
That's good! Baby steps
Sure it's been pointed out that "all" was a poor word choice. I have a tendency to exaggerate haha
Ya think????
The fact the fool is in charge of DHHS in this country not only will harm the fields of vaccines and autism and taint the research funding for both, it will mean this country's access to modern effective medicine and medical procedures will drop precipitously. Americans will die because of him.
The most likely cause of increased autism seems to be people who used to be labeled retarded are now recognized as autistic. Some small pollution/toxin/vaccine factor may apply, but this has been researched a billion times and nothing useful is available still.
I can't find the article right now, but I read the other day that research has actually found meaningful environmental contributors such as low folate in early pregnancy and fever during pregnancy
Fight against misinformation by teaching people how to think critically! It's worth the effort. Start with babies!
He said that by September he'd know the cause. Which September ??
Details, details
September 32nd
Can't have research going on that might refute RFK Jr.'s "theories."
I would love to see this idiots' poll numbers!!!
RFK Jr has brain damage and is incapable of running something as important as the United States health system. Trump put him in place to intentionally damage the capabilities of the American government research and healthcare system.
Good morning, How are you doing today and how's the weather condition over there?
We’re past fearing he will. He is. He has and will continue to kill peoples with his BS ideology and he must be stopped.
He is a man with a damaged brain, an inborn sense of privilege because of the history of his family and is filled to the brim with quackery and bogus theories that he can ne’er prove for he has that damaged brain.
Today, all of these scientists were fired. Replaced by the entire company of FoxNews latest, " We are Wrong, We know, but Advertising doesn't care" Starring Dennis Quaid, Rosanne and the always hilarious Kid Rock. Dennis is working on a nasal spray to cure blindness from reality. #knockmedown
Another very damaging action from RFK Jr.
Brain worm is a space parasite bent on infecting humanity.
A bit late to be raising concerns. People are going to suffer or die because of his decisions.
Why would you believe anything this idiot says?
No s***.
Stop the bull shit! RFk jr is a burned out Heroin addict that's in this mess to make money off of ignorant anti vaxers. "Preconceived notions." Journalism is dead!
Kennedy should be forced to resign.
Kennedy is a kook.
DS all the way. Just ask his family- that damn brain worm 🐛
Wasting taxpayers’ money
RFK fail us big time and he knows nothing anything. Wrong person for this position. FOTUS is moron
They fear? That’s exactly what he is doing.
We need to remove this 💩
Interesting the regime pushing Forced Birth also wants those same infants and toddlers to Die from Preventable disease. Good thing I guess since the same family values cult defunded access to healthy Food, Education, Childcare, Housing, Transportation, Healthcare, the American Dream...
Every US based scientist and researcher should download and fwd their research to Canada or Europe and leave. They’ll gladly take you
Many are going to Europe. They invested in academics there. My friend just left Dallas for Lisbon
Horrible.
Course he did
Not science from someone who is not a scientist.
Other countries will hopefully take the lead in these fields of research so when and if this nightmare is over, there will be some sense of hope for people.
Now that’s a surprise - not.
RFK Jr causing HARM? No way. He is harm incarnate. A gross freak. 190 pounds of bacon someone left in a desert. Man, I hate that guy.
In the US. Scientists around the world will continue to investigate and journals will look at funding interference by this idiot.
Chris, you got anything else to say?
Vaccines do not cause autism!
Wasn’t he also a heroin addict for like 15 years? That will screw up your cognitive abilities. Not to mention brain worms… damn!
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His entire life is a taint.
Something is severely wrong with our government system when an idiot like this can end up running the country’s entire healthcare system.
@rfk-junior.bsky.social... LET MY PEOPLE STIM!
Bobby Brainworms is as qualified as a toadstool and a lot less intelligent.
They're not interested in facts they're interested in beliefs, preconceived beliefs. Thus they reject anything that doesn't fit with those preconceptions - total anti-science
This describes both the people trying to cure autism and the people like RFK trying to cure it in a different way. Autism is not a thing to be cured. We are valid people exactly as we are. Honestly neurotypical people being too stupid for words is the disability. How do they go through their day?
It’s amazing they can put two thoughts together at the same time in those disabled little brains of theirs. But they’re accusing *us* of being disabled. Their tiny little brains couldn’t recognize a pattern more complicated than a cloud that looks like a bunny. Math? Hahahaha don’t joke.
Agreed, the whole basis of evolution is diversity & difference. We've ended up defining "normal" far too narrowly & treating anything else as "abnormal" instead of celebrating a continuum of diversity
It’s that they’re in the same relation to us as the Neanderthal was to them.
And we know those two groups existed side by side, too.
And I’ll be goddamned before I let these Neanderthals eugenics me and mine out of existence.
I understand your frustration but it's not okay to flip the script. Some allistic (non-Autistic) people may be autmisic (anti-autistic ableism) but that doesn't justify being allomisic (dislike or hatred towards allistics).
It's even more disgusting in context of what you were replying to. Autistic people are allowed to make harmless jokes about acts of severe violence being committed against us.
No, no, there is no such thing as bigotry towards allistic. That's absolutely disgusting to even suggest. Absolutely no decency. Autistic people are as capable of being mean as anyone else, that does not make a reverse-bigotry situation of any kind. Absolutely indecent thing to suggest.
What? Allistic just means non-Autistic. That includes other neurodivergent people. Not just "neurotypicals". Just because some of them treat us unjustly doesn't mean we do the same. I never stated anything about bigotry. You made that up. I know exactly what I'm stating. I don't think you did
So do the people on the vaccine side. There are loads of papers now describing the rise of thyroid disorder after COVID, there are papers on epigentics and the gene mutations that cause autism, that histone is implicated and that that affects immune function. We know some people might have adverse
reactions to vaccines. If we acknowledge that and state the science, then the idiot anti-vaxxers will feel vindicated, and also know that they are not in the affected group of people. As long as people reject the facts on either side, it leads to further madness all around.
True, but to them any adverse reaction of a vaccine is vindication. What they forget is that *all* medicines & procedures will have adverse reactions in some people. It's always a risk Vs benefit calculation The first adverse reaction on a packet of Tylenol is "death"
Exactly. The kinds of people who have to avoid mRNA vaccines are the same kinds of people who would go into a coma taking flu medicine, or have a heart attack taking ibuprofen. If you're not having crazy reactions to everything, you are not the person who should not be vaxxing haha most people, vax
WHY IS TRUMP TRYING TO KILL US? HE LET HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DIE UNNECESSARILY THE LAST TIME.
They don’t need to fear anything I am here to confirm, RFK jr has deplorable, hideous views on public health that we haven’t even learned about yet The man is a con artist, nepo baby kook
What if they find a vaccine cure for autism. 🤔
A discredited theory about spasmodic dysphonia ( which he has,) is that it is psychogenic in nature. So this is why you keep up with the literature.
Amazing post
Be sure to thank Kentucky's Rand Paul as well. And the press back in Kentucky who've looked the other way since Covid landed here.
Fact, RFK jr has ABSOLUTELY NO QUALIFICATIONS to be head of HHS let alone anything else, his parents probably bought his degrees to get him out from under foot. He was a drug addict from many years.
I feel like the country is going through a political flu or something. Country had to get this nonsense out of its system, just gunna have to ride it out and fix the damage later.
RFK Jr. is nothing more than a liar and a grifter.
RFK Jr needs to be impeached.
You really think the $50m went to the initiative?
Out of all of the Kennedys who were assassinated he is the only one who deserves it.
Good morning, How are you doing today and how's the weather condition over there?
He needs to go back to swimming in septic tanks….LOSER!!!!
He is what brain damage looks and acts like! The damage will last for decades.
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Until he is literally removed from the position, we as a free people should no longer heed whatever the CDC and FDA spew. Each state should take whatever steps necessary to protect its commonwealth, the federal government is our enemy and a danger under the PedoKing and his lackies.
Staff across agencies & in particular HHS are uniting against RFK Jr's attacks on science & public health. Please be kind & don't throw all federal employees under a bus. We encourage people to unite with us. @firedbutfighting.bsky.social a group of illegally fired CDC staff and their allies.
Fear he will? He’s already doing it.
The poop swimmer does not know anything about vaccines nor Any other medicines! He is simply unfit for the job!! But the felon in chief's little bitches, Congress, thought he was right for the job!!
Is it just me or does he have an obsession with autism?
They're simpletons.
Reality is whatever he says it is
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Cosmic rays?
They only NOW fear this?
How soon before HHS issues a report essentially saying "Yep, it was vaccines the whole time."?
This is what we Americans collectively voted for…
It's all bullshit.
Almost everyday rfk Jr. says is FALSE !! He's a heroin addict for Christ's Sake !!
Sue the USA for mental retardation and manifest vengeful spirits that will tear each fool apart limb from limb for their stupidity and ignorance
Trump put the worst possible person in that position. However, he is the worst possible President so it does make sense.
Autism is genetic, you’re welcome.
They expanded the definition of Autism so the medical and pharmaceutical companies could get more business. $$$
There are no medications for autism. It’s not a pharma trick, we just got better at diagnosis.
The way they defined "autism" changed in recent years. That is why the number of people diagnosed as "autistic" has increased. It was the result of someone's graduate thesis. Their research suggested expanding the definition of Autism. There really is no crisis.
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Trump doesn't care. Maga Congress doesn't care. It's insane.
Probably the WORM ingesting more of his “brain” !!
“Fear” he has preconceived notions!
Pretty crazy
Shocking revelation that the environmental cause of autism is parents…with autism…who had…parents with autism…who had parents with autism…~_~
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After literally decades of science, how do we let a brain-damaged junkie even express opinions not at all related to reality. Science, science, science. Junkie w/ pantloads of e-coli, cdiff and semi-digested roadkill. Gee, I just don't know WHO to believe!
Of course. This entire administration is nothing but lip service. They are hypocrites.
Please, ProPub: damage him as much as you can. I don't know if he is the worst cabinet member, but he is the craziest, and maybe the stupidest, with the worst brainworm-- I cannot listen to one word out of his lying mouth. He is killing people with his idiocy and falseness. He isn't RFK.