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We fact-checked RFK Jr.’s claims about the supposed autism epidemic
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We fact-checked RFK Jr.’s claims about the supposed autism epidemic

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s April news briefing was meant to be his chance to inform the public about the Centers for Disease Control’s new autism prevalence study. Instead, it was rife with misinformation, fear mongering, and disability-negative views. Despite receiving intense backlash from the community, he has not relented. In fact, the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid have announced a collaborative data platform that will create what can only be described as an autism database. We are fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s claims because one can only understand the danger posed by this autism database after talking about the extent of his misinformation campaign.

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