“Warrants further investigation” I hope becomes the catch-phrase of Robert Kennedy, Jr. His attitude towards pro-lifers and the Catholic Church is absolute left-wing, moon-bat, tin-foil hat nuttery.
But I’m happy to have a HHS Sec who is skeptical of the CDC, FDA, etc., and will look for negatives of vaccines.
That said, this is highly suspect. Where are you going to find an otherwise demographically normal selection of medicaid patients who reject vaccines? If parents reject vaccines, is it likely to suppose they also reject the sort of screening that identifies autism, ADHD, seizures, etc.?
I mean, there’s still a notion surviving that the 300x growth in autism, even 4x growth since 2002, is simply from better identification.
I think most of these Medicaid parents don’t necessarily reject vaccines. I believe they just didn’t take their kids to the doctor. The reasons may be lack of transportation, can’t afford unpaid time off, or are just irresponsible in their life. Remember, these are very low income people.
Vaccine hesitancy is more a middle and upper middle class conscious position. They are more likely to make a decision based on information they have seen.