Posted on 04/10/2025 3:04:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a televised presidential cabinet meeting Thursday that his agency will investigate and identify the cause of rising autism rates in the U.S. by September, though scientists have said a large part of the jump in rates are linked to improvements in autism awareness and diagnoses.
Kennedy said the Health and Human Services Department has started a “massive testing and research effort” involving “hundreds of scientists from around the world” that will allow the government to know by September the cause behind the jump in autism rates, adding “we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures.”
About one in 36 children were identified with autism spectrum disorder in a 2020 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up significantly from the one in 150 children identified with autism in 2000.
Kennedy added the Health and Human Services Department most recent numbers on autism cases “we think, are going to be about one in 31.”
President Donald Trump speculated on the cause of the rise in cases, baselessly suggesting it could be related to consumption of certain foods or drugs or “maybe it’s a shot,” pushing a popular, debunked conspiracy that vaccines cause autism.
Scientific studies have continuously shown no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which cited its own studies and a review from the National Academy of Medicine.
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Debunked? This is likely what Kennedy will reveal in September.
Get gov't out of healthcare where they DO NOT constitutionally belong!!!!
I for one explicitly trust fact checking from MSN and the medical establishment. Obviously integrity and truth are the ONLY benchmarks rotflmao!
Heavy metal toxicity. Also possibly because people are delaying having children. Older male sperm increases odds of autism.
I doubt it will be just 1 cause
Autism’s orina would be interesting. ADHD is a made up disease like many of today’s diseases are. Made up meaning a a drug was made and a disease magically appeared where it was needed.
Pathetic what big pharma has done and even more so the idiots that believe in it.
One of the few things the federal government SHOULD be doing is do research like this.Identifying causes of illness is very important .
He might be able to identify a cause, and maybe even a primary cause, but he probably can’t identity every cause.
Well this will be interesting
Saw him on Fox earlier today.
He’s blaming it on flouride.
the “writer” Antonio - plenty of MSN connections! would that suggest he toes the Bill Gates line?
https://muckrack.com/antonio-pequeno-iv
not how he insults the President for “speculating”. nothing wrong with that, Antonio.
This condition is over diagnosed. Everything is autism these days.
Seen any Anorexia cases lately?
Yes. Three. one who will likely die of it
“Saw him on Fox earlier today.
He’s blaming it on flouride.”
No he didn’t, you either don’t listen very well or you’re a liar.
They have a jump on it already. There has been a suppression of a lot of information by vested interests. Put some actual scientists on it and take out the money and see what the results are.
And everybody with a well and autistic kid be like huh?
That’s going to be a tough nut to crack. He’d better give himself ‘till the end of the year.
The spectrum originally ran from k-l. Now it runs from C to X.
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