Keep in mind this is the NYT reporting this. There’s more to vaccine injury than the Feds want you to know, and the exemption from lawsuits and the creation of the federal vaccine injury claim system are two data points that indicate something is amiss.
Perhaps true. But even the NYT can occasionally get within a mile or two of the truth. Their science folks are - almost - competent. However one must admit that the stats don’t support a connection between the immunizations and autism. (Neither do stats support global warming, but the NYT has stats they use and stats they don’t.)