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Put an anti-vaxxer in charge and you get an anti-vax CDC

Jason Weisberger
Nov 21, 2025
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (based on photo by lev radin / Shutterstock.com)

Put a known science-denying anti-vaxxer in charge of the CDC, and surprise, you get a CDC that talks like an anti-vaxxer. The agency just rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest long-debunked autism links are still on the table. Why? Because RFK Jr really wants it to be true.

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