Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the New York Times that he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism — “a move that underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy and bend the health department to his will.”
RFK Jr. Forced CDC to Abandon Position on Vaccines
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