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CDC Updates Website on Vaccine-Autism Claims

CDC Updates Website on Vaccine-Autism Claims Amid Controversy

    CDC Updates Website on Vaccine-Autism Claims
    Above: The CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg/Getty Images

    The Spin

    FinallyAfter years of dismissive messaging, the CDC has admittedacknowledged what many parents have knownlong forsuspected: decadesThere is there's no conclusive scientific evidence supportingproving the claim that vaccines don'tdo not cause autism. AfterThe ignoringagency’s 107prior claims often blurred a critical distinction — failing to find evidence of a link is not the same as proving no link exists. With more than 100 peer-reviewed studies linkingsuggesting a possible link between vaccines toand autism having been largely ignored or downplayed, health authorities are startingfinally being forced to acknowledgeconfront the truthlegitimacy thatof vaccinethese science has been nothing but tobacco-style marketingconcerns.

    DecadesFor ofmore rigorousthan twenty years, the scientific evidence has been unequivocal: extensive, peer-reviewed research — including large-scale studies involving entire populations — has repeatedly and consistently showshown no link between vaccines and autism, including comprehensive research examining entire populations. The CDC's recent website changes reflectignore a global scientific consensus built on millions of data points, reflecting dangerous misinformation that threatens public health by undermining trust in safe, effective vaccines that protect communities from preventable diseases.

    After years of dismissive messaging, the CDC has acknowledged what many parents have long suspected: There' is no conclusive scientific evidence proving that vaccines do not cause autism. The agency’s prior claims often blurred a 15%critical chancedistinction that failing to find evidence of a link is not the Worldsame Healthas Organizationproving willno announcelink aexists. nonWith more than 100 peer-H5N1reviewed pandemicstudies beforesuggesting Jan.a 1,possible 2027link between vaccines and autism having been largely ignored or downplayed, accordinghealth authorities are finally being forced to confront the Metaculuslegitimacy predictionof communitythese concerns.

    For more than twenty years, the scientific evidence has been unequivocal: extensive, peer-reviewed research — including large-scale studies involving entire populations — has repeatedly and consistently shown no link between vaccines and autism. The CDC's recent website changes ignore a global scientific consensus built on millions of data points, reflecting dangerous misinformation that threatens public health by undermining trust in safe, effective vaccines that protect communities from preventable diseases.

    Metaculus Prediction

    There's a 15% chance that the World Health Organization will announce a non-H5N1 pandemic before Jan. 1, 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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