Washington, D.C. – Today, new reporting revealed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is starting a new “study” into connections between vaccinations and autism, despite the fact that it is already settled science that vaccines do not cause autism. This announcement comes ahead of next week’s confirmation hearing for extreme anti-vaxxer Dave Weldon to head the CDC and amid persistent rumors that the administration plans to deeply slash the critical public health agency or even eliminate it altogether. In response Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse issued a statement:
“Despite multiple fraudulent assurances to senators, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda is being implemented at the CDC. While two people have died from a measles outbreak in the southwestern United States – the first deaths from measles since 2015 – he is continuing his highly dangerous crusade through the CDC that will only lead to more outbreaks and more deaths. In recent weeks, RFK Jr. has also fired hundreds of workers from the CDC, leaving the organization understaffed. This new ‘study’ is a completely unnecessary investigation that only feeds the kind of dangerous vaccine skepticism the likes of Senators Cassidy and Collins hoped to avoid. They got clearly played and god only knows how many people will pay the price.”