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Autism

2016

2016-10-26 Parents were told to administer bleach-based pills and injections to autistic children. Look up the brand-name “Miracle Mineral Solution”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZsvsufxvw

https://autismsciencefoundation.org/beware-of-non-evidence-based-treatments/

https://www.autismspeaks.org/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/moms-go-undercover-fight-fake-autism-cures-private-facebook-groups-n1007871

https://asatonline.org/for-parents/learn-more-about-specific-treatments/bleach-therapy

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/health/bleach-miracle-cure-fda-warning

SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/health/drinking-bleach-autism-cancer.html

2024

2024-09-01 Elon Musk reposted a 4Chan shitpost about autism.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/elon-musk-aspie-supremacy-4chan-autism/

2025 April

2025-04-11 RFK promised to find the definitive cause of autism by September, four months after the press conference.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0z9nmzvdlo

2025-04-16 During a press conference, RFK stated autistic kids would “…never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted”. He went on to say, “Most cases now are severe. Twenty-five percent of the kids who are diagnosed with autism are nonverbal, non-toilet-trained, and have other stereotypical features.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-statements-on-autism

2025-04-16 Both John Hopkin’s and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases published articles trying to set the record straight about misinformation surrounding autism and vaccines.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-on-vaccines-and-autism

https://www.nfid.org/autism-and-vaccines-what-the-science-really-says/

2025 September

2025-09-22 Trump claimed without evidence Tylenol was bad for pregnant women, “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside. Don’t take it. You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be as easy, maybe, but don’t take it. If you’re pregnant, don’t take Tylenol”.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/health/video/trump-rfk-announce-autism-acetaminophen-connection-lead-digvid

https://www.fda.gov/media/188843/download

https://jheor.org/post/3465-trump-claims-no-downside-to-avoiding-tylenol-during-pregnancy-he-s-wrong

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/15/Tylenol-acetaminophen-pregnancy-autism-RFK/

2025-11-20 The CDC website was altered to promote claims linking vaccines and autism.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cdc-website-changes-to-include-false-claim-about-autism-and-vaccines/

https://autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releases/cdc-webpage/

https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-statement-cdc-changes-website-autism-and-vaccines

https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2470

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/cdc-vaccine-safety-webpage-changed-to-contradict-scientific-conclusion-that-vaccines-dont-cause-autism

https://www.cdc.gov/autism/faq/index.html

2026 July

2026-07-28 Allegedly Trump is planning to replace RFK for not fulfilling demands to link vaccines with autism.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/trump-rfk-jr-cutting-vaccines

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/rfk-vaccine-dismantle

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pressured-rfk-jr-vaccine-autism-conspiracy-1235599789/

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/report-trump-mad-rfk-jr-hasnt-cut-more-vaccines-or-proven-autism-link/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/us/video/ebof-liz-essley-whyte-wsj-report

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-pressured-rfk-jr-slash-135010235.html

SUB WALL https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rfk-jr-cut-vaccine-children-78582411

2026 August

2026-08-07 Trump signed an Executive Order which both links vaccines to autism and reduces or separates vaccine recommendations. In an efford to fearmonger Trump stated, “…where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda poured into a little child’s body, and bad things happen in many ca, in too many cases, because this an explosion. This is an epidemic”.

TIMESTAMP 4:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQYNOb2nh8&list=WL&index=1&t=268s

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/122557

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-signs-executive-order-on-childhood-vaccine-recommendations

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-childhood-vaccines-executive-order/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-vaccine-executive-order-autism.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAZ-CcX1ZA&list=WL&index=2

2026-08-10 Republican Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana criticized Trump’s order to reduce childhood vaccines, stating, “I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The president does not have the expertise to make these changes”.

https://www.pharmexec.com/view/order-cuts-childhood-vaccines-11-report

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6021261-cassidy-trump-mmr-vaccine-order/

2026-08-10 In response to Trump’s reducing childhood vaccines and tying vaccines to autism, The American Academy of Pediatrics stated, “There is no new evidence to justify significant changes to childhood immunization guidance. Dozens of studies involving millions of people show there is no link between vaccines and autism, and yet federal leaders continue to prom9ote this outdated, disproven idea to scare families”.

https://www.wbal.com/pediatricians-push-back-against-presidents-new-vaccine-order

https://www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/trump-criticised-for-spreading-mmr-vaccine-misinformation-linking-it-to-autism/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/11/headlines/trump_issues_executive_order_reducing_childhood_vaccinations

https://www.aap.org/