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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