CDC Website Revision Sparks Outrage Over Reintroduction of Discredited Vaccine-Autism Link
Washington D.C. -โค November 20, 2025 – 18:44 โฃ – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hasโ revised โits website toโ include language questioning the safety of vaccines, specifically regarding a potential โคlink to autism, reversing years of efforts to โคcombat misinformation on the topic. Theโ changes, made wednesday night, reflect the long-held skepticism of US โฃHealth โSecretary Robert F. Kennedy โJr.
For years, the CDCโค website maintained aโ position grounded in scientific evidence: that studies demonstrate no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. This stance was supported by a ample body of research,โฃ including a 2013 study conducted byโข the agency itself.
However, the updated website now asserts that existing โคstudies do not definitively rule outโข a connection between childhood vaccines and autism. The โrevisedโ text alleges that health authorities have disregarded research suggesting aโข relationship and states the Department of Health hasโ initiated a โขcomplete evaluation of autism’s causes.
This shift directlyโข contradicts established medical and scientific consensus. The original theory linking the measles,โค mumps, and โrubella (MMR) vaccine โคto autism originated with a 1998 study that โwas โlater โretracted due to falsified data and subsequently โขrefuted by numerous subsequent investigations.
The changes haveโ ignited a firestorm of criticism from scientists andโข public health officials.Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s division dedicated to vaccinations and respiratory diseases, who resigned earlier this year, expressed alarm. “The CDC’s instrumentalization of information is getting worse,” he stated on X,describing the update as an attempt “to generate โฃchaos without scientificโค basis.” He issued โฃa stark warning: “DO NOT TRUST THISโฃ AGENCY.”
Susan โคKressly, president โof the American academy of Pediatrics, released a โstatement demanding the โขCDC cease spreading โ”false claims that cast doubt on one of the best โฃtools we have to keep children healthy and thriving: โขroutine vaccination.” โ Kressly cited “40 high-quality studies” concluding, “the conclusion is clearโข and โขunequivocal: there is no relationship โbetween vaccines and autism.”
Conversely, the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health defense laudedโ the revisions. โ Executiveโ Director Mary Holland posted on X, “thank โyou, Bobby,” referencing Health Secretary Kennedy, who founded and previouslyโข led the organization.
The CDC’s move raises serious concerns about the politicization of public health information โand the potential impact on vaccination rates.
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