RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Scaremongering Ensures Thousands Will Needlessly Endanger Their Children’s Safety

The idea that anyone has any useful handle on the number of autistic children in the past is preposterous.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by his wife Cheryl Hines and his family, is sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services at the Oval Office, February 13, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spread many detestable theories in his life, but none is more detestable than his scaremongering over autism and vaccines.

It’s not merely that the new Health and Human Services secretary has convinced thousands of Americans that they’re partially responsible for their children’s autism — a trend he once compared to a “holocaust” — it’s that he’s ensuring thousands more will put their children in needless danger for absolutely no scientific or rational reason.

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