Comment by BenFranklin100
1 day ago
“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, repeatedly said before taking office that vaccines cause autism, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that they do not. He has declined to disavow his statements and has continued to promote a possible link.”
Having worked directly with autism researchers, I can confidently tell you that RFK is making a wild guess not based in current evidence. All the data we have indicate autism is a multifactorial condition with a genetic/developmental component that may or may not be affected by the environment.
RFK is genuinely a danger to health care in the United States.
Calling it a "guess" seems very generous at this point, saying it is a "lie" is more accurate I think.
Never attribute to malice what cannot be adequately explained by stupidity. And he is one stupid fuck.
Never attribute to stupidity what looks ambiguous between stupidity and malice but makes a shit ton of money.
Add a new rule: Don't assume that that rule is always true. Especially when the subject's income depends on either.
"Grift" might be a more appropriate term and so the more appropriate aphorism might be:
> "It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair"
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I don't know much about RFK Jr, I hope he is just stupid. But if you dig into the origins of the vaccine situation, much of it was driven simply by a desire to make money using vaccine manufacturers, and the "proof" was retrofitted to the goal with junk science that was essentially abusing disabled children. (Horribly invasive medical procedures with no medical necessity).
I'd guess it's ultra-processed foods.
Why guess? Isn’t that basically what RFK is accused of doing?