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“Mr Kennedy instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism”
Analyzed on 2026-09-19T12:41:43+00:00 · Last updated 2026-09-19
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Mr. Kennedy also has hired another Children’s Health Defense alumna, Lyn Redwood, who presented inaccurate data that thimerosal caused autism at recent meeting of scientific advisers to the C.D.C. The panelists, newly appointed by Mr. Kennedy, voted to withdraw endorsements of the few flu vaccines in which thimerosal is an ingredient.
Extracted from: Kennedy’s Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court , The New York Times
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“Mr. Kennedy also has hired another Children’s Health Defense alumna, Lyn Redwood, who presented inaccurate data that thimerosal caused autism at recent meeting of scientific advisers to the C.D.C. The panelists, newly appointed by Mr. Kennedy, voted to withdraw endorsements of the few flu vaccines in which thimerosal is an ingredient.”
Kennedy’s Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court
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