In The Politics of Autism, I analyze the discredited notion that vaccines cause autism. This bogus idea can hurt people by allowing diseases to spread. And among those diseases could be COVID-19.
Antivaxxers are sometimes violent, often abusive, and always wrong. A leading anti-vaxxer is presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He has repeatedly compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. Rolling Stone and Salon retracted an RFK article linking vaccines to autism.
KASIE: You said no vaccines are safe and effective.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) December 15, 2023
KENNEDY: “I’ve never said that.”
He did. We played the clip for him. pic.twitter.com/0kMqn4CZQj
Candace Owens links the MMR vaccine to autism. Ridicules people who don't want measles, mumps, and rubella to return. Brags about having never gotten her kids any vaccines in their lives. pic.twitter.com/LNrdmsmCrP
— Jingoistic Pig (@jingoisticpig) December 9, 2023
