The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledged that autism may be linked to vaccines.
In a November 19 statement, the CDC said, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” The agency noted that studies supporting this link “have been ignored by health authorities.”
The increase in autism since the 1980s correlates with the increase in the number of vaccines given to infants. “Though the cause of autism is likely to be multi-factorial, the scientific foundation to rule out one potential contributor entirely has not been established,” the CDC explained. “For example, one study found that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines had the highest statistical correlation with the rise in autism prevalence among numerous suspected environmental causes. Correlation does not prove causation, but it does merit further study.”
Furthermore, no studies support the claim that any of the vaccines recommended for infants before their first year of life “do not cause autism,” including inoculations for DTaP, HepB, Hib, IPV, PCV, rotavirus, and influenza.
An April report from the CDC found that 1 in 31 children has autism. “The autism epidemic is running rampant,” said U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. That’s up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children born in 1992.”
The use of Tylenol during pregnancy has also been linked to autism.
