Originally published June 29, 2023 4:00 pm PDT
Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Kirsch recently raised eyebrows during a Pennsylvania State Senate hearing earlier this month, by challenging widely-accepted perspectives on vaccination and its effects on public health.
During his presentation, Kirsch made an intriguing statement: “We can’t find an autistic kid who was unvaccinated.”
He thoroughly elaborated on the possible detrimental effects of vaccines and underscored the absence of extensive studies contrasting the health outcomes of vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
He referenced a study conducted over a decade-long period by Dr. Paul Thomas, showing that children who received vaccines were at greater risk of contracting diseases such as measles and mumps than those who didn’t.
Furthermore, Kirsch expressed his support for parents who opt out of vaccinating their kids, suggesting a link between vaccines and the surge of chronic diseases in the United States.
He voiced criticism of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for failing to undertake an all-encompassing study that examines the health of fully vaccinated individuals against their unvaccinated counterparts, despite a commitment by ex-CDC director Judy Gerberding to launch such a study back in 2005.
Kirsch recalled, “In 2005, CDC director Judy Gerberding promised to do such a study. She said, yes, we should do such a study. It’s important that we do a study now, we can refine it later. And that was nearly 20 years ago.”
He added, “That study has never been done. And it will never be done because they don’t want people to know that all these vaccines have been harming people since the very beginning. There is no safe vaccine, not a single one. Not one vaccine is safe and effective. And I actually went on Twitter and I offered $2,500 to anybody who could show me such a study and nobody was able to produce such a study.”
As part of his argument, Kirsch highlighted the Amish community, which he portrayed as a largely unvaccinated group.
He suggested the prevalence of chronic diseases like autism, ADD, autoimmune disorders, and epilepsy was markedly low within the Amish community.
“The Amish are a perfect example of a large group of people who are largely unvaccinated, and we can’t find an autistic kid who was unvaccinated,” Kirsch noted.
He continued, “It’s very, very rare in the Amish community, very, very rare. You won’t find kids with ADD, autoimmune disease, PANS, [and] epilepsy. You just don’t find any of these chronic diseases in the Amish.”
Additionally, Kirsch implied that government studies of the Amish had been withheld from the public, believing that such studies would contradict established health guidelines.
“The reason, of course, is it would show that, oh, if you don’t follow our guidelines, you’re going to end up healthier,” he concluded. “The report would be devastating to the narrative.”
