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As RFK Jr. promotes a new initiative to find the causes of autism, ProPublica found that he has taken aim at research trying to do just that.

“We need to stop trusting the experts,” he said.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

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  2. ranglecat.bsky.social profile picture

    @ranglecat.bsky.social

    "We need to stop trusting the experts," but every time he blabs about vaccines he says as a lawyer he does a PhD level of research on every subject he litigates.

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  5. arthur--dent.bsky.social profile picture

    ART @arthur--dent.bsky.social

    So the man that says vaccine causes autism is now trying to find the cause of autism , and there's no way I would let him run an ice cream stand

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  9. vallahha.bsky.social profile picture

    Valhalla @vallahha.bsky.social

    It's like someone saying'' We developed a cure for brain cancer, and we're going to give it to the US for nothing,'' and the US saying'' Thank's, but no thanks'' We're letting ourselves being brought back to a time when just about any disease was a death sentence, and it's going to get worse.

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  10. itsjamiem.bsky.social profile picture

    @itsjamiem.bsky.social

    Good Lord …guess we are just supposed to trust whatever propaganda and lies this shithole admin wants to feed us.

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  17. botbchimchim.bsky.social profile picture

    @botbchimchim.bsky.social

    On an unrelated conversation about seed oils vs beef tallow for French fries a new acquaintance said "Well experts say a lot of...." which I shut right down with "My expert is my doctor".

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  18. scipionow.bsky.social profile picture

    @scipionow.bsky.social

    Responsibility and accountability will be ignored. We can rely upon those attitudes.

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  20. petergriffin28.bsky.social profile picture

    @petergriffin28.bsky.social

    It is a mental wrestling match I have in my brain daily: Who is the bigger idiot and most dangerous to the United States and Americans> RFK Jr. or DJT?

    A real Sophies Choice!

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  21. abrxs.bsky.social profile picture

    Abraxas @abrxs.bsky.social

    “We need to stop trusting the experts,” he said.

    That one line pretty much sums up RFK Jr.

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  24. pippinsweedshop.bsky.social profile picture

    @pippinsweedshop.bsky.social

    The stupidity of this administration is astounding. IMO the collective IQ has to come close to 3 or on the high end 4

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  28. silvy777.bsky.social profile picture

    Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social

    ⬆️ air pollution is linked w ⬆️ autism (Harvard study below). Meanwhile Trump is destroying the Clean Air Act: www.yahoo.com/news/article... & reversing the "endangerment finding" that pollution harms climate & public health.

    "Vaccines cause autism" propaganda may be funded by fossil fuel industry

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  30. boldnewme.bsky.social profile picture

    Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social

    “We need to stop trusting the experts,” RFK Jr. said.

    And trust the quacks instead? No thanks. I’ll take experts every time.

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  32. eatingooberpeas.bsky.social profile picture

    Stuart Douglas Larkin @eatingooberpeas.bsky.social

    This man is a brainwormed zombie. He is completely unqualified for any leadership. Zero experts agree with anything he's ever said. RFK Jr. is an incompetent wastoid with a deathwish for Americans.

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  38. drqui.bsky.social profile picture

    @drqui.bsky.social

    I mean how can you argue with that position? Why would you trust somebody that's been studying a problem for their whole life. Go with the guy with the brainworm, always go with the guy with the brain worm 😂. This place is done

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  39. drqui.bsky.social profile picture

    @drqui.bsky.social

    Did you really depend on the dumbest one in the whole department to solve the mystery? You accuse them of being stupid but Christ can we get some critical thinking going on?

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  40. texasgeologist.bsky.social profile picture

    Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social

    IMO, for RFK, Jr, it's all about the money.

    Despite his public anti-vax statements, RFK, Jr. vaccinated his own kids, and IMO, his immediate family's financial interest in anti-vax litigation explains the discrepancy.

    wapo.st/4jGbiW0

    "Kids may die, but Robert Kennedy will continue to cash in."

    The study he hopes to conduct within a year is unlikely to refute the strong existing evidence against his ideas.

    Opinion | RFK Jr.’s view of autism is wrong — but profitable

    The study he hopes to conduct within a year is unlikely to refute the strong existing evidence against his ideas.
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  42. anewdaydawning.bsky.social profile picture

    @anewdaydawning.bsky.social

    Brain 🧠 damage, that's what 15 years of heroin abuse gives you, there's your environmental cause for ignorance 😑 🙄

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  43. patrikpp.bsky.social profile picture

    Patrik P. @patrikpp.bsky.social

    When I ask people whom believe experts should not be trusted for a source that I can trust, they often point me to random storys from questionable sources online. Is it really that difficult to imagine that a person that has studied sometin for ten years knows more than you?

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