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It’s finally happened. The CDC has started to tell the truth. The advice to do the opposite of what the CDC says is no longer applicable.<\/p>\n
The new \u201cAutism and Vaccines\u201d page starts telling the truth, including:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe claim \u2018vaccines do not cause autism\u2019 is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStudies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cScientific studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines contribute to the development of autism. However, this statement has historically been disseminated by the CDC and other federal health agencies within HHS to prevent vaccine hesitancy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meaning, the CDC has simply been lying to you. The CDC\u2019s website then continues its mea culpa stating:<\/p>\n
\u201c[M]ultiple reports from HHS and the National Academy of Sciences …. have consistently concluded that there are still no studies that support the specific claim that the infant vaccines, DTaP, HepB, Hib, IPV, and PCV, do not cause autism and hence the CDC was in violation of the DQA [Data Quality Act] when it claimed, \u2018vaccines do not cause autism.\u2019 CDC is now correcting the statement, and HHS is providing appropriate funding and support for studies related to infant vaccines and autism.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf note, the 2014 AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] review also addressed the HepB vaccine and autism. One cross-sectional study met criteria for reliability; it found a threefold risk of parental report of autism among newborns receiving a HepB vaccine in the first month of life compared to those who did not receive this vaccine or did so after the first month.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, there are still no studies that support the claim that any of the 20 doses of the seven infant vaccines recommended for American children before the first year of life do not cause autism. These vaccines include DTaP, HepB, Hib, IPV, PCV, rotavirus, and influenza.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the MMR vaccine, CDC\u2019s website now says:<\/p>\n
\u201c[I]n 2012, the IOM reviewed the published MMR-autism studies and found that all but four of them had \u2018serious methodological limitations,\u2019 and the IOM gave them no weight. The remaining four studies and a few similar studies published since also have all been criticized for serious methodological flaws. Furthermore, they are all retrospective epidemiological studies which cannot prove causation, fail to account for potential vulnerable subgroups, and fail to account for mechanistic and other evidence linking vaccines with autism.\u201d<\/p>\n