In Reply to: It's a good thing our President is so smart posted by confused442 on September 22, 2025 at 14:34:15
Trump repeated a number of anti-vax claims Monday, suggesting there are groups of people who don't utilize vaccines and who have "no autism."
"I think I can say there are certain groups of people that don't take vaccines and don't take any pills that have no autism," Trump said during a White House event that attempted to link the use of Tylenol during pregnancy to autism, despite a lack of clinical evidence.
"Is that a correct statement, by the way?" he paused to ask.
"There are some studies that suggest that yeah, with the Amish, for example," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added.
It's a point that Trump has made before and one that's been disproven by research.
"Several studies have found that rates of autism within the Amish community are comparable to that of the general population, while other studies have indicated that the reclusive community’s cultural sensitivities around reporting may prevent autism from being identified early in Amish youth,"