Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines has taken a concerning twist.
The former environmental lawyer, who has no background in medicine, bragged to a reporter that he ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its official position that “vaccines do not cause autism.”
Kennedy, 71, told The New York Times, “The whole thing about ‘vaccines have been tested and there’s been this determination made,’ is just a lie.”
Kennedy alleged that the longstanding belief that vaccines cannot cause autism is “not supported by science,” despite multiple studies finding there is no link. Earlier this year, he theorized that circumcision and Tylenol usage also cause autism.
Kennedy’s decision to make his personal anti-vax beliefs public policy has ticked off Rep

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