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President Trump shared figures who inflated the rise of autism in a post Tuesday morning, promoting his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, highlighting a key data point in Robert F. Kennedy theories. Jr. .
“20 years ago, autism in children was 1 of 10,000. Now it’s 1 in 34. Wow! Something is really bad. We need Bobby !!! Thank you! DJT ”Trump wrote About social truth.
Autism diagnoses have increased, although Trump was mistaken for the increase in his true social place on Tuesday. About 1 in 36 children now have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to the estimates of disease control and prevention centers, compared to approximately 1 of 150 in 2000.
Trump has repeated it drew a false connection Between the vaccines and rates of autism, saying in December that he believes there is “problems with vaccines” and suggested his administration, including Kennedy if confirmed, would investigate An endless link between the two.
The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday morning To advance to Kennedy in an online vote of the party, despite the Democrats they faced their promotion of the misinformation of the vaccine. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-la.), Who The reserves expressed on Kennedy During the Committee’s audience last week, ultimately Voted yes About their confirmation.
Kennedy has promoted the theory that children’s vaccines have led to an increase in autism and chronic diseases, despite the fact that studies repeatedly show the opposite.
Experts have attributed an increase in autism rates to better awareness of symptoms in children and changing criteria for diagnosing ASD in children.
Democrats of the Senatemade on the Grilled Kennedy last weekIn his confirmation audience about his controversial vaccines and the position of change in abortion, but neither of the two problems was persuasive for the financial Republicans of the Senate. Kennedy could still vote in a complete Senate vote.
Kennedy also has a financial participation in a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant Merck on his vaccine that protects against human papilomavirus. He told Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Last week’s sightWill not benefitFrom the litigation, if confirmed.
The White House maintained pressure on GOP senators on Tuesday.
“There are tens of millions of North -Americans waiting for RFK Jr. to be the next HHS secretary and we hope that all the Republicans of the Senate will remain hard and strong and vote for him,” the secretary of the secretary of the secretary told the journalists. Karoline Leavitt press.
Nathaniel Wixel contributed.
