FDA takes down page warning of crank autism cures as RFK Jr. nominates people have promoted them

784 points by theindependentonline a day ago on reddit | 11 comments

TheWorclown | a day ago

Nazis being nazis. This walking bit of shoe leather is flat out promoting eugenics because these men simply cannot fathom the sheer complexity of biology for a baby being formed in the womb. To them, autism is more than an “imperfection” that should be removed: it’s an active questioning of their own manhood since as the sperm donor surely nothing can be wrong with them.

The fact that parasites latched on to the Nazis are here to make money off of crackpot cure-alls and eugenic solutions is the absurdity on top of the insult.

[OP] theindependentonline | a day ago

As the Food and Drug Administration quietly removed the web page that warned parents about fake autism cures, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has nominated people who have promoted some of these same cures.

It’s part of the Health and Human Services secretary’s larger efforts to reorient policy toward discovering the origins of a supposed autism “epidemic” and “fighting” a condition that he insists “destroys families.” His wave of attacks come to fulfill campaign promises he has long made, even if they lack the backing of the wider scientific community.

And it’s changing the way America looks at the condition. Kennedy’s appointments to an obscure advisory committee could completely reorient the priorities of the federal government when it comes to autism and focus more on faulty cures or looking more into the debunked link between vaccines and autism.

Spiney09 | a day ago

Autism is going to be the next trans panic, and it’s going to be this idiots fault. Buckle up Autistic people, and reinforce online and irl communities, things are going to only get worse before they get better.

fcocyclone | 21 hours ago

Its been clear this and adhd are right there for the next targets, and its probably already keeping people who know they probably would be diagnosed from going out and getting a professional diagnosis for fear of ending up on some list.

Lz_erk | 19 hours ago

should someone explain to me how the guy who wrote this apparently doesn't believe in genes?

InhaleTheAle | 15 hours ago

RFK Jr. replaced his belief in genes with a belief in jeans.

Lz_erk | 15 hours ago

not jeans and pizza?

joebleaux | 19 hours ago

He's been doing a lot of shit that has seriously degraded his mental abilities.