RFK Jr. already backing off his Sept. deadline to “solve” autism. Shocker—you can’t rush science with a rigged plan & magical thinking. Y’all raised great points yesterday. Let’s break this “study” down. (🧵) TL;DR: It’s scientifically flawed, wildly offensive, and a privacy nightmare. - ThreadSky

altcdc.altgov.info • 2 days ago

RFK Jr. already backing off his Sept. deadline to “solve” autism.

Shocker—you can’t rush science with a rigged plan & magical thinking.

Y’all raised great points yesterday. Let’s break this “study” down. (🧵)

TL;DR: It’s scientifically flawed, wildly offensive, and a privacy nightmare.

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ninjafrog.bsky.social•1 day ago

Especially hard when you fire all the scientists and delete their data.

docspkfree.bsky.social•1 day ago

This whole RFK chase of hoax needs to be shut down. No one w/ a medical lic. should be lying

cpressey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, you certainly *can* rush science with a rigged plan and magical thinking! It even has a name: Lysenkoism. It's just that it creates a world that no sane person should ever want to live in.

altcdc.altgov.info•2 days ago

The science: Claiming you'll find and eliminate the "cause" of autism in a few months isn’t just ambitious—it’s scientifically ungrounded. Autism is complex, multi-faceted, and not something you "solve" on a deadline. This misleads the public and ignores decades of research.

altcdc.altgov.info•2 days ago

Wildly offensive: Calling autism an “epidemic” that needs to be “solved” is deeply harmful, and frankly, it's dangerous.

This framing pathologizes neurodivergence and erases the voices of autistic people, who deserve understanding and support—not a “fix.”

altcdc.altgov.info•2 days ago

Privacy matters: The study involves collecting huge amounts of sensitive medical data, but the privacy safeguards are vague at best. Given the current administration’s poor data protection record, how can anyone trust this process?

altcdc.altgov.info•2 days ago

Read More 🧠🧾
Want to dig deeper into why this study raises serious red flags? These resources are a great place to start:

https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/plain-language-roundup-whats-happening-right-now/
https://time.com/7278787/rfk-jr-cdc-autism-study/
https://www.nature.com/articles/35103559

wordworking.bsky.social•2 days ago

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deathinalibrary.bsky.social•2 days ago

This part right here.

They *can* do this, but I don’t think anyone could have imagined an administration such as this one when these laws were written.

itsjustme2.bsky.social•2 days ago

How can anyone trust them to respect privacy safeguards?

This database is not being built for research. It is being built for enforcement.

jakobgamertsfelder.bsky.social•1 day ago

Setting deadlines like that because you know the outcome.

therock54.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maga christians can save a lot of time by asking, praying to their god to fix autism. Since they put a god above facts, data, and research.

stevemnd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep; this has nothing to do with the speed of how science works. If they're delaying the deadline, it's only because they realized that coming up with a properly fraudulent report to push their narrative was going to take longer than they had initially anticipated.

klsadler.bsky.social•1 day ago

RFK is a monster who is preparing a return to Nazi Eugenics.

dmpro.bsky.social•2 days ago

So you basically mean that RFK jr. has absolutely no idea how a true SCIENTIFIC study is conducted. I’m so shocked. He apparently also doesn’t understand how many studies have been conducted, and which ones actually have merit and which ones are BS. It may be that he is NOT a scientist.

wehrhardt.bsky.social•1 day ago

jozienty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wildly offensive: the idea of establishing a national autism registry!!!

madsciencepro.bsky.social•2 days ago

How does he plan to identify all of us? Will he have the Gestapo scoping out Hobby Train Stores or watching for people intensely painting 300 Space Marines?

karickatlady.bsky.social•2 days ago

I literally just mentioned this to my partner last night as we were literally watching train restoration videos. Our infrastructure is going to go further down the garbage because guess who else manages that and has that pattern recognition?

layeredsky.bsky.social•1 day ago

Imagine that, even the brain worm inside his head bailed out and starved itself to death because it can’t take the crazies anymore!

His own family knew and tried their best to warn the public. Maybe he wants to give people the same treatment as his aunt Rosemary..?

thelostfindsaway.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also there's nothing to fucking solve, it's not a disease and RFK is insane.

redmorning5975.bsky.social•2 days ago

Look up T4 Eugenics programs from Nazi Germany. RFK is trying to revive that shit.
Also, it's not just autistic people they're "trying to cure". It's people with ADHD and asthma as well.

thelostfindsaway.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm aware

caesarmmxv.bsky.social•1 day ago

How it feels every time the Trump administration makes an announcement about literally anything.

caesarmmxv.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you know, you know.

piddles.bsky.social•2 days ago

My mother never got me the vaccine and I’m just now getting it. Been autistic all my life so I’m proof it doesn’t cause autism

daygloman.bsky.social•2 days ago

😆
"I" KNEW, the "Dope addict" was fulla 💩💩💩💩💩 when he made that RIDICULOUS claim!

bigbillweekly.bsky.social•2 days ago

The result of the "study" will be fiction. So why not publish the lies in May? We know what he is going to write: A lie upon a lie upon a lie.
He's useless.

jubrown.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ignorance.

metrochimp.bsky.social•1 day ago

#RFKJr Pro-Tip: Whenever he claims he never heard of ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy or autism when he was a kid PLEASE remember that's because his family has a well-documented history of discreetly "taking care" of such "unfortunate situations" ...

https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a26261/secret-lobotomy-rosemary-kennedy/

mealteamvi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ha. He kicked the can down the road because there won't be anyone left working there to print the bullshit report more or less to do any actual science.

jackiegardens.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now, quickly find another topic for him to study.

projectspacetime.bsky.social•1 day ago

As I pointed out before, science doesn't begin with a conclusion, which is precisely what RFKJ stated. He was going to FIND the answer on a GIVEN date. That's pure tripe and reflective of the fact that no GQPer knows or understands anything about science.

cave-malum.bsky.social•2 days ago

Check with your health center. You probably have the choice to opt in or out of use of your health care data for research.

recursiverealms.com•1 day ago

they were never planning to do science anyway. the plan has been to fake up some shit and use it to somehow justify their attacks on autistic people.

overallthiscrap.bsky.social•2 days ago

And puts the guy who chemically castrates children in charge .. ? wtf

cindyandrewsmcgraw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Science is not a task that can be completed in a set block of time.
Science operates in its own time. Each branch could be different from another.

anthonylamarche.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wish terrible things on these men. It’s one thing to be incompetent. It’s another to be nefarious and malicious.

finalin.bsky.social•2 days ago

$20 say this was just an attempt to normalize making list of people with specific diagnosis.

brinadavegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just gonna set this here...

https://youtube.com/shorts/RAoOcRNxvTM?si=nhLwfYE-GIV4JOXD

nursetawny.bsky.social•2 days ago

Collecting this data is the next step in their eugenics operation

thesupere.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why not that strategy got them the White House

suzannedspain.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great

ponyplay.me•2 days ago

“The identifiers will be hidden from the researchers themselves. There will be systems in place where they can't pull down the data and look at any individual patient. They'll be looking at statistical aggregates,"

itsjustme2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hidden from the researchers, perhaps, but how about hiding them from the HHS goon squad that will be rounding up autistic people for the ‘ farms’?

Building the database is just the first step.

ponyplay.me•2 days ago

Much better said than I! 😡

ponyplay.me•2 days ago

RIIIIIIIIGHT. Maybe not the researchers, depending on who they are how how much money they give the fascists. Settings on software can easily be set that some users get some info, while others get other info.

kimberly-diane.bsky.social•2 days ago

YOU CAN'T SOLVE NATURALLY OCCURRING VARIATIONS IN A SPECIES!!!

You can't stop evolution trying new things.

Autism is NOT A DISEASE TO CURE.

Evidence abounds that autism has occurred throughout history.

They are pushing eugenics because they believe in white supremacy & they are the pinnacle.

awaloski.highway89studios.com•2 days ago

I’m irate that they can just take personal health records without permission. My entire family is neurodivergent and likely going to end up in this farce of a study

torinnkimbatuul.bsky.social•1 day ago

My guess is that there will now be a declaration that anyone who is focused on dates, deadlines, or previous statements made is autistic and must be registered.

pubhealthdoc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Let’s start with just a few issues like:
👉🏽 bias
👉🏽 incompetent lead “investigators”
👉🏽 violation of HIPAA laws
👉🏽 retrospective studies run into diagnostic bias
👉🏽 no accounting for ascertainment (or enhanced testing) bias.
His flawed study is MPH 101 methodology class. I’d fail a student for this.

joejeph.bsky.social•2 days ago

What about this talk of a registry tho

tiredofthisshit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Another Trumpite waste of time and money.

rj-02092024.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn2AeSqENgI

670rv.bsky.social•2 days ago

A large study in Denmark, involving over half a million children, found no link between MMR vaccination and autism. This study analyzed data from national registries and concluded that MMR vaccination does not increase the risk of developing autism. (a)

670rv.bsky.social•2 days ago

The study also found no increased risk of autism in vaccinated children, even those with a family history of autism or other risk factors.
NEJM - 2002!

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134

670rv.bsky.social•2 days ago

"were able to mostly conquer infectious disease in part thanks to advances in the scientific understanding of disease,in part because of the development of vaccines"
Donald Trump Wants You to Die
The attack on public health begins
Paul Krugman
Jan 24, 2025

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-wants-you-to-die

drfionac.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don’t know whether I’m laughing hysterically or just crying hysterically 🤣🤣😫😭

picklehead69.bsky.social•2 days ago

do the very important work on finding cures and effective treatments for our diseases.

picklehead69.bsky.social•2 days ago

and as a doctor..you have a lot of respect for science as I do also. I read your bio. I know you have ALS and I'm sure you agree that we need to FIRE THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS COURT JESTERS who are masquerading as scientists. Only after we rid our government of the FAKERS can the REAL DOCTORS

gayatlelder.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s bogus.

gardinerg.bsky.social•2 days ago

What makes the most sense to me is in September have Joe Rogan host a no time limit meeting with RFK, 3 of the best minds he can find and a BJJ coach, and then we can just draw our own conclusions from that.