Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is very concerned about autism.
He has been for a couple of decades,
since he first became convinced that mercury and vaccines made children autistic,
which, by the way, there is no credible evidence supporting this theory.
On April 16th, now as head of Health and Human Services,
RFK gave a press conference, and he described the tragedy of what he calls the autism epidemic.
For years, he's insisted there is an epidemic,
even though there's a lot of debate among researchers about this,
all of which he dismisses as, quote, epidemic denial,
a term he repeated several times in that press conference.
There are many, many other studies that affirm this.
And instead of listening to this canard of epidemic denial...
All you have to do is start reading a little science because the answer is very clear.
And this is catastrophic for our country.
Catastrophic, he says,
because a lot of families are suffering as they watch their kids struggle in life.
And it's true.
A lot of families are suffering.
I'm Hannah Rosen.
This is Radio Atlantic.