Follow up on the RFK Post
Remembering The Third Man...
The latest from RFK Jr. is a Great Distraction he has learned from his master in the White House. Indeed, the Secretary of HHS has announced that in September, we're going to finally find out what causes autism.... So, we should get out of his hair for the next six months, while he hangs out with his confab of antivaxxers.
Let me put it this way: You grift out of laziness. There is a huge body of literature on autism as Paul Offit points out in his pithy post on the subject, but either Bobby hasn’t read it, or, worse yet, he wants to make sure his adoring flock is getting the same message he and the likes of Simone Gold have been feeding them. Six months will also give him enough time to ensure that the HHS database is being properly scrubbed of all the data those evil scientists have put in there. September promises to reveal a great discovery of weird science.
I can’t wait. If there is any real evidence, I will stand corrected.
Just a note: Paul Offit does a good job, but he is too kind when he writes:
“Despite these studies, RFK Jr. continues to believe that this vaccine causes autism. His belief is fixed, immutable, and science-resistant. And now he will “prove” that he was right all along by shoehorning data into a methodologically flawed series of studies that will make any conclusions uninterpretable. Immunization rates will continue to drop.”
Like so many who have large platforms and have to be careful, he simply avoids the most basic assumption about the Sec: RFK Jr. is making a ton of money on this scam. I could not help remembering the famous few minutes in the film The Third Man… Just have a look. And have a nice day.