In The Politics of Autism, I analyze the myth that vaccines cause autism. This bogus idea can hurt people by allowing diseases to spread. Examples include measles, COVID, flu, and polio.
A number of posts discussed Trump's support for the discredited notion.
Another leading anti-vaxxer is presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He has repeatedly compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. Rolling Stone and Salon retracted an RFK article linking vaccines to autism. He is part of the "Disinformation Dozen."
He recently ran for president as an independent and has now endorsed Trump. If Trump wins, RFK could get a major job in the administration.
Lottie McGrath at Newsweek:
Appearing on Fox and Friends, Trump said that "a lot of the people" who were at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner last night would be in his prospective cabinet.
"We had some tremendous people [at the dinner.] That room really had some great people," Trump told hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones.
The only candidate Trump directly named was Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who pulled out of the election as an independent to throw his support behind Trump.
When pressed by Earhardt as to whether RFK Jr would be involved, the former president confirmed it, saying, "He's going to be a part of it."
