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'Almost an insult': Republican senator slams CDC over autism, vaccines website
Yahoo • • health
Key Points:
- Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, criticized the CDC for its website statement that vaccines do not cause autism, arguing it contributes to parental vaccine hesitancy despite scientific consensus confirming vaccine safety.
- Cassidy emphasized on CNN that vaccines have been proven over decades not to cause autism and called the CDC's language on the topic "almost an insult to the American people."
- Despite his opposition to some Trump administration health policies, Cassidy has expressed support for Trump's current surgeon general nominee, Erica Schwartz, hoping she will bring positive changes.
- Cassidy recently lost his Senate seat to Trump's handpicked candidate, Rep. Julia Letlow, but remains vocal on health and foreign policy issues, including criticizing Trump's handling of the Iran conflict.
- Public health experts and physicians widely reject any claims linking vaccines to autism, reaffirming the safety of approved immunizations.
