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Dec 5, 2025 RFK Jr. breached a confirmation promise to Senator Cassidy by allowing the CDC website to be altered to reflect a debunked vaccine-autism causal claim Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Breaking a specific Senate confirmation commitment to spread a scientifically discredited claim undermines both legislative oversight and public health trust.
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- RFK Jr breaches promise to Senator Cassidy on CDC vaccine webpage — When the Senate voted to confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary, Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy cast the deciding vote but extracted a concession: Kennedy promised to leave intact the CDC webpage stating that vaccines do not cause autism. Kennedy has since breached that promise by allowing the CDC to alter its website to reflect his vaccine-autism claim. Senator Cassidy expressed shock but has refused to directly challenge Kennedy on the broken commitment.
- CDC alters website to reflect RFK Jr's vaccine-autism claim — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention altered its website to reflect US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's claim of a causal link between vaccines and autism, a position contradicted by dozens of scientific studies. The change prompted immediate responses from autism advocacy organizations, including the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Association of University Centers on Disabilities, who demanded public health officials listen to autistic voices and directed communities to alternative, evidence-based sources of health information.
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Week 46 – 2025-11-29–2025-12-05
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Nov 24, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally ordered the CDC to alter website language on the vaccine-autism link Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
A cabinet secretary directed federal health guidance to be reframed against established scientific consensus, undermining agency independence and public health messaging.
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- CDC website altered to undermine vaccine-autism consensus — The CDC website statement that vaccines do not cause autism was modified to include an asterisk and footnote indicating it had not been removed because of Kennedy's promise to Senator Cassidy, and the page text was changed to state that "studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities." This alteration, made at Kennedy's direction, effectively reframed the scientific consensus as disputed and suggested institutional suppression of contrary evidence.
- RFK Jr. personally ordered CDC to alter vaccine-autism guidance — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change information on the CDC website regarding the claim that vaccines do not cause autism. Kennedy acknowledged the order despite admitting that studies have shown no link between vaccines and autism. He stated he wanted the change because additional studies remain to be done, effectively reframing established scientific consensus as unproven. The change was made despite Kennedy's prior promise to Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) during his confirmation process that he would not remove the statement.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 45 – 2025-11-22–2025-11-28
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