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Sep 8, 2025 Trump posted a video promoting the disproven vaccine-autism link Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
The president's promotion of a scientifically debunked claim undermines public-health messaging and enables vaccine hesitancy.
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- Trump posted vaccine-autism disproven claim on Truth Social — On Truth Social, Trump posted a video that promoted the long-discredited and debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. The video featured vaccine skeptic David Geier, who was hired to work as a senior data analyst in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on links between vaccines and autism.
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Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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Sep 7, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed no government public health successes have occurred in decades Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation
The HHS Secretary's sweeping false claims undermine public confidence in vaccines and established public-health achievements.
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- Former Surgeon General criticized RFK Jr. for false testimony — Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams stated that RFK Jr. has made "provably false statements under oath during Congressional testimony" and that his rhetoric has driven provider confusion and consumer hesitancy, putting lives at risk. Adams said RFK Jr. has failed to build trust in vaccines and lifesaving innovations, and that vaccination rates are falling while high-risk Americans report barriers to vaccination. Adams called for new HHS leadership.
- RFK Jr. claimed no government health successes — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeared on Fox News and claimed that he does not believe there have been any successes by government public health agencies, stating "I don't think there have been successes. We have seen a 30-40 year decline in the agency." Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams responded that RFK Jr. has made "provably false statements under oath during Congressional testimony" and that his rhetoric has driven provider confusion and consumer hesitancy, putting lives at risk.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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Sep 6, 2025 HHS employees signed a letter with over 1,000 signatures calling for RFK Jr.'s resignation Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation
A large group of current and former employees publicly warned that health leadership was endangering national health through unscientific decisions.
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- 1,000+ HHS employees called for RFK Jr. resignation — More than 1,000 current and former Department of Health and Human Services employees signed a letter calling for RFK Jr. to resign, saying he "continues to endanger the nation's health." They say if Kennedy doesn't resign, Trump and Congress should appoint a new secretary, "one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science."
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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Sep 6, 2025 former CDC directors warned in an op-ed that the health secretary was endangering American health Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation
Nine former agency leaders publicly warned that current leadership was departing from scientific norms in ways unlike anything previously experienced.
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- Nine former CDC directors warned RFK Jr. is endangering American health — Nine former directors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention penned an op-ed in the New York Times warning that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "endangering every American's health," and adding that his actions are "unlike anything we had ever seen at the agency and unlike anything our country had ever experienced."
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Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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