RFK Jr. ramps up his ignorant--and dangerous--war on autism

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should, in theory, have his hands full dealing with a nationwide measles outbreak, or the bird flu that sent egg prices soaring.

However, the raw milk-loving anti-vaxxer now charged with overseeing our nation’s well-being has decided his attention is best spent gutting scientific research—and spewing more hateful rhetoric toward the autistic community.

His latest hard-hitting theory: Autism is worse than the COVID-19 pandemic because the death of droves of senior citizens is less of a tragedy than young people having varying degrees of a neurodevelopmental disorder.

“It dwarfs the COVID epidemic and the impacts on our country because COVID killed old people. Autism affects children and affects them at the beginning of their lives, the beginning of their productivity,” he said during an interview on “The Cats Roundtable” podcast that aired Sunday.

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