US EditionVaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
- The US National Institutes of Health is planning a study on vaccines and autism, despite previous research debunking any links.
- David Geier has been appointed to lead this study, despite concerns about his controversial history.
- Jessica Steier from the Science Literacy Lab expressed that this research could foster misinformation regarding vaccines and public health.
- Alison Singer from the Autism Science Foundation warned that this plan aims to prove a false link between vaccines and autism.
42 Articles
42 Articles
Government Hires Crackpot to "Study" Nonexistent Link Between Vaccines and Autism
Despite a mountain of scientific evidence concluding there's no link between autism and vaccines, noted anti-vaccine figure and health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is trying to double down on the long-debunked theory. As the Washington Post reports, fellow anti-vaccine crackpot David Geier — who has published articles claiming that mercury in vaccines is tied to autism, and was previously reprimanded by state authorities in Maryland for practici…
Ladies and gentlemen, with you the Geier family. David Geier and his father, a Maryland doctor named Mark, are two well-known American leagues who have been giving half a lifetime the roast with which vaccines cause autism, which would be just as good as not because the son has just been hired by Robert F. Kennedy, Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health, to organize a study on whether vaccines cause autism, precisely. Both Geier and Kennedy believe …
In the midst of a measles outbreak, the new US Health Minister wants to re-examine the safety of the measles vaccine. He is said to be responsible for a man without medical training who has already been convicted of being a false doctor.
RFK Jr. Hires Wacky Anti-Vaxer To 'Analyze' HHS Data On Autism
The Department of Health and Human Services has hired anti-vaccine activist David Geier to analyze government data in search of thoroughly debunked links between immunizations and childhood autism.Geier, who holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, has spent decades pushing discredited theories linking vaccines to autism. Geier and his father Mark Geier have long been known for peddling bad science, with the scientific journal Nature even naming th…
Anti-vax activist to lead autism "study"
That vaccines do not cause autism is well-established. Scientists long ago debunked attempts to link the two, pushed back against the tide of misinformation and conspiracy theory, and countered the false narratives, "vaccine detox" supplements, therapies, and other grifts. Nonetheless, Donald Trump's Department of Health and Human Services is going to waste countless dollars "researching" this connection, and they've chosen David Geier, a noted…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 71% of the sources lean Left
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
