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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Autism rates in 1970 were 0.7 in 10,000.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 09:41

We're going to look at all the potential sources of the etiology of autism. Not just vaccines, but food changes, our environment, changes in behavior, all any possible, we need to know. Listen, Chris. Autism rates in 1970 were 0.7 in 10,000. So less than 1 in 10,000. The biggest epidemiological study in history was done in Wisconsin in 1970 and validated many other studies from the same era. (09:41–09:48)

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