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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Autism rates...have dropped from less than one in 10,000 in…”

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

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RFK Jr. details road map for kids' health amid vax controversy

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We have diabetes that is now endemic, not just epidemic. It's everywhere. 38% of teens are now diabetic or pre diabetic. When I was a kid it was zero. And the Autism rates...have dropped from less than one in 10,000 in 1970 to one in every 31 kids today. This is a national security issue. Eight out of 10 of our children, of our young men cannot qualify for military service. It's national security. It's our economy. It's wrecking. (06:37–06:51)

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Asserts that autism rates have increased from less than 1 in 10,000 in 1970 to 1 in 31 today.

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