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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “CDC's own data show we went from 1 in 10,000 people having…”

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

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 40:44

Let's say I'm wrong about that. All of the studies that I've cited, hundreds of studies that suggest that are wrong. Well, then what is it? Something happened. CDC's own data show we went from 1 in 10,000 people having autism in my generation. Your generation. To 1 in every 34 in my kid's generation. So what happened? And it could be. Look, it could be there. EPA did a study. Congress said to EPA, what year did the epidemic start? EPA said it's a red line. (40:44–40:57)

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Asserts that CDC data shows autism rates increased from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 34.

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