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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The Institute of Medicine says that none of the eight…”

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

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'That Is Not True!': RFK Jr. Erupts After Reporter Grills Him On Claims About Autism And Vaccines

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

This is the head of the Committee of Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatricians. Let me tell you what the Institute of Medicine says, which is the National Academy of Sciences, which is The Institute of Medicine says that none of the eight vaccines administered during the first six months of life have ever been studied for relationship to autism. relationship to autism. It found two studies, one on the DTV vaccine show that it does cause autism, and one on the hepatitis B vaccine that again suggests that it does cause autism. (01:58–02:10)

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Asserts that the Institute of Medicine claims no studies exist on the relationship between eight early-life vaccines and autism.

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