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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Today it's 1 in every 31 kids [with autism]. California is 1…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:27

And they were looking for the incident of autism. The incident rates and the, the rate they came down with was 0.8 per 10,000. So less than 1 in every 10,000. Today it's 1 in every 31 kids [with autism]. California is 1 in 19 kids, 1 in 12.5 boys. And so you think of all the lives that have been ruined by this and you know, we're looking at a whole generation of kids now that it's damaged. (02:27–02:35)

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Asserts current autism rates are 1 in 31 nationally, 1 in 19 in California, and 1 in 12.5 for boys in California.

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