If they had actually discovered a cause of autism, or even substantially advanced research in that area they would have announced it right away, rather than engaging in this hype cycle bs like they are trying to defraud a venture capitalist.

The autistics yearn for the concentration camp - RFK probably

They announced they'd be announcing this last spring. I'm just going to copypasta what I wrote on my Facebook at the time, because I was pretty happy with it to be honest

Humor me for a minute. Let's pretend that HHS promised the cause of type I diabetes by September. This has been researched for years, and suddenly they're going to have the cause pinpointed? And without knowing what that cause is (much less how or even if it could be prevented) they're also promising to say how it could be prevented. Seems kinda unrealistic at best, yeah?

Now let's go back to what's actually being attempted: "finding" the cause of autism. Same thing, except it's being lead by a guy who has been drinking the conspiracy-flavored Kool Aid for years. You would have a hard time convincing me that 1) after years of research, they will have a definitive and final cause in about 6 months, 2) this will be directed with the neutrality needed for proper research, and 3) of all the many many diseases we have in this country, autism just so happens to be the one that needs that immediate attention.

This guy is a professional moron, his father would be appalled

NGL I'm morbidly curious how insane the supposed causes will be.

As with any great modern scientific discovery, nothing is shared, or can be guessed from existing evidence, until the great reveal!

Who you gonna trust? Scientists who have researched the problem for their whole professional lives, or Maggot Brain?

Imagine an ignorant like RFK Jr telling the world for the first time the cause of autism 🤯

Change the word "reveal" to "guess at".

It was me, I did it. I caused autism.

I'm ready to accept blame for my acts.

But I stand by what I did.

I guarantee that they bring up “woke”

Inb4 vaccines

"We have found that autism is caused by woke"

During the Cabinet meeting, Kennedy pointed to his oft-repeated evidence of environmental factors contributing to autism rates, noting how diagnosis rates have significantly jumped since the 1970s.

Lol yeah no shit. Medicine has improved a lot since the 70s. We can more easily diagnose the behaviour, so naturally the number of case going to go up.

looks at the CDC

Suuuuuuuure you will.

Aside from politics, do scientists actually know what causes autism? Sorry if this question is ignorant, but I have no clue about that.

I'm placing my bet they claim something like "testing for autism causing autism"... they'll ban the tests. Problem "solved"!

They are going to blame immigrants.

Pregnancy, final answer.

people who announce what they're gonna announce don't have sh to say.