The American Academy of Pediatrics and 45 other organizations on Nov. 20 said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should reverse its position on autism and vaccines.
“Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the outdated, disproven idea that vaccines cause autism,” the organizations said in a joint statement.
“Medical researchers across the globe have spent more than 25 years thoroughly studying this claim. All have come to the same conclusion: Vaccines are not linked to autism.”
The groups called on the CDC to reverse its recent update to its website, which stated that vaccines may cause autism and that officials are investigating the possible link….