RFK Jr. Launches Revolutionary Autism Investigation: Why This Changes Everything

Health Secretary RFK Jr. reveals his groundbreaking plan to conduct the first transparent, independent studies on autism's skyrocketing rates, making CDC databases public for the first time while overhauling America's broken vaccine safety system.

Key Takeaways

• RFK Jr. is funding 15 independent research teams worldwide to study autism-vaccine connections using previously hidden CDC databases
• Initial results expected by September 2025, with definitive answers within six months as gold-standard studies replace decades of flawed research
• New studies will compare fully vaccinated children to completely unvaccinated groups for the first time since a buried 1999 CDC study
• American children now receive 69-92 vaccines from conception to age 18, compared to just 3 vaccines when RFK Jr. was a child
• The vaccine injury compensation program is being overhauled to help COVID vaccine-injured individuals who were previously excluded
• Pharmaceutical advertising on television may face new restrictions as the administration tackles industry corruption that's captured regulatory agencies
• CDC's vaccine injury reporting system captures less than 1% of actual injuries, prompting development of AI-powered surveillance systems
• Kennedy assassination files continue rolling out, though RFK Jr. expects few groundbreaking revelations beyond what's already public

The Autism Crisis Nobody Wants to Discuss

Here's something that'll probably shock you - autism rates have absolutely exploded over the past few decades, and we still don't have real answers about why. RFK Jr. isn't tiptoeing around this anymore. As the new Health Secretary, he's launching what might be the most comprehensive investigation into autism's causes that we've ever seen in this country.

The numbers alone should make anyone pause. When RFK Jr. was a kid, children received just three vaccines total. By 1986, that number had climbed to 11 doses of five different vaccines. Today? American kids are looking at somewhere between 69 and 92 vaccines from conception through age 18, depending on which state they live in and what specific vaccine brands their doctors use.

• Each vaccine is specifically designed to permanently alter a child's immune system - that's literally how they work
• We're seeing an unprecedented epidemic of immune system disorders in children that simply didn't exist a generation ago
• Diseases like severe food allergies, eczema, ADD, ADHD, speech delays, and autism spectrum disorders have become commonplace in classrooms
• The timing correlation is impossible to ignore, yet questioning it has been essentially forbidden in mainstream medical circles

What's really interesting is how RFK Jr. describes the political pushback he's facing. The opposition isn't coming directly from pharmaceutical companies - they actually want to work with his department because they need FDA approvals and federal contracts. Instead, the organized resistance is coming from Democrats who used to be his lifelong friends, people who've adopted a knee-jerk "oppose anything Trump supports" mentality.

He makes this fascinating point about how Trump has essentially been dictating both party platforms. Democrats traditionally opposed NAFTA until Trump came out against it, then they suddenly supported it. They were the anti-war party until Trump questioned the Ukraine conflict, then they became hawks. It's like watching political positions get determined purely by opposition rather than principles.

The CDC Studies That Were Never Meant to Find Answers

This is where things get really disturbing. RFK Jr. explains that the CDC has conducted exactly six epidemiological studies on autism and vaccines over the years, and every single one used what he calls "fraudulent techniques" to avoid finding connections.

Here's the kicker - none of these studies did what any honest researcher would do: compare health outcomes between fully vaccinated kids and completely unvaccinated kids. That's like trying to study whether smoking causes cancer by only comparing people who smoke two packs a day versus people who smoke one pack a day.

• The CDC actually did conduct a proper vaccinated-versus-unvaccinated study back in 1999 under Belgian researcher Thomas Verstraeten
• That study found a 1,135% elevated risk of autism among children who received hepatitis B vaccine within the first 30 days of life
• Instead of publishing these shocking results, the CDC kept the study secret and manipulated it through five different iterations to bury the findings
• They removed older children who were old enough to be diagnosed and focused only on younger kids who hadn't yet shown symptoms

The external scientific literature tells a completely different story than what we've been told. Over 100 published studies indicate there could be links between vaccines and autism, but these get systematically ignored or dismissed by health authorities.

What RFK Jr. is doing now is revolutionary. His department has gained access to databases from the CDC, CMS (which handles Medicaid and Medicare), and the Vaccine Safety Datalink - the biggest repository of HMO health records in the country. For the first time ever, they're making this data available to independent scientists worldwide.

• They've put out grant requests to the general scientific community, allowing credentialed researchers to apply for funding and propose their own study designs
• About 15 major research teams are expected to participate, all working independently to analyze the same datasets
• Every study protocol will be published in advance, something the CDC never did
• All raw data will be made public when possible, and peer reviews will be published - another departure from CDC practices
• Most importantly, every study will be required to be replicated by other researchers

This last point about replication is huge. RFK Jr. points out that replication used to be a basic principle of science - you can't really "know" something unless other scientists can reproduce your results. But NIH stopped requiring replication, which created perverse incentives for researchers to cheat or manipulate data to get publishable results.

The Broken Economics of Modern Medicine

One of the most eye-opening parts of RFK Jr.'s discussion involves how the entire healthcare system has become financially incentivized to keep people sick rather than healthy. It sounds conspiratorial until you hear him break down the actual economics.

Take pediatricians, for example. Published research shows that about 50% of their revenue now comes from administering vaccines. But that's just the beginning. Insurance companies like Blue Cross pay substantial bonuses to pediatric practices if they maintain high vaccination rates - we're talking tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses if 95% or more of their patients are "fully vaccinated."

• This explains why pediatricians will literally throw families out of their practices if parents want to space out vaccines or follow alternative schedules
• It's not necessarily about medical judgment - it's about protecting those bonus structures that keep their practices financially viable
• Twenty years ago, only 20% of doctors worked for corporations; today it's 80%, meaning most physicians answer to corporate administrators focused on revenue generation
• Medical school graduates emerge with crushing debt loads, making them dependent on these corporate employment structures

The pharmaceutical industry has created what RFK Jr. calls a "propaganda vessel" system through medical journals. Companies pay to get studies published that validate their products, often hiring what he terms "biostitutes" - mercenary scientists who manipulate data to reach predetermined conclusions.

Here's how the scam works: pharmaceutical companies fund studies designed to show their drugs work, then the journals create special reprints featuring just that one study with the journal's prestigious logo on the front. Thousands of pharmaceutical sales reps then take these reprints to doctors' offices across the country, often using attractive salespeople to wine and dine physicians and encourage them to prescribe specific medications.

The insurance industry profits from this system too, though it seems counterintuitive. RFK Jr. shares an analogy from an AIG executive: if you're Lloyd's of London insuring all the ships in the world, is it better if one ship sinks per year or 500? The answer is 500, because then everyone needs insurance. Insurance companies make money from the volume of premiums flowing through their system - if claims are high, they just raise premiums accordingly.

Pharmaceutical Advertising and Media Capture

Something most Americans don't realize is that we're one of only two countries in the world that allows direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising on television. This wasn't always the case - it really exploded after regulatory changes in the 1990s.

RFK Jr. tells a fascinating story about his relationship with Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. Despite their political differences, Ailes would put RFK Jr. on Fox shows to discuss environmental issues. But when RFK Jr. brought Ailes a documentary about mercury in vaccines, Ailes watched it, was completely convinced, but said he couldn't air it.

• Ailes explained that about 75% of evening news advertising revenue comes from pharmaceutical companies
• On a typical evening news show, 17 out of 22 advertisements are for pharmaceutical products
• Any host who allowed discussion of vaccine safety issues would have to be fired, or Ailes would get a call from the network within 10 minutes

This creates a massive conflict of interest. Pharmaceutical companies aren't advertising generic drugs because there's no profit margin - they're pushing the most expensive versions of every medication. When consumers see these ads, they're not paying out of pocket; Medicaid and Medicare (taxpayers) foot the bill. So we're paying for the advertisements through tax deductions, then paying again when people request these expensive drugs.

• The American Medical Association has opposed direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising for 30 years
• Doctors hate the system because patients come in demanding specific medications they saw on TV, leaving physicians with 11 minutes per patient to either argue or just write the prescription
• European visitors are shocked by the volume and nature of pharmaceutical advertising on American television
• The ads themselves are deliberately misleading, showing people living active, happy lives while serious side effects scroll by at incomprehensible speeds

RFK Jr.'s department is exploring ways to make pharmaceutical advertising more honest, potentially requiring companies to show realistic depictions of what life is actually like for people taking these medications rather than fantasy scenarios of jet skiing and beach volleyball.

COVID Vaccines and the Path Forward

The discussion around COVID vaccines reveals just how broken our scientific institutions have become. RFK Jr. points out that the original Pfizer vaccine trial actually showed higher overall mortality in the vaccinated group than the placebo group - 23% more deaths from all causes after six months.

The "100% effective" claims that dominated media coverage were based on incredibly limited data: two people died from COVID in the placebo group versus one in the vaccine group. That's the entire dataset they used to make sweeping effectiveness claims.

• To prevent one COVID death, you had to give vaccines to 19,999 people
• If those vaccines were causing any deaths themselves, they would completely cancel out any benefit
• Current recommendations no longer include COVID vaccines for children under 18, though they remain available through physician consultation
• A new COVID vaccine version will actually require proper clinical trials for the first time, giving us real safety and efficacy data

The administration has also removed recommendations for COVID vaccines during pregnancy, acknowledging serious gaps in our understanding of mRNA technology's safety profile. RFK Jr. admits there's significant skepticism within his agency about mRNA vaccines, and they plan comprehensive studies to answer outstanding safety questions.

Perhaps most importantly, they're working to help people injured by COVID vaccines. The vaccine injury compensation program is being overhauled to include COVID vaccine injuries, with expanded statutes of limitations and reformed procedures that prioritize helping injured people rather than protecting trust fund money.

Reforming a Captured System

One of RFK Jr.'s first acts as Secretary was firing the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the board responsible for adding vaccines to childhood schedules. This wasn't arbitrary - Congress investigated this board in 2002 and found that 97% of members had undisclosed conflicts of interest with vaccine manufacturers.

The corruption was staggering. When the rotavirus vaccine was approved, four out of five board members had direct financial interests in that specific vaccine. One member, Paul Offit, literally voted to add rotavirus vaccines to the mandatory schedule while he had his own rotavirus vaccine in development. When the first approved vaccine was withdrawn due to causing fatal intestinal problems in children, Offit's vaccine replaced it. He and his partners sold that vaccine to Merck for $186 million.

• ACIP never rejected a single vaccine that came before them - they approved everything
• Many vaccines on the current schedule target diseases that aren't even contagious through casual contact
• Hepatitis B vaccines are given to newborns on their first day of life, despite the disease being transmitted through sexual contact or needle sharing
• The financial incentive was clear: getting a vaccine on the childhood schedule guaranteed about a billion dollars in annual revenue

This systematic corruption explains why we went from 11 vaccines in 1986 to potentially 92 today, with only the COVID vaccine having undergone proper placebo-controlled safety trials. Every other vaccine was approved without true safety studies comparing vaccinated to unvaccinated populations.

RFK Jr. is implementing what he calls an "AI revolution" throughout the Department of Health and Human Services. They're attracting top Silicon Valley talent to create systems that can analyze massive healthcare datasets and detect patterns that human researchers might miss. This technology will be used to monitor vaccine safety in real-time, replacing the broken VAERS reporting system that captures less than 1% of actual injuries.

The vaccine safety surveillance system that CDC designed and then shelved in 2010 showed that vaccines cause injuries in about 2.7% of recipients - roughly one injury for every 37 vaccines administered. With AI-powered monitoring, they'll finally have accurate, real-time data on what's actually happening to people after vaccination.

This represents a fundamental shift from a system designed to hide problems to one designed to find and address them. For the first time in decades, we might actually get honest answers about vaccine safety, autism causes, and how to optimize public health policies based on real science rather than pharmaceutical industry profits.

RFK Jr.'s autism investigation isn't just about vaccines - it's about restoring scientific integrity to institutions that have been captured by the industries they're supposed to regulate. The stakes couldn't be higher for the millions of families dealing with autism and other chronic childhood diseases that barely existed a generation ago.