{"id":14906,"date":"2025-08-21T22:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=14906"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:26:53","slug":"did-the-government-secretly-hide-the-autism-link","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/did-the-government-secretly-hide-the-autism-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the government secretly hide the autism link?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]A widely circulating\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0featuring HHS Secretary RFK Jr. claims that after 1989, diseases like autism and autoimmune problems rose sharply, that babies given the hepatitis B vaccine in the first month had a much higher risk of autism, and that health officials secretly met to hide this link.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]To drum up concerns, vaccine opponents have to travel back in time and make dull government meetings look nefarious. Such is the case with Simpsonwood.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02000 Simpsonwood CDC conference<\/a>\u00a0was a two-day meeting organized by the CDC to discuss data from the\u00a0Vaccine Safety Datalink<\/a>\u00a0regarding the possible link between the mercury compound thimerosal in vaccines and neurological issues in vaccinated children. Attendees included experts in various fields, public health organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n

The conference gained notoriety in the anti-vaccination movement when RFK Jr. wrote an article in 2005 alleging a conspiracy to withhold vaccine safety information. However, the article contained numerous factual errors, leading to its\u00a0retraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the\u00a0Senate HELP Committee<\/a>\u00a0reviewed the allegations against the CDC and found they had mostly no merit.\u00a0It was found that the CDC did not interfere with vaccine safety studies, and the review groups did not rely on manipulated studies.<\/p>\n

Four other allegations were also not substantiated, including claims that the CDC convened the Simpsonwood Conference to cover up findings, pressured Dr.\u00a0Thomas Verstraeten<\/a>\u00a0to change his findings, hid the Vaccine Safety Datalink, or organized public health organizations to hide a link between vaccines and\u00a0autism. And we know that\u00a0vaccines do not cause\u00a0autism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And for what it’s worth, the\u00a0Hepatitis\u00a0B\u00a0vaccine is one of\u00a0the\u00a0safest<\/a>, with\u00a0the\u00a0fewest\u00a0possible side effects.\u00a0The\u00a0most likely side effects are\u00a0just\u00a0pain and soreness at\u00a0the\u00a0injection site,\u00a0without any documented serious side effects.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0the\u00a0hep\u00a0B\u00a0vaccine causes any serious side effects, they are extremely rare\u2014so rare that we haven\u2019t found any in several millions of doses. Because\u00a0the\u00a0vaccine is safe and there\u2019s a risk of getting infected at birth or during infancy, we give this vaccine right at birth.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explore the truth behind the Simpsonwood conspiracy theory and claims that the CDC hid an autism-vaccine link. The science says: vaccines don\u2019t cause autism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[195,218],"class_list":["post-14906","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-autism","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14910,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14906\/revisions\/14910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=14906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}