Well, would you look at that. After years—decades, actually—of insisting with absolute certainty that “vaccines do not cause autism,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly tiptoed back from its once ironclad declaration. Now, according to the updated CDC website, that very claim—the same one plastered all over mainstream media, echoed in public schools, and regurgitated by politicians as gospel truth—is apparently not based on evidence. Instead, we’re told it was “historically disseminated” to prevent vaccine hesitancy. Translation: it was strategic messaging, not settled science. Ah yes, the ol’ “for your own good” routine. Again.
Let’s rewind. For years, anyone who dared raise even a pinky finger in questioning the holy vaccine-autism narrative was immediately excommunicated from polite society, censored online, labeled a conspiracy theorist, and tossed into the “anti-vax nutjob” category—sometimes all before breakfast. Now? The CDC is suddenly playing the “let’s take another look” card. Why? Because the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a comprehensive assessment of autism causes, including—you guessed it—vaccines.
The CDC quietly changed its website to suggest vaccines might cause autism, reviving a claim debunked by decades of research.@dr4liberty explains why this misstep shows how far the agency has drifted from its core mission of credible disease control: https://t.co/VUn9IPLzCd pic.twitter.com/qrk189z9g9
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) November 20, 2025
You can practically hear the bureaucratic backpedaling echoing through the marble halls of government buildings in D.C.
Let’s just acknowledge the elephant in the room. They knew. Or at the very least, they didn’t know, but they sure acted like they did. That whole “the science is settled” schtick? Turns out, science doesn’t settle—it evolves, unless you’re in the business of pushing public health narratives that can’t tolerate a single question. And now that cracks are showing in the dam, the same people who mocked parents, discredited medical professionals who dared dissent, and shoved mandates down the public’s throat, are quietly editing web pages hoping nobody notices.
Except people have noticed. Groups like Children’s Health Defense are calling out the about-face. Their president, Mary Holland, is practically throwing a victory parade just for the CDC finally having the audacity to admit that no, they never proved vaccines weren’t linked to autism. In fact, many studies suggesting otherwise were, as the CDC now confesses, simply ignored.
Of course, we still have media-appointed medical experts, like Dr. Marc Siegel, rushing in to soften the blow, reminding us that vaccine confidence is in freefall—but not to worry, vaccines are still “crucial tools.” That’s rich. It’s almost like they don’t realize that the erosion of public trust didn’t happen in a vacuum. It happened because the agencies tasked with protecting public health decided that PR spin was more important than full transparency.
Breaking 🚨: CDC Reverses Decades-Long Stance: Admits “Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism” Claim Is Not Evidence-Based, Citing Unruled-Out Risks from Infant Shots pic.twitter.com/YCwpp7X492
— Luther ‘Ćyrus’ (@Censored4sure) November 20, 2025
And let’s not overlook the American Academy of Pediatrics, still doubling down on the claim that there’s “no credible link.” That’s fine—scientific disagreement is healthy. What isn’t healthy is pretending there’s a consensus while actively suppressing dissent. And now, as if to pour salt in the wound, the CDC keeps the header “Vaccines do not cause autism” up on the website with a little asterisk, not because the science supports it, but because it was part of a prior agreement. You can’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, autism rates continue to rise steeply. One in 31 children born in 2014 has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. That’s up from one in 150 back in 2000. So yeah, forgive parents for wanting some real answers. Maybe they’re tired of being told to shut up and take the shot while their questions are laughed off as hysteria.
This isn’t about being anti-vaccine. It’s about being pro-accountability. If federal health agencies want to win back public trust, they could start by admitting that “we might have been wrong” and maybe stop punishing people who asked the right questions before the bureaucrats caught up.
But hey—baby steps. At least we’re finally seeing the asterisk.
