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mike_c

(36,845 posts)
14. I'll bet the incidence of reported autism in this country...
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 05:07 PM
Oct 9

...is strongly correlated with RFK Jr's age. Let's do a thought experiment. While the mid-twentieth century data are sketchy because autism was not even a legit diagnosis in 1960, Wikipedia estimates that per capita US autism rates were likely about 0.5 per 1,000 births in the 1960s. Let's be conservative and say 0.5/1000 is an accurate historical estimate of autism incidence prior to the 1960s.

RFK Jr was born in 1954. We presume he was not very effective at driving up autism rates during early childhood, but by the 1980s, when RFK Jr was a young man, U.S. autism diagnoses doubled to roughly 1 in 1,000 births. Coincidence or causation? Do your own research! Consider that as RFK Jr has aged, autism rates have increased dramatically, in lockstep with his misspent lifespan. By 1995 approximately 1 in 500 children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ten years later that number had increased to 1 in 150 births, and by 2015 to 1 autism diagnosis per every 58 births. In 2022, 1 in 31 children were autistic.

How could this be any clearer?! For every year that data exists, autism rates have been higher on each of RFK Jr's birthdays than they were on his previous birthday! Hello! Is this thing on?! RFK Jr's demented existence correlates precisely with the growth of autism. Hardly anyone was autistic prior to RFK Jr's appearance. During his lifetime autism rates have skyrocketed. QED!



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OMG.... This popped up on my cell as an alert and I thought it was from the ONION... hlthe2b Oct 9 #1
This is just stupid Wifes husband Oct 9 #2
I -uh - wha -uh - huh? huh? rurallib Oct 9 #3
Now he is fixated a male baby penises. Irish_Dem Oct 9 #4
Well, Jesus was circumcised. What is your problem? CTyankee Oct 9 #5
Yep -- circumcision has been around how long? And autism has come along recently as allegorical oracle Oct 9 #12
Stop the testing! JoseBalow Oct 9 #13
He croaks this shit out like it was legit science. "Two studies" What studies? Klarkashton Oct 9 #6
Probably the ones by the Father & Son research team maxsolomon Oct 9 #9
Hmm, maybe I should ask rfk jr if that's why my daughter is autistic. unblock Oct 9 #7
So, RFKJr does NOT even know if these baby boys were given Tylenol, But still uses to link Tylenol to autism....... riversedge Oct 9 #8
Circumcision is a barbaric practice that should be banned. Mike Niendorff Oct 9 #10
Two major religions in this country command circumcision. What would you do to their followers? CTyankee Oct 9 #15
Liability, for starters. Mike Niendorff Oct 9 #16
You poor thing Hekate Oct 9 #17
I take it from your defensiveness that my perspective offends you. Mike Niendorff Oct 9 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Oct 9 #18
far better source (your OP's source is the RW rag Washington Examiner): Celerity Oct 9 #11
I'll bet the incidence of reported autism in this country... mike_c Oct 9 #14
Foreskins used to be valuable as a bride price back in the dy. Ping Tung Oct 9 #19
So are all Jewish boys autistic? milestogo Oct 9 #21
One wonders what's next. Straw Man Oct 9 #22
Brainworms cause crackpot medical theories in non-doctors... Jack Valentino Oct 9 #23
Peter Hotez: RFK Jr.'s take on autism is 'increasingly untethered to reality' LetMyPeopleVote Oct 10 #24
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