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Vicky Pebsworth has spent decades saying vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection refuted by years of research

One of the new members of a critical federal vaccine advisory board has argued for decades that vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection that years of large-scale studies and reviews refute.

Registered nurse Vicky Pebsworth is one of eight new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip), all hand-picked by the vaccine skeptic and Donald Trump’s health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

“She’s probably been anti-vax longer than RFK has,” said Dr David Gorski, a Wayne State University School of Medicine professor, who is considered an expert on the anti-vaccine movement.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How does she manage to keep her nursing license while being anti-vax? We truly are on the worst timeline.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'd assume through loopholes and religious exemptions.