JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri · Aired Mar 3, 2026
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The CDC cannot produce a single study showing that vaccines given in the first 6 months do not cause autism.
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What the evidence shows
There is at least one, and it was CDC work. DeStefano and colleagues published a study in the Journal of Pediatrics in 2013 comparing 256 children with autism against 752 controls, looking at how much immune stimulation each had received from vaccines between three months and two years old. They found no link, either to total antigens by age two or to the most received in a single day.
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Is it true that the CDC cannot produce a single study showing that vaccines given in the first 6 months do not cause autism?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There is at least one, and it was CDC work. DeStefano and colleagues published a study in the Journal of Pediatrics in 2013 comparing 256 children with autism against 752 controls, looking at how much immune stimulation each had received from vaccines between three months and two years old. It was said on JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri, aired Mar 3, 2026, at 24:15. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is jpeds.com, linked below.
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