JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri · Aired Mar 3, 2026
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CDC whistleblower William Thompson claims he participated in destroying data on vaccine-autism links.
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What the evidence shows
He said something close to this, and the wording matters. Thompson issued a statement through his lawyer in August 2014 saying he and his co-authors left out a finding about African American boys vaccinated before 36 months. The destroying part comes from a taped call with Brian Hooker, read into the congressional record, describing co-authors putting hard copies in a bin. The underlying dataset was kept, and Thompson has never said the results were falsified.
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Is it true that CDC whistleblower William Thompson claims he participated in destroying data on vaccine-autism links?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. He said something close to this, and the wording matters. Thompson issued a statement through his lawyer in August 2014 saying he and his co-authors left out a finding about African American boys vaccinated before 36 months. It was said on JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri, aired Mar 3, 2026, at 1:58:20. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is forbes.com, linked below.
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