Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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The incidence of non-verbal autism has increased due to factors such as vaccines or environmental exposure to toxins.
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What the evidence shows
Autism diagnoses have genuinely risen over the decades, largely from broader diagnostic criteria and more awareness, so that part holds up. But dozens of studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism and found none, so blaming vaccines for the increase isn't supported by the evidence.
Read the supporting source · autismsciencefoundation.org ↗Quick answer & review status
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Is it true that the incidence of non-verbal autism has increased due to factors such as vaccines or environmental exposure to toxins?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Autism diagnoses have genuinely risen over the decades, largely from broader diagnostic criteria and more awareness, so that part holds up. But dozens of studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism and found none, so blaming vaccines for the increase isn't supported by the evidence. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 51:53. The supporting source is autismsciencefoundation.org, linked below.
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