Dr. Hotez: To Waste Time and Energy of the Scientific Community Around Vaccines & Autism ‘Is Just a Fruitless Endeavor’

CABRERA Doctor so good ░░░░░░░░ see you False claims ░░░░░░░░ vaccines are linked to ░░░░░░░░ aren t new This ░░░░░░░░ debunked years ago in ░░░░░░░░ You published a book ░░░░░░░░ your own daughter Rachel ░░░░░░░░ autism debunking this Link ░░░░░░░░ you see any value ░░░░░░░░ the CDC looking into ░░░░░░░░ right now Could it ░░░░░░░░ perhaps put conspiracies to ░░░░░░░░ Hotez No I don ░░░░░░░░ really see a positive ░░░░░░░░ a positive reason for ░░░░░░░░ this Ana We ve ░░░░░░░░ three very strong convergent ░░░░░░░░ of evidence that there ░░░░░░░░ zero Link between vaccines ░░░░░░░░ autism First you have ░░░░░░░░ data from all of ░░░░░░░░ different assertions whether they ░░░░░░░░ it was MMR vaccine ░░░░░░░░ in the late 1990s ░░░░░░░░ when RFK Jr Claimed ░░░░░░░░ was thimerosal preservative that ░░░░░░░░ in vaccine All of ░░░░░░░░ studies we have in ░░░░░░░░ open access published literature ░░░░░░░░ epidemiologic studies thousands of ░░░░░░░░ 1 2 lack of ░░░░░░░░ We have now more ░░░░░░░░ 100 autism genes that ░░░░░░░░ been identified Autism represents ░░░░░░░░ that occur in early ░░░░░░░░ brain development well before ░░░░░░░░ ever see vaccines So ░░░░░░░░ there s any environmental ░░░░░░░░ it s around the ░░░░░░░░ of conception or in ░░░░░░░░ first trimester of pregnancy ░░░░░░░░ third more recently we ░░░░░░░░ brain assembloid brain organoid ░░░░░░░░ really many brains in ░░░░░░░░ test tube using neurons ░░░░░░░░ autism genes So they ░░░░░░░░ point to the same ░░░░░░░░ the genetic basis of ░░░░░░░░ And so it s ░░░░░░░░ s just a way ░░░░░░░░ cause people to question ░░░░░░░░ safety of vaccines and ░░░░░░░░ people to have doubts ░░░░░░░░ they don t need ░░░░░░░░ have CABRERA So do ░░░░░░░░ believe though more research ░░░░░░░░ needed into what causes ░░░░░░░░ Could that be a ░░░░░░░░ use of resources Hotez ░░░░░░░░ absolutely You know where ░░░░░░░░ am at Baylor College ░░░░░░░░ Medicine we have an ░░░░░░░░ neurological research institute looking ░░░░░░░░ the details of of ░░░░░░░░ genetics of autism how ░░░░░░░░ autism genes interact Other ░░░░░░░░ across the country are ░░░░░░░░ into that So there ░░░░░░░░ always more to learn ░░░░░░░░ fact there are you ░░░░░░░░ some environmental triggers that ░░░░░░░░ in early pregnancy that ░░░░░░░░ with autism genes For ░░░░░░░░ if a pregnant woman ░░░░░░░░ t realize around the ░░░░░░░░ of conception that she ░░░░░░░░ pregnant and is on ░░░░░░░░ anti seizure medicine called ░░░░░░░░ also known as valproic ░░░░░░░░ that can cause the ░░░░░░░░ infant to ultimately go ░░░░░░░░ to have an autism ░░░░░░░░ because it s interacting ░░░░░░░░ the autism genes We ░░░░░░░░ more of those kinds ░░░░░░░░ studies And I actually ░░░░░░░░ that directly to RFK ░░░░░░░░ Many years ago but ░░░░░░░░ couldn t engage him ░░░░░░░░ it So there s ░░░░░░░░ lot more to do ░░░░░░░░ to but to waste ░░░░░░░░ dollars and time and ░░░░░░░░ of the scientific community ░░░░░░░░ vaccines is just a ░░░░░░░░ endeavor CABRERA It s ░░░░░░░░ to know also where ░░░░░░░░ resources are how many ░░░░░░░░ there are to go ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ research pursuits given all ░░░░░░░░ cuts we ve been ░░░░░░░░ with DOGE.”