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

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HOTEZ: “You know, where I am at Baylor College of Medicine, we have an extraordinary neurological research institute looking into the details of -- of the genetics of autism, how the autism genes interact. Other universities across the country are looking into that. So there's always more to learn. In fact, there are, you know, some environmental triggers that occur in early pregnancy that interact with autism genes. For instance, if a pregnant woman doesn't realize around the time of conception that she's pregnant and is on an anti-seizure medicine called Depakote, also known as valproic acid, that can cause the newborn infant to ultimately go on to have an autism phenotype because it's interacting with the autism genes. We need more of those kinds of studies. And I actually said that directly to RFK Jr. many years ago, but I couldn't engage him on it. So there's a lot more to do, but to -- but to waste taxpayer dollars and time and energy of the scientific community on vaccines is just a fruitless endeavor.”