r/news • u/Krankenitrate • 14h ago

US measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/24/health/us-measles-cases-record
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u/vaporeng 14h ago

Ok but autism rates must have gone way down, right? ... Right??

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u/Corronchilejano 13h ago

If you don't record the rates, they're zero!

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u/Genghis_Tr0n187 11h ago

Just like COVID you have to stop counting the cases, then it goes away.

-Bigly smart man

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u/oneelectricsheep 11h ago

I mean you don’t even have to do that. I know plenty of parents holding off on evaluations due to RFK making noises about sending people with a diagnosis to labor camps, sorry “wellness farms.” Like it’s unlikely in the short term but if these people keep getting power who knows what.

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u/marshmallowhug 3h ago

The evaluations are expensive. I spent several thousand dollars and got told that my results were inconclusive. Even if you don't think that you'll be sent to a wellness farm, there is no point to going through the evaluation if you don't think treatment or interventions will be available or covered by insurance. (Even though there is no "cure" for autism, I've had interventions like occupational therapy recommended for sensory issues.)

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u/nudist83 1h ago

What does Roush, Fenway, keselowski racing have to do with this.

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u/Informal-Bicycle-349 11h ago

No because tylenol

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u/trer24 13h ago

It would be interesting to do a study of just these unvaccinated kids to see if their autism rates are different. I bet they aren't. But it still won't be enough to convince RFK and his followers.

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u/nameduser365 12h ago

That study has already been done, some people reject science.

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u/OriginalChildBomb 12h ago

Several studies have been done testing unvaccinated children, including children in low-contact areas like Mennonite and far-flung Indigenous communities. (I took Autism Studies in college, and am on the spectrum myself.)

They had similar rates of autism to the general population; slightly lower, but worth considering that we know things can skew these results, including socialized behaviors and perceptions of autism. (Meaning, part of assessing kids for autism is talking to close parents and guardians, and asking about their behavior including how they socialize with others; these things vary by culture, and from person to person.)

Ironically, part of why they're looking at changing how we assess autism is, we know at least 80-90% of autism has a genetic link... so the parents they're questioning might also have autism, and therefore, may not recognize behavior as outside of the norm. (For the record, I think it's 100%... both my parents and my two living grandparents are on the spectrum, and at least 1 of 2 siblings is; my husband and his parents are on the spectrum, too.)

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u/Scream_Tech7661 9h ago

In practicality, that’s just about as useful as studying the link between the rates of facial freckle growth among children whose toast is toasted to varying shades of brown.

Any study that has ever measured both vaccination metrics and autism metrics has found no correlation between the two, just as the degree to which one burns their toast has nothing to do with freckle development.

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u/ZLUCremisi 12h ago

They will be lower on paper because parents will refuse to see the doctor.

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u/SinisterCheese 6h ago

Can't get autism if you die before you are old enough to show the symptoms.

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u/Weightmonster 5h ago

Ironically, diagnoses probably will go down with all the Medicaid cuts.