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By J.B. Handley What if you wrote a blog under a pseudonym-- “ORAC” --an acronym for an online programming language and the name of a wayward computer in an old BBC sci-fi series? What if you also blogged as “SoCalGal”...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:18 UTC After a court challenge questioning the scientific support behind the claim that "vaccines do not cause autism," the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has removed that headline from its website. The blockbuster change was made quietly last August, and went largely unnoticed, with no public announcement. The CDC Vaccine-Autism page goes on to state in many different ways that parents should not be concerned about vaccines and autism, and "there is no link," while at th...

Starving The Hungry Lie: CDC Removes Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism from Site Note: In 2010, JB Handley coined a phrase called feeding the hungry lie: The “hungry lie” on autism is both maddeningly simple and simply maddening and goes something like this: “It’s been asked and answered, vaccines don’t cause autism.” As I’ve written about repeatedly, this is a huge lie, a critical lie, and a very “hungry” lie, because it constantly needs to be fed. Below, Ginger Taylor takes you ...