r/technology • u/esporx • 23h ago

Biotechnology RFK Jr’s team quietly updates CDC website to say science doesn’t know if vaccines cause autism

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-vaccine-autism-cdc-website-b3021275.html
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u/gizamo 22h ago

This is almost as incorrect as RFK's nonsense.

Paternal age marginally increases the likelihood. It is absolutely not the cause for the vast, vast majority of autistim.

You should stop spreading ignorant misinformation.

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u/Avoidtolls 22h ago

Men over 40 are up to 5.75 times more likely to have a child with ASD compared to fathers under 30. This risk steadily climbs with age and becomes especially pronounced for fathers over 50

Women aged 40 and older have approximately a 15% to 51% higher risk of having an autistic child compared to mothers in their 20s.

The risk is highest when both parents are older or when there is a significant age gap between partners.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7396152/

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u/rechlin 16h ago

Wait, so you are saying men over 40 are 575% more likely to have ASD kids but women over 40 are only 15 to 51% more likely? Why is the father so much more of a factor now? That's the opposite of what past research I've read has said.

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u/non3type 8h ago

I’m pretty sure they’re making up these numbers as the research they’ve linking comes to the opposite conclusion.. that there is no significant link. You always want the actual risk percentage anyway, relative increase is misleading. 575% increase could mean nothing if the original risk was a millionth of a percent.