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Science and Rising Autism Rates
Episode 1114

Science and Rising Autism Rates

Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, walks through the studies debunking a link between vaccines and autism.

The Brian Lehrer Show

March 11, 202519m 19s

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Show Notes

Autism rates are rising but Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the author of Autism's False Prophets (Columbia University Press, 2008) and most recently Tell Me When It’s Over: And Insider’s Guide to Deciphering COVID Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World (National Geographic, 2024), says scientists have already debunked theories linking the rise to childhood vaccinations.

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