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Rep.-elect Mark Green walks back (no, not exactly) claim that vaccines cause autism
LBN thread: Tennessee U.S. Rep.-elect Mark Green alleges vaccines may cause autism, questions CDC data
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Source: Washington Post
Rep.-elect Mark Green walks back claim that vaccines cause autism
By Felicia Sonmez
December 12 at 8:11 PM
Rep.-elect Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is walking back comments at a town hall in which he promoted the conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism and said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have “fraudulently managed” data on the topic.
Green, a physician who last month won the House seat being vacated by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), made the remarks Tuesday night in response to a question from a town hall attendee.
“Let me say this about autism,” Green said, according to a video of the exchange posted by the Tennessean. “I have committed to people in my community, up in Montgomery County, to stand on the CDC’s desk and get the real data on vaccines, because there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines.”
He added that, as a doctor, he could approach the issue “academically” and make his case against the CDC “if they really want to engage me on it.”
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In a statement Wednesday night, Green said that his comments about vaccines had been “misconstrued.”
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By Felicia Sonmez
December 12 at 8:11 PM
Rep.-elect Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is walking back comments at a town hall in which he promoted the conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism and said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have “fraudulently managed” data on the topic.
Green, a physician who last month won the House seat being vacated by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), made the remarks Tuesday night in response to a question from a town hall attendee.
“Let me say this about autism,” Green said, according to a video of the exchange posted by the Tennessean. “I have committed to people in my community, up in Montgomery County, to stand on the CDC’s desk and get the real data on vaccines, because there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines.”
He added that, as a doctor, he could approach the issue “academically” and make his case against the CDC “if they really want to engage me on it.”
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In a statement Wednesday night, Green said that his comments about vaccines had been “misconstrued.”
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-elect-mark-green-walks-back-claim-that-vaccines-cause-autism/2018/12/12/9f43d1b4-fe62-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html
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