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Wisconsin’s governor is adding his voice to the anger over a change from the CDC when it comes to vaccine guidance.
Gov. Tony Evers took to X on Monday to echo the state’s Department of Health Services’ response from last week to the CDC saying it is “not an evidence-based statement” to say that vaccines do not cause autism.
"Unbelievable, and frankly, dangerous," Evers said in a post on X. "Safe, effective vaccines save lives, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying."
The CDC under new federal HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, changed its vaccine language last Wednesday.
Kennedy, who has long questioned vaccines and vaccine policy, made the change and claimed that studies on vaccines for infants have not "ruled out the possibility" of a link.
Wisconsin’s health secretary, Kirsten Johnson, ripped the CDC's changes.
"To put it simply: This is a fundamental distortion of science and the truth," Johnson said. ""It is irresponsible and dangerous for a trusted health agency to continue to promote this myth and knowingly put the health of families, especially children, at risk."
Johnson said parents and the autism community deserve the truth.
She also said that the Wisconsin Department of Health Service has a commitment to "reviewing federal communications" and "providing accurate guidance."
That would be a change for DHS.
During COVID, the state's Department of Health Service and many local health departments laid their COVID rules and restrictions on following CDC guidance without question.
DHS has also not said where else it may review, or distance itself from federal communications or provide other guidance.
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