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PolitiFactHealth & medicine

many autistic children were "fully functional" and "regressed … into autism when they were 2 years old. And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem, they'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted."

Publisher’s rating: Exaggerated

Research from related reporting quotes Kennedy’s April 2025 remarks, including the claims about regression and autistic children’s future abilities. A research paper argues that the remarks erase autistic people’s contributions and notes that, by Kennedy’s own figures, 75% may hold jobs, toilet independently, and be “fully functional.”

日本ファクトチェックセンターHealth & medicine

コロナワクチン、金属片入っていたけどスルー

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review says the claim that metal fragments in COVID-19 vaccines were ignored is false: affected vaccine lots were recalled, not overlooked. It reports that three lots totaling 1.62 million doses were withdrawn after contamination was found.