THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 — A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary

2025年6月12日，星期四——受卫生部长聘请的一位长期反对疫苗的批评者

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr.

is reviewing safety data in an effort to revisit debunked claims that vaccines may cause autism.

正在审查安全数据，以重新审视疫苗可能导致自闭症的已被揭穿的说法。

Orthopedic surgeon

骨科医生

Dr. David Geier

大卫·盖尔博士

, a well-known antivaccine activist, hopes to uncover proof that health officials hid data linking vaccines to autism,

，一位知名的反疫苗活动家，希望揭露卫生官员隐瞒疫苗与自闭症相关数据的证据，

The Wall Street Journal

《华尔街日报》

reported.

已报告。

His work appears to be separate from a U.S. Health and Human Services' look at rising autism rates in the U.S. Results of that work are expected this fall.

他的研究似乎与美国卫生与公众服务部对美国自闭症发病率上升的研究无关。这项研究的结果预计将在今年秋季公布。

Geier, meanwhile, is trying to gain access to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources.

与此同时，据多位消息人士透露，盖尔正在试图获取一个包含数百万患者疫苗安全信息的美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）数据库。

He had access to the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) in the early 2000s, but officials removed him twice for allegedly misusing the information. It’s unclear if he has regained access.

他在2000年代初期曾有权限访问CDC的疫苗安全数据链（VSD），但官员因他涉嫌滥用信息两次将其移除。目前尚不清楚他是否已重新获得访问权限。

In a statement, an HHS spokesperson said, “This scientific work will take a fresh look at all data including old data.” It added that “HHS will follow the science — wherever it leads.”

卫生与公众服务部的一位发言人表示：“这项科学工作将重新审视所有数据，包括旧数据。”该声明还补充说：“卫生与公众服务部将遵循科学——无论它通向何处。”

But some public health leaders are concerned.

但是，一些公共卫生领域的领导者对此表示担忧。

“He has no record in the scientific community of doing valid work,” said

“他在科学界没有任何有效工作的记录，”

Dr. Walter Orenstein

沃尔特·奥伦斯坦博士

, a former CDC immunization director.

，前CDC免疫主任。

Geier and his late father, geneticist Mark Geier, spent decades promoting the idea that vaccines are linked to autism. They also created a now-rejected treatment involving a hormone-blocking drug. It led to revocation of the elder Geier’s medical license and disciplinary action for David Geier for practicing medicine without a license..

吉尔和他的已故父亲、遗传学家马克·吉尔几十年来一直在宣扬疫苗与自闭症有关的观点。他们还发明了一种如今已被否定的治疗方法，涉及一种激素阻断药物。这导致了老吉尔医生执照被吊销，并对大卫·吉尔实施了无照行医的处罚。

The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. Each time, the CDC determined they had misrepresented how they planned to use the data and kicked them out,

两人在2004年和2006年接触过疾控中心数据库。每次疾控中心都认定他们歪曲了计划如何使用数据，并将他们踢出。

The Wall Street Journal

《华尔街日报》

reported.

已报告。

At a 2015 conference, Geier spoke about it this way:“They think that [the vaccine's link to autism has] been completely debunked and the science that we’re doing is no good,” he said.

在2015年的一次会议上，盖尔这样说道：“他们认为[疫苗与自闭症的关联]已完全被驳倒，我们所做的研究毫无价值。”

The VSD includes data from a dozen large healthcare networks. Each health system stores its own information, and sharing full access raised concerns about privacy among researchers.

VSD 包含来自十几个大型医疗保健网络的数据。每个卫生系统存储自己的信息，共享完全访问权限引起了研究人员对隐私的担忧。

Kennedy, a longtime critic of vaccine mandates, said last month that Geier would not lead autism research but would look into whether CDC data was missing or hidden.

肯尼迪长期以来一直批评疫苗强制令，他在上个月表示，盖尔不会领导自闭症研究，而是会调查CDC的数据是否缺失或被隐藏。

“There has been a lot of monkey business with the VSD,” Kennedy previously told lawmakers.

“VSD方面一直有很多胡闹的行为，”肯尼迪此前告诉立法者。

In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism,

2005年，《滚石》杂志刊登了肯尼迪的一篇文章，后来该文章被撤回。在文章中，肯尼迪声称政府官员隐瞒了显示疫苗和自闭症之间存在联系的数据。

The Wall Street Journal

《华尔街日报》

said.

说。

He pointed to a 2000 CDC conference that discussed early findings from a study on thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative once used in vaccines.

他提到了2000年CDC的一次会议，会上讨论了一项关于硫柳汞（一种曾用于疫苗的含汞防腐剂）的早期研究结果。

Early data from that study raised questions but later showed no link between thimerosal and autism.

早期的研究数据提出了疑问，但后来显示硫柳汞和自闭症之间没有联系。

Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines in 2001 as a safety precaution. The final findings were

2001年，作为一项安全预防措施，硫柳汞被从大多数疫苗中移除。最终的调查结果是

published in 2003

2003年出版

.

。

Kennedy has said his agency will explore possible causes of autism and plans to

肯尼迪表示他的机构将探索自闭症可能的原因并计划

release findings by September

9月前发布调查结果

. The CDC estimates that 1 in 31 8-year-olds nationwide had autism in 2022.

美国疾病控制与预防中心估计，2022 年全国每 31 名 8 岁儿童中就有 1 人患有自闭症。

Scientists say the rise may owe to several factors, including better diagnosis, older parents and genetics,

科学家表示，增长可能是由于多种因素造成的，包括更好的诊断、父母年龄较大以及遗传因素，

The Wall Street Journal

《华尔街日报》

said.

说。

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to award grants to study other potential factors, such as environmental toxins and diet. NIH employees were recently asked to help Geier, too.

美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 计划颁发研究其他潜在因素（如环境毒素和饮食）的资助。NIH 的员工最近也被要求帮助 Geier。

Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine nonprofit Kennedy once led, is holding an online event this week to mark what it calls the “autism cover-up.”

肯尼迪曾经领导过的反疫苗非营利组织“儿童健康防御”本周将举行一场在线活动，以纪念其所谓的“自闭症掩盖事件”。

Kennedy was originally listed as a speaker, but his name has been removed.

肯尼迪原本被列为演讲者，但他的名字已被删除。

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