Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s administration is reportedly moving forward with a registry of autistic Americans — using private medical records from pharmacies, labs, insurers, and even wearables. Here’s why that should alarm you.

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According to reports, Kennedy Jr. is using private medical records to create a registry of people with autism in the United States.

The records include prescription records from pharmacies, lab testing, and genomics records from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, private insurance claims, and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers.

The NIH is also working on an agreement to secure Medicare and Medicaid data.

source: The New Republic

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Do we really need to lay out why this is a bad idea? Fine. Let’s do it.

What else are they going to be searching for?
Are we really expected to believe the executive branch is drastically expanding its power and will stop after compiling a list of people on the spectrum? Come on.

What the hell is this even for?
Seriously, what are they planning to do with this information? The reporting says:

The department’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a study to examine links between autism and vaccines, even though medical experts have long debunked any such connection.

Okay. So let’s walk through this. They gather medical records of everyone on the spectrum. RFK Jr. is an anti-vax guy, so he’s obviously going to dig into who received immunizations and almost certainly conclude vaccines are causing autism.

They are not.

Will they stop at this one group of people?
lol no