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RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

RFK is a dangerous lunatic. The only things he would use that data for that I can think of are inhumane „experiments“ on no scientific basis and mass sterilizations. This is bad. This is very very bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've yet to actually see any talks about mass sterilizations or anything like that. That's a crime against humanity and not sometimes that is likely to happen without resistance. It is also good that we have laws like HIPPA that protect user data. I think we need more collective action as individually we are weak. I'm not saying that crimes against humanity are impossible but I do think panicking and stressing a group that already has mental heath issues doesn't accomplish much.

One thing I've learned about the Autistic community is that we are all very resilient and can be very head strong when necessary. I think as a group we can do a lot as a many Autistic people are some of the nicest and most selfless people you will meet. I'm not sure what the future holds but we can face it together.