Tesla CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/shop/products/elon-musk-tweet-t-shirt">Elon Musk</a> has become Left-wing social media platform Twitter&#8217;s largest shareholder, taking a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc.
Musk now has four times as many shares as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who owns 2.25%.
&#8220;Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading after the regulator filing released Monday detailing Musk buying the holding,&#8221; Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-04/musk-takes-9-2-stake-in-twitter-after-questioning-platform">reported</a>. &#8220;The stake is worth about $2.89 billion, based on Friday’s market close.&#8221;
The move comes after Musk teased a shakeup at Twitter, or possible plans to build a new social media platform that promotes free speech.
Last month, Musk asked his followers to vote in a poll about free speech and Twitter&#8217;s adherence to it, emphasizing that the &#8220;consequences of this poll will be important.&#8221;
&#8220;Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?&#8221; the 50-year-old asked. &#8220;The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.&#8221;
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The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507272763597373461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
When the poll came back to show that more than 70% of the 2,000,000-plus who voted answered &#8220;No,&#8221; Musk teased creating a new platform of his own.
&#8220;Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?&#8221; he asked, following up, &#8220;Is a new platform needed?&#8221;
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Is a new platform needed?
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507777913042571267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
The next day, the entrepreneur said he was giving &#8220;serious thought&#8221; to building a new platform with &#8220;an open source algorithm,&#8221; promoting free speech.
“Would you consider building a new social media platform, [Elon Musk]?” one Twitter user asked. &#8220;One that would consist an open source algorithm, one where free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority, one where propaganda is very minimal. I think that kind of a platform is needed.”
“Am giving serious thought to this,&#8221; Musk responded.
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Am giving serious thought to this
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507907130124222471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan &#8220;Take It Down Act&#8221; into law on Monday, surrounded by First Lady Melania Trump and lawmakers who helped advance the bill.
The &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/can-you-help-me-why-the-take-it-down-act-is-a-lifeline-for-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take It Down Act</a>&#8221; makes publishing non-consensual intimate imagery, real or AI-generated, a federal crime. It requires social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, X, and Facebook to remove content that features explicit images or videos of minors, known as “child sexual abuse material,” or CSAM, or “revenge porn,” within 48 hours of the content being flagged.
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President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in the Rose Garden for the signing of the Take It Down Act. 🌹🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/lHYAVO5xTS">pic.twitter.com/lHYAVO5xTS</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1924546236234744254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
Mrs. Trump has been a fierce advocate for the &#8220;Take It Down Act,&#8221; encouraging lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to push the legislation forward. FLOTUS opened the signing with remarks about the bipartisan effort to protect Americans, especially children, before introducing President Trump.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> gives remarks prior to the signing of the &#8216;Take It Down Act&#8217; to protect children from online exploitation: &#8220;This legislation is a powerful step forward in our efforts to ensure that every American, especially young people, can feel better protected from their image or… <a href="https://t.co/EJFVHppTi1">pic.twitter.com/EJFVHppTi1</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1924546390560068037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
Republican South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey, who was thanked by President Trump on Monday, worked with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) on the legislation. Cruz and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, were the sponsors of the bill.
Tragically, Guffey&#8217;s 17-year-old son Gavin Guffey took his own life three years ago after he was the victim of an online sexual extortion scam &#8212; <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250306">a growing trend</a> the FBI has recently warned parents about.
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I have posted before about the passing of TAKE IT DOWN and the roundtable with FLOTUS. On Friday, I received an invite to go to the White House for the signing on the bill and as I made plans, I found out that the other members of the original “Porch Caucus” will be in DC Monday… <a href="https://t.co/Qr4518YEKu">pic.twitter.com/Qr4518YEKu</a>
— Brandon Guffey (@brandonguffeysc) <a href="https://twitter.com/brandonguffeysc/status/1922142423880204581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
Guffey told The Daily Wire on Monday that the law &#8220;will save so many teens from feeling the shame that my son faced.&#8221;
&#8220;In addition to having the tool to have the images taken down within 48 hours, the person posting can also face up to 3 years in prison,&#8221; the lawmaker continued. &#8220;With the evolution of criminals using AI and morphed images/videos, this will be the first bill to my knowledge to address Artificial Intelligence.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m so thankful for all of the coalitions behind this and the advocacy of the FLOTUS,&#8221; Guffey added. &#8220;The bravery of young teens such as <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/05/take-it-down-act-signing-explicit-images/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elliston and Francesca</a> can’t be commended enough.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_905661" style="width: 867px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-905661" class="wp-image-905661 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1968507123-857x576.jpg" alt="South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey, holds a picture of his son Gavin Guffey, 17, who died by suicide after being entrapped in a sexual extortion scam on Instagram, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled &quot;Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,&quot; in Dirksen building on Wednesday, January 31, 2024." width="857" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1968507123-857x576.jpg 857w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1968507123-300x202.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1968507123-768x516.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-1968507123.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px" />Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images</div>
Guffey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/the-sextortion-crisis-claiming-the-lives-of-teen-boys-4-12-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Daily Wire</a> last month that he wants social media companies to have protections stripped from them over their lack of action concerning CSAM material.
“I think the number one thing that we have to do is to remove Section 230, or revisit Section 230, which was written in 1996,” he told The Daily Wire. “It gives these companies — who are the richest companies since the inception of man — it absolves them from being sued. So we can sue them, but things get thrown out before discovery because they just say, ‘We’re not responsible for anything online because this is a public forum.’”
Guffey is currently suing Meta, the parent company of Instagram, over his son’s death. “I filed a suit directly on my own, not demanding money, but demanding change.”
Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-country-star-john-rich-teamed-up-with-kristi-noem-to-combat-child-sextortion?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Country+Star+John+Rich+Teamed+Up+With+Kristi+Noem+To+Combat+Child+Sextortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> is currently taking on the uptick in sexual extortion, or &#8220;sextortion,&#8221; cases against minors with its initiative <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/know2protect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Know2Protect</a>. Recently, country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-country-star-john-rich-teamed-up-with-kristi-noem-to-combat-child-sextortion?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Country+Star+John+Rich+Teamed+Up+With+Kristi+Noem+To+Combat+Child+Sextortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Rich</a> teamed up with the department to educate parents and teens about the issue.
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Vice President JD Vance on Monday raised questions about former President Joe Biden&#8217;s past fitness for office in light of the recent announcement that Biden has aggressive prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.
Vance targeted people in Biden&#8217;s inner circle, who have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-raise-questions-about-timing-of-biden-cancer-diagnosis-unbelievable-this-was-missed?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Doctors+Raise+Questions+About+Timing+Of+Biden+Cancer+Diagnosis%3A+‘Unbelievable+This+Was+Missed’" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of</a> covering up the former president&#8217;s mental and physical decline from the public, and asked why the American people did not have a &#8220;better sense&#8221; of Biden&#8217;s welfare.
&#8220;We wish the best for the former president&#8217;s health, and it sounds pretty serious, but hopefully he makes the right recovery,&#8221; Vance told reporters. 
&#8220;I will say, whether the right time to have this conversation is now, or at some point in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job.&#8221;
The VP then suggested that doctors or staffers helped keep the truth from the American public.
&#8220;You can separate the desire for him to have the right health outcome, with the recognition that whether it was doctors, or whether there were staffers around the former president &#8212; I don&#8217;t think he was able to do a good job for the American people,&#8221; Vance said.
 &#8220;And that&#8217;s not politics, that&#8217;s not because I disagreed with him on policy, that&#8217;s because I don&#8217;t think that he was in good enough health.&#8221;
&#8220;In some ways, I blame him less than I blame the people around him,&#8221; the VP said of Biden. 
&#8220;Why didn&#8217;t the American people have a better sense of his health picture? Why didn&#8217;t the American people have more accurate information about what he was actually dealing with?&#8221; Vance posed. 
&#8220;This is serious stuff. This is the guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world&#8217;s largest nuclear arsenal,&#8221; Vance continued. &#8220;This is not child&#8217;s play. We can pray for good health, but also recognize that if you&#8217;re not in good enough health to do the job, you shouldn&#8217;t do the job.&#8221; 
Biden&#8217;s cancer announcement comes on the heels of major buzz over the forthcoming book “Original Sin,&#8221; which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the physical and cognitive decline of Biden while in the White House.
For example, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-outlets-say-biden-book-is-full-of-bombshells-heres-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the book details</a> how some staffers thought Biden might need a wheelchair, and how the former president was sometimes unable to recognize friends and staffers. Meanwhile, the White House routinely stated how sharp Biden was and suggested anyone who criticized him was engaging in misinformation.
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JD Vance takes shots at Biden and the &#8220;people around him.&#8221;
“This is not child&#8217;s play. We can pray for good health, but also recognize that if you’re not in good enough health to do the job, you shouldn’t be doing the job.” <a href="https://t.co/QW1Jsui9iq">pic.twitter.com/QW1Jsui9iq</a>
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1924464823191957516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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JD Vance Raises Questions After Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis: ‘This Is Not Child’s Play’

President Donald Trump on Saturday told Walmart CEO Doug McMillon not to raise prices for Americans, but to instead &#8220;eat the tariffs.&#8221;
Trump recently dropped tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% down to 30%, but this week, McMillion said Walmart still could not absorb the extra costs, and will have to increase prices.
&#8220;Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,&#8221; the president posted on Truth Social. &#8220;Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected.&#8221;
&#8220;Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, &#8216;EAT THE TARIFFS,&#8217; and not charge valued customers ANYTHING,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!&#8221;
McMillon made comments about having to raise prices, specifically over tariffs on China, during an earnings call on Thursday.
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmaqx46zq00193b6mokd0s1nm@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">“We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins.&#8221;
“The higher tariffs will result in higher prices,” McMillon added.
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There have been mixed reactions online to Trump&#8217;s demand for Walmart to &#8220;eat&#8221; the extra costs. Some have noted that Trump had previously suggested that China would likely &#8220;eat&#8221; the extra costs themselves.
However, others, like journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon, railed against Walmart for hurting Americans while she said they &#8220;brag&#8221; about being a pro-American corporation.
“This is absolutely unacceptable and infuriating,&#8221; Ungar-Sargon said on Fox News airwaves this week, following McMillon&#8217;s comments. &#8220;Walmart walks around bragging that 75% of the products that they sell are made here in the United States. Why are you raising prices?&#8221;
&#8220;Do you know what Walmart’s yearly profits were last year? 169 billion dollars,&#8221; Ungar-Sargon continued. &#8220;Don’t raise prices. Support the president, support the agenda, support the American working class.”
Ungar-Sargon added that she doesn&#8217;t see these potential price hikes as &#8220;political,&#8221; but more about &#8220;rampant greed.&#8221;
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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warns that they will be raising prices in response to President Trump’s tariffs. Shoppers will likely see price increases toward the end of May and more in June.
Batya Ungar-Sargon: “This is absolutely unacceptable and infuriating. Walmart walks around… <a href="https://t.co/JpONWTgQRE">pic.twitter.com/JpONWTgQRE</a>
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedWave_Press/status/1923354165436195059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The mother of a brain-dead woman who is 21-weeks pregnant is upset that her daughter is being kept alive to save the unborn child, a baby boy.
April Newkirk has told the press that her 30-year-old daughter, Adriana Smith, is being kept alive by ventilators, blaming Georgia&#8217;s pro-life law, which bans abortion of unborn babies after six weeks gestation, with some exceptions.
Newkirk says doctors told her she&#8217;s not allowed to take her daughter off the ventilators, so they can protect and save her grandson.
“It should have been left up to the family,” Newkirk said, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=68264b5179b66e000101d84f&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC News. “I’m not saying that we would have chose to terminate her pregnancy, but what I’m saying is, we should have had a choice.&#8221;
It&#8217;s not entirely clear if Georgia&#8217;s abortion law is the reason Smith is being kept alive.
A spokesman for Emory Healthcare, the healthcare system overseeing Smith&#8217;s care, said they use &#8220;consensus from clinical experts, medical literature, and legal guidance to support our providers as they make individualized treatment recommendations in compliance with Georgia’s abortion laws and all other applicable laws.”
“Our top priorities continue to be the safety and wellbeing of the patients we serve,” the spokesperson added.
In Georgia, an unborn child cannot be killed via abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, except in rare cases, like the health of the mother, rape, incest, or some fetal abnormalities.
Back in February, when Smith was nine-weeks pregnant with her second child, she began feeling unwell and suffering severe headaches. She went to a nearby hospital and was given medication. The following day, however, Smith&#8217;s boyfriend says the 30-year-old was gasping for air and making gargling noises when she woke up.
Smith was eventually transferred to Emory University Hospital, and a CT scan showed multiple blood clots in her brain, NBC News noted.
Ventilators have been keeping Smith breathing for months, Newkirk said. “It’s torture for me,” she said. “I see my daughter breathing, but she’s not there.”
Newkirk added that her family is having to incur costs to keep Smith on life-support.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing from the market prescription drug products for children that contain concentrated ingestible fluoride, the agency announced this past week.
The FDA cited studies that suggest a connection between ingested fluoride in children and lower IQ, weight gain, and thyroid issues.
&#8220;Unlike toothpaste with fluoride or fluoride rinses, these products are swallowed and ingested by infants and toddlers,&#8221; a press release from the agency said. &#8220;They have also never been approved by the FDA.&#8221;
&#8220;Ingested fluoride has been shown to alter the gut microbiome, which is of magnified concern given the early development of the gut microbiome in childhood,&#8221; the press release added. &#8220;Other studies have suggested an association between fluoride and thyroid disorders, weight gain and possibly decreased IQ.&#8221;
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said it&#8217;s vital that the FDA &#8220;err on the side of safety&#8221; when it comes to our children.
&#8220;The best way to prevent cavities in children is by avoiding excessive sugar intake and good dental hygiene, not by altering a child’s microbiome. For the same reason that fluoride may kill bacteria on teeth, it may also kill intestinal bacteria important for a child’s health,” the commissioner said in a statement. “I am instructing our Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to evaluate the evidence regarding the risks of systemic fluoride exposure from FDA-regulated pediatric ingestible fluoride prescription drug products to better inform parents and the medical community on this emerging area. When it comes to children, we should err on the side of safety.&#8221;
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Today, the FDA is taking action to remove concentrated ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market. A growing body of research is demonstrating how ingested fluoride can alter the gut microbiome. This is especially concerning with young children… <a href="https://t.co/pKTtkGyV3J">pic.twitter.com/pKTtkGyV3J</a>
— Dr. Martin Makary (@DrMakaryFDA) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMakaryFDA/status/1922412396766785898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. applauded Makary for the action.
&#8220;Thank you, [Dr. Marty Makary] for your leadership on this issue,&#8221; he posted to X on Saturday. &#8220;A recent systematic review published in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzing 74 high-quality studies, found a clear association between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ in children. This isn’t fringe science—this is mainstream, peer-reviewed data. Yes, when it comes to children, we should always err on the side of safety.&#8221;
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Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMakaryFDA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrMakaryFDA</a> for your leadership on this issue. A recent systematic review published in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzing 74 high-quality studies, found a clear association between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ in children. This isn’t fringe science—this is mainstream,… <a href="https://t.co/zLpV90d628">https://t.co/zLpV90d628</a>
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecKennedy/status/1923742771581423787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
Kennedy has been a long-time critic of the addition of fluoride to the public water supply. Since RFK Jr. took over as secretary of HHS, a number of states have taken steps to remove the chemical from public drinking water. So far, Utah and Florida have officially banned the chemical.
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On the latest episode of “Michael &amp; …” Daily Wire host Michael Knowles sits down with Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a highly-controversial figure who has called for more research into the safety of vaccinations, especially the Measle, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination, which is typically given to children around 12-15 months of age.
Wakefield has been stripped of his medical license and accused of being a fraudster, allegedly falsely claiming in a 1998 study that the MMR vaccine causes autism in children and sparking a dangerous anti-vaccine movement.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/andy-wakefield-member-exclusive?elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+Show+Episodes+Carousel">Speaking to Knowles</a>, however, Wakefield said that study, which focused on children whose parents thought their child was vaccine-injured, never made such a claim.
“This was a case series just reporting what the parents had told us, what the doctors had told us, who referred them, and what we found on the clinical investigation,” Wakefield says. “We could not leave out the parents&#8217; reference to the MMR [vaccine]. But we said at the conclusion of the study, this study does not prove an association, let alone a causal association with the MMR vaccine.”
“So hold on, hold on,” Knowles interjects. “This is the part that&#8217;s the craziest in the story to me.”
“You are blamed for creating vaccine skepticism. You are blamed for measles outbreaks. You are blamed and called a terrible fraudster and a horrible practitioner of medicine because you said in your 1998 study that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Except you didn&#8217;t say that?”
“Quite the opposite,” Wakefield says. “And we said what we do need is further research into this matter. And that was it. And, the study was really a report of bowel disease [symptoms] in combination with this regressive developmental disorder.”
Knowles then asks Wakefield if he believes the MMR vaccine causes autism.
“Does this vaccine cause autism? Are you willing to say, ‘Yes, it does?&#8217;” Knowles asks. “Or do you say, ‘Look, I just think this should be investigated, as I said in my 1998 study.’ And how concerned should parents be?”
“I wouldn&#8217;t change my position,” Wakefield says. “In my personal belief, there is a very strong indication that it causes autism. But that&#8217;s not good enough. You don&#8217;t make public policy based on Andy Wakefield&#8217;s belief — it needs the science that we advocated for all those years ago.”
During the discussion, Wakefield says he never retracted his study, and disputes the media’s claim that his colleagues did.
“Nine of my colleagues were persuaded to sign the retraction of an interpretation — the interpretation being that the MMR vaccine causes autism,” Wakefield says. “I said, we never made that claim. How can you retract something that doesn&#8217;t exist?”
“You know, they were under pressure,” he says of his colleagues. “I don&#8217;t judge them, but they fell in line and did that.”
Wakefield and two other colleagues “just refused to do that,” he says. “It was a retraction of an interpretation that was never made. And that&#8217;s the truth behind it.”
Knowles also asks Wakefield about a number of accusations made against him.
“So they accused you of misconduct in the methods of the study,” Knowles said. “They accused you of taking money from other interests — they had this whole litany of accusations in the popular media. Was there any truth to the allegations?”
“The lawyers had come to me at some point during this, the conduct of this work, not the research, not the Lancet paper, and I had agreed,” Wakefield says. “This is very common practice to undertake a study to determine whether there was a link between the vaccine.”
“People work for both defendants and for plaintiffs in medical litigation,” he continues. “But I was singled out as, ‘Oh, Wakefield was doing this to undermine the MMR vaccine and launch his own vaccine onto the market and make a fortune.’”
Wakefield says he disclosed that he was working on behalf of these children in litigation, as was proper protocol, despite accusations that he did not.
“It&#8217;s totally transparent, but the allegation was that it was a cover-up, that…was all a big secret,” he says. “No, it wasn&#8217;t…but what do you do about that when you don&#8217;t control the editorial you write?”
During the lengthy discussion, Wakefield also gives his thoughts on separating out the MMR vaccine, delaying the shot on the vaccination schedule, his film “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,” his ties to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and much more.

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