I used to be on Ozempic, before it became popular. I have genetics to thanks - my grandmother was diabetic, my mom and uncle are diabetic, and sure enough, I was diagnosed with it a number of years back.
I hated it. As I ramped up the dosage, the side effects kept getting worse and worse. I ended up in the ER one night because of it.
When it became popular, I also had issues, because I couldn’t get it - all the pharmacies were out of stock.
I honestly don’t know why people would put themselves through that, even if they need to lose weight. I needed it for diabetes, but I wish I never had to take it. It’s horrible.
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The food is truly that addictive. It takes something drastic to break people of that and begin to change.
Now, part of the problem is that we don’t really recognize this as an addiction. Drugs, alcohol, nicotine - all regulated, we keep them from kids, we talk about responsible use. Bags of chips, sugary cereals, candy - its all brighly colored and there for kids to grab from store shelves.
Now certainly, UPFs are never immediately harmful, so we tell oursleves it is ok. Not nearly as addictive as cigarettes, so we don’t have to think so much about keeping kids safe. Long term people are hooked and unhealthy.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Obesity_in_Canada.svg
I think it’s mostly just the kind of food we eat and lifestyle.
And I was right on this one.
It’s not just Kennedy. Trump’s CDC nominee also believes in an autism - vaccines link.
Hopefully the research doesn’t turn into creating a shot that actually does cause autism. 
Gotta be someone (else) 's fault.
And not: genetic quirk, local chemicals, parental age, old sperm, diabetes, maternal use of antibiotics and psychiatric drugs…
The wiki goes on and on.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m autistic, with a relatively recent (< 5 years) diagnosis. My father has no diagnosis, and would crush my scores on pretty much every autism assessment out there. But no, the increase in diagnoses is definitely because of vaccines.
And it is no coincidence that 95% of children vaccinated are autistic.
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Somewhere between 0.5% and 2.5%. (Pretty wide estimates, IMO)
(Note: I am agreeing with you that vaccines are not the cause. I think that was sarcasm in your post?)
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Wide range in estimates because honestly the diagnosis process is a PITA and depending on how far one is along on the spectrum, somewhat arbitrary. So there is no good way to pin down exact numbers.
And yes, I don’t remotely believe that vaccines cause autism.
I am on the spectrum maybe 25% of the time myself.
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Well, according to some people.
I have a mildly autistic kid that seems to be a result of two possibly autistic but undiagnosed parents that met each other at a place where there is likely a higher concentration of them (any college USA). The rise in autism rates seems like a natural outcome of the sorting of mates that happened when more women started going to college 40 years ago.
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I would say 60 years ago but yeah… interesting hypothesis.
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Now that a smaller percentage or kids are getting vaccinated, we should see a substantial decrease in autism, I’d think, right? Should be pretty easy to check.
Sure, there has been a steady increase for a long time now (both men and women), and a steady increase in rates of autism (ignoring the effects of changes in classification criteria). Can’t think of any autistic kids that I know that don’t have at least one quirky parent…