President Donald Trump falsely suggested Thursday that autism may be caused by a “shot,” parroting his anti-vax health secretary.  During a Cabinet meeting, the president discussed an increase in the rate of autism diagnoses, but seemed to invent some statistics to do it.  “It was one in 10,000 children had autism, and now it’s one in 31. Not 31,000, 31,” Trump said.  In reality, about one in 36 children aged 8 years old have been identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to the CDC .

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