So , shit on the person for giving a more nuanced answer ? Got it . I presume you give Hillary Clinton the same or worse treatment ? I mean , considering she actually said I am committed to make investments to find the causes of autism , including possible environmental causes like vaccines in 2008 . And Obama , who also said in 2008 , we ' ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate . Nobody knows exactly why . There are some people who are suspicious that it ' s connected to vaccines and triggers , but this person included . The science right now is inconclusive , but we have to research it . Because both of those statements sound a lot more wishy washy and pandering than paraphrased people in the US don ' t trust vaccines and corporate influence in our regulatory bodies might be why . Vaccines do a lot of good , so we should get to the root of that mistrust issue which I think is the aforementioned cause .