<p>In this episode Lucy and Ellie dig into a recently publicized paper, <em>"Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Study of Nine-Year-Old Children Enrolled in Medicaid"</em>, which has gained attention after being promoted by RFK Jr. as evidence that vaccines cause autism.   </p> <p>Ellie breaks down her Substack critique of the study. Together, she and Lucy discuss the methodological flaws and what a better version of this study might look like.  </p> <ul> <li>Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Study of Nine-Year-Old Children Enrolled in Medicaid: <a href= "https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/vaccination-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders-a-study-of-nine-year-old-children-enrolled-in-medicaid/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/vaccination-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders-a-study-of-nine-year-old-children-enrolled-in-medicaid/</a></li> <li>RFK Jr is promoting a new study claiming "vaccines cause autism" but it doesn't add up. Literally [Ellie's substack]: <a href= "https://epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-promoting-a-new-study-claiming" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-promoting-a-new-study-claiming</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Follow along on Bluesky:</p> <ul> <li>Ellie: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/epiellie.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@epiellie.bsky.social</a></li> <li>Lucy: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lucystats.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@lucystats.bsky.social</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>🎶</strong> Our intro/outro music is courtesy of <a href= "https://josephmcdade.com/music" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Joseph McDade</a>. Edited by <a href= "http://cambopp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron Bopp</a>.</p>