Republican Senator defends vaccines after Democrat Senator makes autism claims: ‘That’s fake news’

Republican Senator defends vaccines after Democrat Senator makes autism claims: ‘That’s fake news’ by Erin Elizabeth for Health Nut New On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) pushed back against a Democrat Louisiana state lawmaker for discussing the vaccines-autism connection saying, “That’s fake news that’s being said on the Senate floor.” (Cassidy is a medical doctor and clearly feels the science of vaccines is settled. We will thank him to remember that not all of his colleagues agree.) At the Senate microphone during a debate over a bill related to a voluntary immunization database,…

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