He may just be as guilty as they are of spreading misinformation using autism papers as a backdrop to his reporting. A new study suggest they have found a link to autism and it doesn't have anything to do with vaccines.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-finds-children-with-autism-have-a-distinctive-gut-microbiome/
The world has come a long way in eradicating diseases and improving upon the safety of the ingredients in the vaccines. I feel safe saying that through out my life I have never once in all the people who have crossed my path found a single soul whose every said that a injury or disability in their child was a direct result of a vaccine. I've never seen or heard of any passing rumors in schools among parents either where vaccines are a requirement to attend. I can recall all sorts of stories told of injuries and deaths before vaccines became integrated into society. I also can recalled the agonizing time in my life catching chicken pox and measles and I have on remote occasions ran across a person who as a child developed polio and up to that day still stuffers the debilitating effects from it. Just like with autism there were many speculative reasons why children started developing it more after vaccines were introduced but there was never any conclusive evidence to suggest vaccines were at fault. One study found that people who lived near highly industrialized areas children seemed to be more inclined to get autism, one could also argue the growth in the population rate would see such an increase, never the less years later they actually think it's something in the gut. In regards to that new promising link people fail to realize that there may be underlying causes they never thought of like the fact they've found lead in baby food products, those baby cheese puffs were found to have unsafe levels of lead for kids. We're also faced with a society who have become more health aware, these are the same people who'll go jogging everyday, pay outrageous amounts for organic foods, scream about climate change then order something on Amazon from China and have it shipped across the globe to their front door. A society who wants to find fault with everything except their own behaviors that contribute to the problem(s). Vaccines aren't the answer to everything, they've failed many times in regards to some of the more severe diseases they've never found an answer to, just as I think they'll find this corona vaccine isn't the answer needed to address this virus. Maybe it isn't even the vaccine per se but the technology they are using, who knows but one thing for sure is that the vaccines of the past were studied much longer before broad application among the populace, that has proven to be a huge mistake here, the rush to formulate a vaccine then force it upon the world globally in a one shoe fits all fashion, it was a recipe for disaster. It should have never been allowed to happen. We should not let that tarnish our faith in science.