CDC taps discredited vaccine skeptic to lead study on vaccines and autism (opinion on NBC News reporting) (2025)

Other · MSNBC opinion (reporting on NBC News) · March 1, 2025

Documents the March 2025 reports that HHS engaged David Geier for a new vaccine-autism data study. Discipline noted as the record states it: Mark Geier's Maryland license was revoked (2012); David Geier was sanctioned for practicing without a license. As of October 2026, no results of a Geier-led vaccine-autism study have been published (see MMD-41, MMD-44).

Reporting that HHS/CDC hired David Geier as a 'senior data analyst' for a vaccine-autism study; background on Mark Geier (Maryland medical license revoked 2012) and David Geier (sanctioned by Maryland for practicing medicine without a license).

Documents the March 2025 reports that HHS engaged David Geier for a new vaccine-autism data study. Discipline noted as the record states it: Mark Geier's Maryland license was revoked (2012); David Geier was sanctioned for practicing without a license. As of October 2026, no results of a Geier-led vaccine-autism study have been published (see MMD-41, MMD-44). Appointment first reported by the Washington Post (per AP, MMD-42); BMJ corroborates (bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r642).

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