Hulscher on X: “first-ever” study of childhood COVID vaccination and autism in federal survey data
Why it matters
This is the post that took the McCullough Foundation’s new NHIS paper viral. Read it alongside our write-up of the study, which explains what the survey data can and cannot show.
Nicolas Hulscher announced the preprint on X on October 5, 2026, describing it as the first study to examine childhood COVID-19 vaccination and autism outcomes in nationally representative U.S. government data from 21,990 children. He also published a longer write-up on his Substack, The Focal Points.
The paper is a preprint and reports an association in cross-sectional survey data, not proof of cause. Our full summary is linked under Related.
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