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Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’

David Gilbert

created: Oct. 7, 2025, 3:58 p.m. | updated: Oct. 23, 2025, 6:19 a.m.

The Leucovorin for Autism group was flooded with chaos, confusion, and conspiracy theories, according to a WIRED review, with parents, pediatricians, nurses, and affiliate marketers seeking to fill the void of information left by the Trump administration. One angry parent shared an email from their health care provider refusing to prescribe leucovorin, even after the FDA announcement. Another parent shared a spreadsheet filled with the names of doctors who they claimed would prescribe the drug. One person suggested prayer as a way to treat autism: “You may think this is crazy … get him in church. While the Trump administration is not making this claim, it has created confusion by changing leucovorin’s label without rigorous testing as an autism treatment or providing information about dosages or length of treatment.

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