1. United States
2. Conn.
3. Letter

The National Institutes of Health's plan to collect and provide private medical records to researchers for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s autism study raises serious privacy concerns. Compiling comprehensive patient data from various federal and commercial sources without explicit consent violates medical confidentiality and sets a dangerous precedent. This overreach threatens to erode public trust in medical institutions and deter individuals from seeking necessary care due to fears over how their sensitive information may be misused. Furthermore, Kennedy's unfounded claims about environmental toxins causing an "autism epidemic" contradict scientific consensus, casting doubt on the study's impartiality and motives. I urge you to intervene and halt this unethical data collection until proper safeguards are implemented to protect patient privacy and ensure research integrity. The pursuit of knowledge must never come at the cost of violating fundamental civil liberties.