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Vaccines do not, cannot, and have not ever caused autism. There is not a shred of scientific evidence to support the belief that they do. Unfortunately, fears around vaccines were so stoked by this myth that vaccine hesitancy got a new boost in the late 1990s, which hasn’t really gone away. The result? Diseases that were once eliminated come back with a vengeance, and people die of preventable infections.
Studies:
acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2275444
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub5/full
researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/101410/1/393.full.pdf
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltext?_sp=c37a1f11-48d4-44c6-ab26-98cf44c923f4.1537210935599
consultant360.com/articles/focus-vaccines-correction-mmr-never-contained-thimerosal
science.org/content/article/what-s-fuss-about-aluminum-vaccines
Articles:
iflscience.com/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism-heres-how-we-know-that-78480
iflscience.com/under-rfk-jr-cdc-turns-against-scientific-consensus-on-autism-and-vaccines-incorrectly-claiming-lack-of-evidence-81629
iflscience.com/rfk-jr-wanted-a-journal-to-retract-this-massive-study-on-aluminum-in-vaccines-it-refused-80428
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltext?_sp=c37a1f11-48d4-44c6-ab26-98cf44c923f4.1537210935599
iflscience.com/data-on-23-million-children-shows-no-link-between-autism-and-mmr-vaccine-55771
Credits:
Written and presented by Laura Simmons
Edited by Dominic Grose
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Wikimedia Commons, Skirsch, Pierre Marshall, Whispyhistory, Bladość
Vaccines do not, cannot, and have not ever caused autism. There is not a shred of scientific evidence to support the belief that they do. Unfortunately, fears around vaccines were so stoked by this myth that vaccine hesitancy got a new boost in the late 1990s, which hasn’t really gone away. The result? Diseases that were once eliminated come back with a vengeance, and people die of preventable infections.
Studies:
acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2275444
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub5/full
researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/101410/1/393.full.pdf
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltext?_sp=c37a1f11-48d4-44c6-ab26-98cf44c923f4.1537210935599
consultant360.com/articles/focus-vaccines-correction-mmr-never-contained-thimerosal
science.org/content/article/what-s-fuss-about-aluminum-vaccines
Articles:
iflscience.com/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism-heres-how-we-know-that-78480
iflscience.com/under-rfk-jr-cdc-turns-against-scientific-consensus-on-autism-and-vaccines-incorrectly-claiming-lack-of-evidence-81629
iflscience.com/rfk-jr-wanted-a-journal-to-retract-this-massive-study-on-aluminum-in-vaccines-it-refused-80428
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltext?_sp=c37a1f11-48d4-44c6-ab26-98cf44c923f4.1537210935599
iflscience.com/data-on-23-million-children-shows-no-link-between-autism-and-mmr-vaccine-55771
Credits:
Written and presented by Laura Simmons
Edited by Dominic Grose
Storyblocks
Shutterstock
Wikimedia Commons, Skirsch, Pierre Marshall, Whispyhistory, Bladość
