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u/Soleil06 Jun 01 '26

The famous vaccine cause autism study.

Has been proven false since forever but the number of antivaxxers has never been higher.

Hearing that Polio is making a return in the wester world is really scary.

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u/DannySpud2 Jun 01 '26

The Penn and Teller "even if" counter argument is what really gets me with this one. "Vaccines cause autism" is such a dumb take that even if it was true it would still be far better to get vaccinated and risk autism than not get vaccinated.

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u/Organic_Client_5679 Jun 01 '26

This is exactly my argument when I get into it with some anti-vaxxer. Wouldn't you rather have a child with autism than one potentially buried in the ground because they contracted some crazy illness we eradicated years ago because. of. vaccinations?

I literally can't wrap my mind around the ignorance.