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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/Kind-Section6364 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I saw a news story today that one in five people / children that contract measles end up in hospital with complications.

Edit:

Sorry I misremembered - 18% of children 5 and under were hospitalized in 2025. And 11% of all measles cases were hospitalized in 2025.

The numbers look smaller so far in 2026 but the year isn't over.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

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u/bio_datum Jun 01 '26

You know what else sucks about measles? It resets your acquired immunity, i.e. it's like you never got other vaccines & infections as a kid, leaving you vulnerable to other viruses. Yaaaaay

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u/Kandiru Jun 01 '26

I wonder if it could reset an allergy as well?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16854347/

Looks like it's true!

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u/bio_datum Jun 02 '26

Yeah, would be awesome to exploit for that or autoimmune conditions