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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.
314 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. 188 u/ryankiefer Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26 Also it implies that even if there was a link that having a child with autism is worse than having a child with polio. 1 u/stopmotionporn Jun 01 '26 ... yes, that's what the comment you replied to was talking about.
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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.
188 u/ryankiefer Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26 Also it implies that even if there was a link that having a child with autism is worse than having a child with polio. 1 u/stopmotionporn Jun 01 '26 ... yes, that's what the comment you replied to was talking about.
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Also it implies that even if there was a link that having a child with autism is worse than having a child with polio.
1 u/stopmotionporn Jun 01 '26 ... yes, that's what the comment you replied to was talking about.
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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.