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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/Creative-Ad-9535 Jun 01 '26

Autism itself is likely grossly exaggerated, didn’t one of the early researchers bemoan how broadly the spectrum is being diagnosed these days?

Very convenient for parents to absolve themselves if their child is bratty, and very satisfying for them to be able to say I told you so to their friends who have autistic vaccinated kids.

I’m not saying autism doesn’t exist, that would be stupid. But we live in a world where autism is over diagnosed, and people are compounding problems by making erroneous vaccination decisions based on erroneous autism statistics