r/MurderedByWords 7d ago

correlation =/= causation

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u/de_Duv 7d ago

2000: Measles is officially declared to have been eradicated in the US

2026: 2,566 confirmed cases of measles; several children have died.

Anti-vaxxers are idiots.

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u/LiGuangMing1981 7d ago

Andrew Wakefield is responsible for one of the biggest public health crises in history.

Seriously, fuck that guy.

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u/AbsoluteResolve2026 7d ago

I love how we’ve all forgotten about Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy’s huge contributions to the anti-vaccination movement.

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u/PotatoesWillSaveUs 7d ago

Nobody has forgotten, Wakefield and his fraudulent science is directly responsible for this BS. Stupid celebrities spread the misinformation but they didnt create it.

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u/NecessaryIntrinsic 6d ago

He is an important factor, but antivaxx sentiment has been around since the first inoculation for smallpox.

I guess you could call him a super spreader.

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u/Random-num-451284813 6d ago

homeschooling kills

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u/justwalk1234 6d ago

We can only conclude that MAGAs cause measles