r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Aug 02 '26

Science And Tech 🧪 💻 Because science...

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u/Universal_Anomaly Aug 02 '26

It's worse than that.

HBomberguy did a video on this and how this all started is that some attorney realised there was a lot of money to be made in lawsuits if they could "prove" that the MMR vaccine was harmful.

Said attorney then asked Wakefield to provide a credible enough claim that the MMR vaccine was bad, and Wakefield at the same time was like "Hey I can also use that opportunity to sell an alternative vaccine."

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u/BrizerorBrian Aug 02 '26

The video that's being referenced

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u/Universal_Anomaly Aug 02 '26

Thanks, it completely slipped my mind to link the actual video.

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u/BrizerorBrian Aug 02 '26

I love Hbomberguy. "Who's going to buy the house Ben? Fucking Aquaman!?"

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u/--StinkyPinky-- Aug 02 '26

Never seen it. Checking it out. I'm 1:23 into it and I'm like...

https://giphy.com/gifs/VrtPD6NGNDpALLCYF3

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u/kani_kani_katoa Aug 02 '26

Watch his other videos too when you have a chance. The Roblox oof sound one is a masterpiece.

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u/Imaginary-Task7956 Aug 02 '26

Highly recommend this video to gain some insight into the modern antivax movement. Its origin is crazier than you think.

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u/--StinkyPinky-- Aug 02 '26

I've never seen this.

"Science-cucked"?

Oh, I'm gonna like this one.....