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2023-05-18 21:16:29 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Multiple studies over many years have found no link between vaccines and autism. This conspiracy theory has its origin in a fraudulent and discredited study by Andrew Wakefield. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vaccines-still-dont-cause-autism/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2011/01/06/brian-deer-piltdown-medicine-the-missing-link-between-mmr-and-autism/ https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347

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• Multiple studies over many years have found no link between vaccines and autism. This conspiracy theory has its origin in a fraudulent and discredited study by Andrew Wakefield. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vaccines-still-dont-cause-autism/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2011/01/06/brian-deer-piltdown-medicine-the-missing-link-between-mmr-and-autism/ https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347