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2023-12-31 17:00:42 UTC - HELPFUL
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Vaccines are not associated with autism.¹ ² Anti-vaccine activists have floated numerous hypotheses for the supposed mechanism.³ The claim for aluminium largely originates with a now-retracted paper by a researcher funded by anti-vaccine advocates.⁴ ¹ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X14006367?via%3Dihub ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism ³ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908388/ ⁴ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/feb/09/keele-university-accepting-funds-for-researcher-who-shared-vaccine-misinformation
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