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2024-02-29 19:52:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 341E5522CC3C444BF6553099F43643082452F6CC14DFB0F38D165638174FACC8
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Andrew Wakefield (the person who first claimed a link between autism & vaccines) was found to have falsified data and lied in an attempt to sell his own vaccine: https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452 Also, Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines…and autism rates continued to increase unabated: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_and_vaccines
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