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2024-02-29 05:56:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 43806D20D0CDE98A86E463DEC088128716DD5AF1DF3646CCA4C427943EC985E3
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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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