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2024-02-29 04:43:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DE337C9BC380B57909B956D16EAE8C0E4E75FD1461220AB322F06FD189F08B6C
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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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