Articles tagged with: Autism

CLAIM REVIEWS

Vaccines don’t cause autism; difference in infant mortality rates between Japan and the U.S. unrelated to childhood vaccine coverage

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Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality

SOURCE: Social Media User, Instagram

Published: 20 Feb 2024

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Rat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations

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“COVID-19 Shots Linked to Autism in Vaccinated Rats: Study”

SOURCE: Social media users, The Epoch Times, Substack, Twitter

Published: 18 Jan 2024

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Instagram reel rehashes old misinformation inaccurately linking autism with vaccines, glyphosate, and MTHFR mutations

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Vaccines, MTHFR mutation, and glyphosate lead to autism in children with brain injury

SOURCE: Nathan Riley, Instagram

Published: 23 Nov 2023

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Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies

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Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children

SOURCE: Brian Hooker, Children's Health Defense

Published: 28 Jul 2023

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Vaccines aren’t responsible for rise in autism cases; change in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation

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The increase in both the number of vaccines in the CDC schedule and in autism rates implies that vaccines cause autism

SOURCE: Grant Cardone, Instagram

Published: 20 Jul 2023

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Claim by Steve Kirsch that the Amish don’t experience autism, cancer, or high COVID-19 mortality because they don’t vaccinate is baseless

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Zero Amish Children Diagnosed with Cancer, Diabetes or Autism; Amish children are largely unvaccinated; Covid death rates among Amish communities are 90 times lower than for the rest of America

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Patrick Webb, Leading Report

Published: 18 Jul 2023

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There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism; the U.S. CDC didn’t change their stance on the subject

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“The CDC Finally Capitulated To ICAN’s Legal Demands and Removed the Claim that “Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism” From Its Website!”

SOURCE: Del Bigtree, ICAN

Published: 29 Jan 2021

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Significant methodological flaws in a 2020 study claiming to show unvaccinated children are healthier

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Vaccinated children are more likely to have adverse health outcomes like developmental delays, asthma, and ear infections compared to unvaccinated children.

SOURCE: Brian Hooker, Neil Miller, Children’s Health Defense

Published: 04 Jun 2020

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Claim that the Amish are healthier because they opt out of all vaccines is incorrect

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“The unvaccinated Amish rarely get cancer, autism, or heart disease.”

SOURCE: Mark Sloan, EndAllDisease

Published: 20 May 2020

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Vaccines do not cause mercury toxicity or autism, contrary to claim in London Real video

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“Autism is nothing more than mercury toxicity“; vaccine ingredients are toxic

SOURCE: Rashid Buttar, London Real

Published: 15 May 2020

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Variations on a theme: The evidence refuting the false claim that vaccines cause autism

— 11 Dec 2023

Introduction One of the most enduring narratives about vaccine safety is the alleged link between childhood vaccination and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A study published in 202...

What do we know about the possible link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism?

— 01 Aug 2022

Photo by Freepik Each week, approximately 23% of the adult U.S. population use a fever reducer and painkiller, such as Tylenol, which is the brand name for the drug acetaminophen, ...

How we know vaccines don’t cause autism – and why this belief persists

— 26 Mar 2019

The claim that “vaccines cause autism” first received its scientific backing by Andrew Wakefield’s now-retracted study in The Lancet, published in 1998. The study...