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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The only person who ever basically said that vaccines cause autism was Andrew Wakefield and he was a con artist who was trying to sell his special magic don't give you autism vaccine, which turned out to be the same stuff as the "autism vaccine" or in some cases saline.

He had his medical licence revoked. He should have gone to prison.

Only morons believed him, and only morons continue to believe him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh there have been plenty of others who also have said it, like Jenna Mccarthy

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She's just copying Wakefield, he was the first. Prior to him no one had really raised the possibility because it's bloody stupid.

He just fed on parents desire to blame something on their child's autism diagnosis. But sometimes things just happen.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I suspect they mean the only person with any kind of "scientific" presentation, and everything after that has been a game of telephone amongst the anti-vax crowd.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The echoes of those morons are why we have a potential measles epidemic on the horizon

Edit: holy shit this post was 5 months ago—not sure how I found myself here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh you really embarrassed yourself there. Fancy replying to such an old post, the height bad form.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'll make sure to give myself the requisite 5 weeks in the Badger pit