I know many who believe vaccines cause autism yes
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There are people around the world who don’t believe in it. It’s not specific to Americans. You are basing this off one person on both the ends.
I think most of this is genuine belief. There was a doctor named Wakefield who fraudulently published this autism claim in academic journals. Those papers were retracted, but the damage was done.
I think it sticks around as a conspiracy, because otherwise there's not a whole lot else that can explain the causes or origins of autism.
Well, aside from the boring "routine expression of a spectrum of neurodivergent traits being better understood leading to increased ability to properly diagnose it, and increased awareness and support in the public education system allowing more teachers to see early indicators and advise medical consultation early so kids can get better support".
They used to just call mildly autistic people geeks and best them with rulers. Now they let them wear headphones to reduce distractions if they need it.
oh 100% some people do genuinely believe that. I personally know people that do
Hey, at least give discredit where it's due, the brits are the ones who started it.
True-ish :)
Wakefield went after the MMR vaccine. The whole (separate) mercury thing was started in the US and later perpetuated by people like Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey among others.
People believe it like they believe horoscopes predict your future. Its a fun little activity they do with their friends but at the end of the day those that get vaccinated sleep fine at night.
I work with several people who believe this.
Yes, People are stupid.
They rather believe one discredited doctor that lied because he had a vested financial interest in selling his own product over the competition, and a washed up worthless husk of a failed playboy model, over their own personal history of being vaccinated, their doctors assurances, and the global medical community insisting on them not only being safe, but urgently critical to have.
Americans are some of the most stupid, and most easily propagandized people on the planet. Especially conservative Americans.
Your friend’s mom is a fucking idiot that would believe literally anything that the “right” person would say.
Absolutely a gullible little tool that’s behaving just as they want.
Yes. America is a joke.
Yes, there are fuckheads here that genuinely believe it (and other crazy shit) and I wish they'd all get cancer and die.
They contribute nothing to society and they typically have zero redeeming qualities. The entire world would be better off if they were dead, full stop.
It's sadly real. There are a lot of parents who would rather their child died a preventable death than have trouble making eye contact.
only the ones that are anti-vax believe that, in the us theres this lady , jenny mccarthny who jumpstarted the movement.
In another post, the user who didn't want vaccines said it's that they did not want to put the comfort of others above their own.
I guess that's a valid stance but it's definitely not a view I share.
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I've never met anyone like that in person, but some people genuinely believe it.