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Articles tagged with: Autism
CLAIM REVIEWS
There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism; the U.S. CDC didn’t change their stance on the subject
CLAIM
“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
VERDICT
Significant methodological flaws in a 2020 study claiming to show unvaccinated children are healthier
CLAIM
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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Mortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years
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The U.S. is not losing “tons more lives in 2020” compared to 2019 (18,433) ... the increase is virtually non-existent
SOURCE: Candace Owens, Joe Hoft, Facebook, Gateway Pundit
Published: 22 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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Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe
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Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism
SOURCE: Arjun Walia, Facebook users, Collective Evolution
Published: 24 Mar 2020
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Contrary to viral Facebook claim, numerous studies show vaccines don’t cause autism
CLAIM
there are no studies that prove vaccines don’t cause autism
SOURCE: Del Bigtree, Joe Martino, The HighWire, Collective Evolution
Published: 11 Mar 2020
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No increased risk of autism observed in African-American boys associated with MMR vaccine; claim based on erroneous study retracted in 2014
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The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine
SOURCE: Brian Hooker, Facebook
Published: 27 Jan 2020
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Vaccines do not cause autism, diabetes or cancer, contrary to Shiv Chopra’s claim
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All these diseases [...] use [sic] to be rare. Autism use [sic] to be 1 in 10,000. Now it’s 1 in 50. Now, where is it all coming from? Vaccines are doing it.
SOURCE: Shiv Chopra, Natural Nana
Published: 30 Oct 2019
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Claim that vaccines can cause individuals with mitochondrial disorders to develop autism is unsupported
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If a child has a mitochondrial disorder [...] she is more at risk of having a vaccine pushing her over the edge and causing a bad reaction
SOURCE: JB Handley Jr., GreenMedInfo
Published: 26 Jul 2019
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INSIGHTS
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...