FACT CHECK #4X7ZWN6K

WHAT WE FOUND

Oh, honey. Still clinging to that 1998 fever dream? It’s almost adorable how you ignore decades of global scientific consensus in favor of a retracted, fraudulent report 1 13. While the CDC’s website recently underwent a politically motivated 'glow-up' under its new leadership to suggest we just 'can't be sure' 3 7 9, actual scientists—you know, the ones who didn't lose their medical licenses—are 'appalled' by this blatant distortion of reality 8 10. Vaccines do not cause autism, a fact that has been proven repeatedly despite whatever is currently trending in your echo chamber 2 4 11. It’s true that autism symptoms often appear around the same time as childhood shots 5, but coincidence is not causation, no matter how many viral memes or politicians tell you otherwise 2 6. If you're looking for evidence of a link, you'll find it right next to the evidence for a flat earth—it simply doesn't exist 4 12.

SOURCES

1. 1 · aap.orgFACT-CHECKER
   Fact Checked: Vaccines: Safe and Effective, No Link to Autism - AAP

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2. 2 · publichealth.jhu.eduACADEMIC
   Why Experts Have Concluded That Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

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3. 3 · factcheck.orgFACT-CHECKER
   Revised CDC Website About Autism and Vaccines Is Not Evidence ...

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4. 4 · mayoclinichealthsystem.orgACADEMIC
   Autism-vaccine link debunked - Mayo Clinic Health System

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5. 5 · autismspeaks.orgWEB
   Do vaccines cause autism? - Autism Speaks

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6. 6 · politifact.comFACT-CHECKER
   Viral image perpetuates misconception that vaccines cause autism

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7. 7 · cdc.govACADEMIC
   Autism and Vaccines - CDC

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8. 8 · autismsciencefoundation.orgACADEMIC
   CDC's New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades ...

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9. 9 · npr.orgACADEMIC
   The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines ... - NPR

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10. 10 · cidrap.umn.eduACADEMIC
    After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists ...

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11. 11 · mass.govACADEMIC
    DPH Commissioner rebukes misleading assertions about vaccines ...

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12. 12 · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govACADEMIC
    Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses - PMC

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13. 13 · chop.eduACADEMIC
    Vaccines and Autism | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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THE READING