Anecdotes as Evidence
Anecdotes, although they are easy to believe, are not scientific evidence, and certainly shouldn’t persuade you that vaccines aren’t safe, that vaccines aren’t necessary, or that vaccines are associated with autism.
Andrew Wakefield
Competing Anti-Vaccine Autism Theories
Whichever anti-vaccine theory they may believe, whether it is about MMR, thimerosal, or something else, vaccines still don’t cause autism.
Who was Ignaz Semmelweis?
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was ahead of his time in the mid-19th Century when he tried to get doctors to wash their hands to avoid getting their patients sick.
Autism and Vaccines
Vaccines don’t cause autism. Continuing to push the idea that they do is harmful to autistics.