As you follow the anti-vaccine movement from the very beginning, it is easy to see the common threads that connect all of the players from the Victorian Age to the 21st Century. Germ theory denialism. Alternative medical providers. The media. What else? Fear, especially fear of vaccine-injury.
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Autism is not vaccine damage. Instead of a deficit model, it is best seen through a neurodiversity model, which “sees autistic individuals as possessing a complex combination of cognitive strengths and challenges.”
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Many celebrities, including Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey, are known for their anti-vaccine views. They spread misinformation that scares people away from vaccination. Some blame vaccines for autism. Celebrities like Oprah and Larry King have given them a platform. This poses a risk to public health.
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Larry King provided a high profile platform for many anti-vaccine celebrities and “to promote anti-vaccine pseudoscience.”
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