r/MurderedByWords • u/JerryJr99 • Jan 31 '25

#1 Murder of Week Your response is concerning, Bobby!

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u/Karpaltunnel83 Jan 31 '25

Fun fact: The doctor that made the "Vaccine causes Autism" claim has been disproven multiple times and even lost his doctorate for it

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u/baconduck Jan 31 '25

He didn't even say that vaccine caused it. Just MMR because he had interest in a competing vaccine that he was trying replace MMR.

So the people who are claiming that people who support vaccine are "Big Pharma" shills are literally repeating what a pharma shill said

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u/ensalys Jan 31 '25

Yeah, I hate this man so much. If course there were anti-vaxxers before he did his bullshit, and there always would've been. However, his work fanned the flames of that movement to a degree that it's a serious global health problem.

As an autistic person, if you give me the choice between autism or being vulnerable to a sizable list of nasty diseases, I'll choose autism every time!

Unfortunately Wakefield choose to put money of the health and safety of children.

Every child deserves to be vaccinated. It's a safe and effective way to prevent so much horror.