{"id":15630,"date":"2026-03-05T08:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=15630"},"modified":"2026-03-08T08:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:58:44","slug":"does-casey-means-support-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/does-casey-means-support-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Casey Means support vaccines?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]In her confirmation hearing<\/a>, Casey Means avoided clearly backing certain vaccines, saying parents should decide with their doctors. She also claimed we don\u2019t fully know what causes autism and that questions about vaccines and autism should not be completely closed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]Vaccines protect people from serious diseases. They are not perfect, but they lower the risk of getting very sick, going to the hospital, or dying. Some people cannot get vaccines because they are too young or have weak immune systems. These people\u00a0depend on others<\/a>\u00a0being vaccinated to stay safe.<\/p>\n

When many people in a community are vaccinated, it creates community immunity<\/a>\u00a0(also called herd immunity). This helps stop diseases from spreading. If vaccination rates fall, diseases can come back. For example,\u00a0measles outbreaks<\/a>\u00a0often happen in places where fewer people are vaccinated.<\/p>\n

That’s how we get people who claim that, since we do not know exactly what causes autism, questions about vaccines and autism should stay open. But decades of research give us clear answers.<\/p>\n

Scientists now know that autism mostly begins before birth and is strongly linked to genetics and early brain development. Brain differences linked to autism often appear\u00a0during pregnancy<\/a>, long before a child receives vaccines.<\/p>\n

Large studies<\/a>\u00a0around the world have looked for a link between vaccines and autism. They have not found one. One study in\u00a0Denmark<\/a>\u00a0followed more than 650,000 children and found that children who received the MMR vaccine were no more likely to develop autism than those who did not.<\/p>\n

In science, we rely on strong evidence. Right now, the evidence is clear:\u00a0vaccines do not cause autism<\/a>, and they help protect communities from dangerous diseases.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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