Are vaccines as big as a soda bottle?
Vaccines are not as large as a soda bottle: one dose is about 0.5 mL, and the full childhood schedule through age 18 is roughly 31 mL.
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Vaccines are not as large as a soda bottle: one dose is about 0.5 mL, and the full childhood schedule through age 18 is roughly 31 mL.
Vaccines do not cause autism. Large studies, including a 2026 study of 2.5 million U.S. children after MMR vaccination, find no link.
Most measles cases are in unvaccinated or unknown-status people, not evidence of MMR waning. COVID vaccines protect children, studies confirm.
Claims that vaccinated children are more unhealthy rest on an unfinished Henry Ford paper. It was never submitted and had serious flaws.
Amish vaccination is not zero, and autism occurs in never-vaccinated people. Studies find no meaningful difference in autism rates.
Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
The Children’s Health Defense paper claiming vaccinated 2-month-olds die more often was never peer reviewed and has multiple methodological flaws.
Japan’s vaccine delay didn’t cause SIDS to drop. Rates rose until 1998, when a safe-sleep program launched. Vaccinated kids have lower SIDS risk.
Many vaccines have been tested with saline placebos, contrary to Del Bigtree’s claim. Active controls are also valid when a safe vaccine exists.
Studies don’t link vaccines to SIDS. A journal retracted Neil Z Miller’s article for misusing VAERS data; RFK Jr. questioned the removal.