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We debunk the latest vaccine misinformation each week in our Just the Facts: Correcting this week’s disinformation newsletter. Browse the other Just the Facts Newsletter Topics by clicking the link below:
A common anti-vaccine trope is that diseases were on their way out before any vaccines were licensed; therefore, vaccines do not have any effect on disease. This anti-vaxxer’s recent tweet about measles is an example.
A retracted study by Brian Hooker, based on flawed analysis and part of an anti-vaccine campaign, falsely claims that vaccines cause autism, contradicting extensive scientific evidence.
Misinformation falsely linking vaccines to autism persists, despite extensive research showing no connection, particularly with thimerosal, which was removed from childhood vaccines in 2001.
The claim that the Hepatitis B vaccine causes autism is unsupported by evidence and based on debunked misinformation.
Vaccines do not cause autism; rising autism diagnosis rates are due to various factors like changes in diagnostic criteria and increased awareness.
