Archived Donald Trump says vaccinations are causing an autism epidemic (independent.co.uk)
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Archived Donald Trump says vaccinations are causing an autism epidemic (independent.co.uk)
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[–] richard_m_lurkmoar 5 points 12 points 17 points (+17|-5) ago (edited ago)
He did not directly say that. He said that autism is an epidemic (which it is), and that he had personally seen a child get pumped full of vaccines as a baby, and that the kid grew up to be autistic. He never said "vaccines are causing an autism epidemic". Even Dr. Carson and Dr. Paul agreed with him that the number of vaccines given is too damn high too quickly, but clarified that there is no link between vaccines and autism. Trump was in over his head there, but he handled it well.
Clickbait title.
[–] sergeantslate 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Why mention the vaccinations at all then? He is clearly using anecdotal evidence in claiming that autism formed after vaccinations.
I'm sorry but mentioning autism and vaccinations in the same context is still incredibly unintelligent and possibly dangerous.
We've just begun understanding autism and unsurprisingly theres no 100% sure way to diagnose it as its a sliding scale of social disfunction.
The fact that someone is trying to link a very well known viral mechanism to something we have no idea what the fuck causes it is just plain and simple wrong.
There's nothing else to argue about it
[–] Schrodingers_Spy 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Thanks for this. Downgoated the article.
[–] Greg_Punzo ago
I just don't understand how people can make the argument that vaccines are 100% undoubtedly safe, but then also say there's "too many" and "too much at once". If they're 100% safe then why is there now suddenly an agreed upon dangerous amount?