Assertion: vaccine | /r/Causes | autism
Facets:
value: via immune activation
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Misconception #3: "Vaccines cause autism.
text: Even though the article was fraudulent and was retracted, 1 in 4 parents still believe vaccines can cause autism.
text: Finally, the most common and most concerning misperception is that vaccines cause autism.
text: Vaccines cause autism and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
text: As well as these real side effects of vaccinations, some people believe that vaccines cause other serious problems like autism, brain damage, or diabetes.
text: Myth 1: Vaccines cause autism
text: Offit notes that 80% of people who reported to VAERS that vaccines caused autism were personal-injury lawyers, who may have a financial stake in making a claim.
text: In 2017, an outbreak of measles occurred among the Somali-American community in Minnesota, where MMR vaccination rates had declined due to the misconception that the vaccine could cause autism.
text: In recent years, powerful scientific evidence has emerged indicating that vaccines cause brain injury such as autism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression, attention-deficit disorder and other mental illnesses.
text: Why don’t you publish a peer-reviewed paper on your theory that vaccines cause autism via immune activation?