• vortic
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    306 days ago

    If you want to know more, go read the lawsuit he is associated with to remove FDA approval of the polo vaccine. Essentially, he believes fraudulent research that indicates that vaccines cause autism.

    Then, before you take what he says at face value, go read a history of polio.

    If you give the materials an honest read, you’ll find that polio is horrific, that the vaccine was one of the greatest medical achievements of the 20th century, and that the evidence indicating that the vaccine causes autism is all junk.

    • TipRing
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      226 days ago

      Even if the vaccine caused autism (which it does not), that would still be better than polio.

      • @Hazor@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        In mild cases of autism, perhaps. It can be severe and debilitating, to the point of requiring life-long 24/7 care.

        That said, conspiracy nuts buying that vaccines cause autism and failing to see the actual, real-life conspiracy which lead to the idea of vaccines causing autism would be absolutely fucking hilarious if it hadn’t been the direct cause of countless dead children. Read up on Andrew Wakefield if you don’t know what I’m talking about.