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Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
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[–] 56 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Vaccines do increase autism numbers.

Most childhood vaccines are administered before symptoms of autism generally appear. A lot of children owed their lives to vaccines, and so got to develop autism, rather than dying.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    i see what you're saying but please be careful framing it this way. The biggest reason by far for more autism diagnoses is greater awareness, access to healthcare, and expanding the criteria to less severe cases. We are simply identifying people with autism better than we used to.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As a late diagnosed aspie, I fully get that. I also know that vaccines save a lot of lives, including fellow autistics.

    The phrasing is also fun to derail the brains of people complaining about vaccines. It can bypass their mental defences and makes them think for a moment. It doesn't work on the hard core, but the casual idiots are easier to deprogram.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You really think they'll understand?

    They are incapable to read facts and statistics on how vaccines eliminated or reduced terrible illnesses.

    They won't understand what you are saying.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It depends how deep they are. I run into a depressing number that have just been caught up in the misinformation storm. Getting them to stop and think often helps recalibrate their thinking.

    It doesn't help much on those that are deep enough their ego is heavily involved.

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