Conclusion
Have a look at this chart:1
Many parents in America refuse to have their child vaccinated against measles out of fear that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) causes autism.
It doesn’t. There has been tonnes and tonnes of reliable research showing this;2 besides which, the original paper suggesting a link has been discredited and withdrawn, and the authoring doctor has even lost his medical licence.3
But here’s the thing: these are very rational arguments.
The anti-MMR lobby, on the other hand, has the power of stickiness on its side: fear is both attention-grabbing and a very strong motivator of behaviour; the ‘needles equal ...
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