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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (10 children)

I dont understand people claiming vaccines cause autism. Assuming vaccines caused autism, it clearly has a small chance since most people are vaccinated. If they didnt prevent diseases, why would so many people promote them? If they did prevent diseases, do the people claiming vaccines are bad prefer their child dying from a disease more than their child having autism?

Edit: added "Assuming vaccines caused autism," to reduce confusion

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Wtf? They don't cause autism. There isn't a small chance. The fjck wrong with you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He says "assuming", perhaps he could have further clarified for sake of argument. He's saying even without debunking the claim, you can just wave your hand around and point the simple reality of relatively few people with autism despite majority of people vaccinated.

That's not to say the claim is true, just that even if it were, it's still stupid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I added "assuming" after they replied

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