Vaccines and Autism

Origins

A pervasive myth, created by renowned cooker and disgraced former doctor, Andrew Wakefield.

This fabrication was first thrust forth into the public eye when, in 1998, a study was published in the medical journal "The Lancet", alleging a link between the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine and autism.

The journal did eventually retract the study, but unfortunately this happened many years too late, as it was used as the basis for much poor reporting in the news media, and most likely formed the opinions of many a cookers parent(s), on the subject of vaccine safety.

Subsequent studies conducted on *millions* of children have shown absolutely no causal links to autism whatsoever. No tenuous links, in fact, no links of any kind, at all. Ever. In fact, even more hilariously, the actual retracted study states:

We did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described
— The Lancet, Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children