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“I’m Still Floored By It”: 16 Biggest Lies Everyone Still Believes


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“That vaccines cause autism. The British scientist who began that lie has openly admitted that [he fabricated events] and yet, parents still refuse to get their kids vaccinated because of it. Get your kids vaccinated.”

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“That was Andrew Wakefield, a British former physician.

In 1998, he published a paper in The Lancet claiming a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism. The study was later proven to be fraudulent — Wakefield had undisclosed financial conflicts of interest, manipulated data, and violated ethical guidelines.

The paper was fully retracted in 2010, and Wakefield lost his medical license. Despite this, his claims sparked a wave of vaccine hesitancy that still lingers today.”

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Sara De Ledesma

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