A popular anti-vaccine account claims that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children, citing a scientist whose study linking autism to vaccines was retracted.
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The claim that routine vaccines weaken children’s immune systems and make them more susceptible to disease is persistent. Debunking messaging may emphasize that decades of research has found no evidence that vaccines weaken the immune system or cause any chronic illness. Children are far more likely to be harmed by a vaccine-preventable disease than a vaccine. Fact Checking Source(s): Health Feedback, Public Health Association of BC
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