AND EVEN IF IT DID, AUTISM IS FAR PREFERABLE THAN YOUR KID DYING FROM A PREVENTABLE DISEASE!! We need to say that every time this comes up, because far too often people accept that if vaccines did cause autism parents shouldn’t vaccinate their kids. Autism is not a fate worse than death.
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
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