“Any single vaccine” is the key phrasing here.
And it’s deliberate. See, Bhattacharya cannot acknowledge the truth that vaccines do not cause autism—indeed the idea that they do is based on fraudulent research—without alienating his anti-vax friends with whom he made a devil’s bargain for power.
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
No reporter should give him credit for this. He absolutely did this intentionally.
It’s a common anti-vax talking point that a combination of vaccines might cause autism.
And it’s something Bhattacharya has previously suggested on a podcast.
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