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Success of Vaccination in the US (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@lemmy.world

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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/386215/trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-health-measles-chart

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Now compare to autism diagnosese...

...and see no correlation.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even if there was, I'm much happier being autistic than I would be dead.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd much prefer my children alive and autistic than dead (or debilitatingly disabled) too.

There's something weird about people who seem to think the other way around.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

You don't know that

/s?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Given that the term autism didn't exist before 1911 it probably wasn't being diagnosed a whole lot before then. But I would guess it went up as understanding and awareness of it grew, but there were definitely descriptions of people who met the criteria for it long before then.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_autism

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

I was wondering about that as I was furiously typing out my scathing sarcastic bullshit with a shit eating grin on my face.