Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 1

On this episode, we start by recapping the impact that vaccines have had on reducing disease burden in the U.S. and the damage that's being done by a recent increase in anti-vaxx sentiments and misinformation.

We then move on to debunk four of the most common vaccine myths including the oft-cited FALSE link between the MMR vaccine and autism, the false claim that vaccines can cause the diseases they are designed to prevent, that vaccines contain fetal tissue, and that vaccines contain toxins and harmful ingredients. We break down the most discussed ingredients in vaccines (mercury, formaldehyde, and aluminum) and explain that they are not toxic nor harmful at the doses in which they're present in vaccines.

We have so much more to say that there will be a part 2 to this episode, so stay tuned!

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RESOURCES

• WHO List of Top 10 Global Threats to Public Health

• Measles Resurgence in the United States

• Basics On Different Vaccine Types

• How Vaccines Work (Complex)

• How Vaccines Work (Simplified)

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• 2004 Author Retraction of the Wakefield Paper

• 2004 Review in Annals of Pharmacotherapy: No Relationship Between Autism and MMR Vaccine

• 2010 Case Control Study in Pediatric Infectious Disease: No Association between Autism and MMR

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• Jenny McCarthy and Her role in the Anti-Vaccine Movement

• 2014 Vaccine Meta-Analysis: Vaccines Are Not Linked to Autism

• 2019 National Cohort Study in Denmark: No Link Between Autism and Vaccines

• WHO Fact Sheet: Vaccine Myths Debunked

• Vaccine Manufacturing Process

• History of Fetal Embryo Cells in Research

• Vaccine Excipient Summary Document

• Fact-Check: Cells Are Not in Vaccines

• History of Fetal Cells in Vaccines

• 2004 Review by Institute of Medicine

• Summary of 2004 IOM Review

• Thimerosal FAQs

• Vaccine Ingredients FAQs

• Study: Aluminum in Vaccines Poses No Safety Risk