2. One of the Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theories Today Is About Vaccines and Autism
You may have heard about the anti-vaxxers who claim that the rise in children diagnosed with autism results from the vaccines being forced onto the population. And why vaccines? Because the drug companies that make them are so powerful that they can bend the government to create laws requiring vaccines. Some know, though, that abnormality of the brain causes autism. How on Earth can a vaccine mess with brain structure? If you don’t want to vaccinate your child, don’t, but no need to spread conspiracy theories about vaccines to freak others out, too.
However, people continue to believe that vaccines cause autism. The result has been parents refusing to vaccinate their children, and not just a few parents in the backwoods of America. There have been outbreaks of previously eradicated diseases, like measles, because parents refuse to vaccinate their children against them. People are dying of these diseases now. Furthermore, all of the verifiable evidence strongly points to the conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism. No matter what, they will continue to leave their children unvaccinated, helping spread diseases that can be easily avoidable.