Fact-check: “Vaccines cause autism”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Decades of large-scale peer-reviewed research across multiple countries has found no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The one foundational study claiming a link — Wakefield 1998 — was retracted due to falsified data and methodological fraud. A November 2025 CDC webpage revision, issued under the Trump administration, reframed the scientific consensus by stating that 'vaccines do not cause autism' is 'not an evidence-based claim,' but this revision was immediately and w…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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