Fact-check: “Vaccines cause autism”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
The documented scientific record — drawn from more than 25 large-scale studies across multiple countries involving over 6 million children — consistently finds no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The original 1998 study that sparked the claim was retracted and its author lost his medical license for data falsification. In November 2025, the CDC updated its webpage language to say the 'no link' claim is 'not evidence-based' under the Data Quality Act, but this change ha…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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