Fact-check: “Vaccines cause autism”
Verdict: False (99% confidence)
The documented scientific record — spanning dozens of large-scale epidemiological studies, systematic reviews, and analyses involving millions of children across multiple countries — consistently finds no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The original 1998 Lancet paper by Andrew Wakefield that sparked the claim was retracted, found to contain fabricated data, and led to Wakefield losing his medical license. No credible, replicated study has established a causal mechanis…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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