Fact-check: “Vaccines cause autism”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Decades of large epidemiological studies across millions of children have found no causal link between vaccines and autism. The original claim traces to a 1998 paper by Andrew Wakefield that was later retracted and found to be fraudulent, and Wakefield lost his medical license as a result. The scientific and medical consensus — from the CDC, National Academies of Sciences, and major international health bodies — is that vaccines do not cause autism.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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