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How to End the Autism Epidemic

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

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  • In 1985, children routinely received 23 doses of seven vaccines: diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP), oral polio (OPV) and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), and the autism rate was between 1 in 5,000 or 1 in 10,000 (depending on the data source)

Update - March, 2019 to add clarification on vaccine info and this comment by John Gregory, staff analyst for internet website checker NewsGuard, who said, "Our review has found that medical science overwhelmingly rejects that causal link exists between vaccines and autism."

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