Anti-vaxxers make sense now.

Their biggest bugbear is that the rise in vaccines apparently correlates with a rise in autism. But if you think about it, vaccines were invented in 1796, and back then there was no Olympics, no World Cup, no Stanley Cup, no Wimbledon, and no Superbowl.

So the rise in vaccines correlates directly with the rise in major sporting events. Fact.

That's how stupid they sound.

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Vaccine recommendations over the last 60+ years.

Most people don't realize just how many more vaccinations are given to children today than were given a few decades prior.

1940s...autism was first diagnosed

Back in the '60s, autism wasn't well understood. The medical community claimed that autism effected about 1 in 10,000 people.

By the 1970s, the numbers were about 1 in 5000. Most likely due to a better understanding of autism and broadening the criteria.

By the mid 90s, that number was 1 in 150. That's a giant leap, and harder to explain away as simply a better understanding of the condition, but again, there was a broadening of diagnostic criteria.

In 2023, the number is 1 in 36. Again...another giant leap. After decades of researching autism, this jump can't simply be explained away as having a better understanding of the condition. Some sort of outside environmental factors are likely at play.

I'm not saying vaccines are causing autism, but the correlation shouldn't be dismissed.