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Success of Vaccination in the US (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/386215/trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-health-measles-chart

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Now compare to autism diagnosese...

...and see no correlation.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Even if there was, I'm much happier being autistic than I would be dead.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd much prefer my children alive and autistic than dead (or debilitatingly disabled) too.

There's something weird about people who seem to think the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

You don't know that

/s?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Given that the term autism didn't exist before 1911 it probably wasn't being diagnosed a whole lot before then. But I would guess it went up as understanding and awareness of it grew, but there were definitely descriptions of people who met the criteria for it long before then.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_autism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I was wondering about that as I was furiously typing out my scathing sarcastic bullshit with a shit eating grin on my face.