Understanding Bad Vaccine Arguments
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"Since thimerosal was removed/reduced from vaccines and autism rates are still going up, thimerosal must have been safe all along!"
non-sequitur
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"There's no way vaccines can cause developmental disorders. Look, it says so right on CDC's website!"
appeal to authority
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"Antivaxxers are anti-science because their views aren't in-line with the policy statements of these government agencies."
begging the question
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"1 out of every 1,000 kids who get measles will die!"
faulty statistics
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"Vaccines are obviously safe. Look around."
straw man
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"There is no evidence that children with mitochondrial dysfunction are harmed by vaccines." (The studies have not been done to determine this one way or the other..)
half truth
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"There's been aluminum in vaccines for many decades and we turned out fine."
ad populum