Understanding Bad Vaccine Arguments

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. "Since thimerosal was removed/reduced from vaccines and autism rates are still going up, thimerosal must have been safe all along!" non-sequitur
  2. "There's no way vaccines can cause developmental disorders. Look, it says so right on CDC's website!" appeal to authority
  3. "Antivaxxers are anti-science because their views aren't in-line with the policy statements of these government agencies." begging the question
  4. "1 out of every 1,000 kids who get measles will die!" faulty statistics
  5. "Vaccines are obviously safe. Look around." straw man
  6. "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
  7. "There's been aluminum in vaccines for many decades and we turned out fine." ad populum

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