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