Autism Facts vs Fiction
Evidence-based answers to common myths and misconceptions
Natural immunity from catching the disease is better than vaccine immunity
✓ Vaccine immunity is safer and more predictable. Natural immunity requires getting the disease—risking serious complications or death.
Vaccine ingredients like formaldehyde and aluminum are toxic
✓ Vaccine ingredients are used in safe, studied amounts. Formaldehyde is present naturally in your body; aluminum amounts are far below toxic levels.
Vaccines cause autism
✓ The vaccine-autism link has been thoroughly disproven. The original fraudulent study was retracted, its author lost his medical license, and dozens of large studies show no connection between vaccines and autism.
The MMR vaccine causes autism
✓ The MMR vaccine has been extensively studied in millions of children. No causal link to autism has ever been found.
Thimerosal (mercury) in vaccines causes autism
✓ Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in the US by 2002 due to precaution, yet autism diagnoses continued to increase after its removal—proving no causal link.
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