In fairness, antivaxxers first started really demonizing aluminum more like 10-12 years ago, when the data showing autism prevalence continuing to climb unabated after thimerosol was removed from most childhood vaccines around 2001-2002 became incontrovertible.
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Replying to @gorskon
True. But after Vaxxed failed to do anything they really turned the heat up on Aluminum & have stuck with it ever since. We don't see many MMR causing autism claims anymore, since it has no aluminum. My prediction is still in play. By 2025 they'll blame the syringe.
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Replying to @thereal_truther
Of course we still see them saying MMR causes autism. A lot. The entire CDC whistler conspiracy theory is about the CDC supposedly covering up evidence that MMR causes autism in African-American boys.
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Replying to @gorskon
True we see it, I just tend to see more "aluminum causing brain inflammation" nonsense more these days. But yes, the "CDC whistleblower" conspiracy has not died yet!
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It won’t die. Del Bigtree, Andrew Wakefield, and the whole @vaxxedthemovie crew have too much investment in keeping the conspiracy theory alive.
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