疫苗和自閉症

疫苗和自閉症之間的聯繫安德魯·韋克菲爾德英語Andrew Wakefield提出的一個假說,他於1998年在柳葉刀上發表論文,推斷MMR疫苗會引起自閉症。在此之前沒有任何論文提到疫苗會引起自閉症。[1]很快,科學界一致的研究表明兩者之間無關[2][3][4]疫苗成分英語Vaccine ingredients也不會引發自閉症,[5]並且安德魯·韋克菲爾德發表的論文被撤回。不過從此反疫苗運動英語Anti-vaccine activism支持者和陰謀論者仍然堅持相信疫苗會引起自閉症。 [6]

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