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The Circularity of the Anti-Vax Movement
In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the public health service issue a statement saying from now on, we're going to be removing the thimerosol from all of the vaccines. There's literally no evidence that this is dangerous. And we're talking about 187 micrograms, which is way fucking less than like the environmental exposure to mercury. This shouldn't affect your decision to vaccinate your kids at all. But out of an abundance, like an absurd abundance of caution, we're gonna do this to go from like 99.999% safe to 100% safe. Like a historical blunder, right? Because of course, when this statement comes out, every single person America