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Reply #1: The conclusion for this and all the other evidence is that vaccines do not cause autism. [View All]

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alarimer

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Sat Apr-05-08 10:56 PM
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1. The conclusion for this and all the other evidence is that vaccines do not cause autism.

It is merely coincidence that the symptoms appear at roughly the same time, or shortly after, a major series of vaccinations. So therefore, vaccines must have caused it, right? Well, no. That is an example of post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning, a logical fallacy.

In fact the overwhelming evidence is that vaccines do not cause autism.

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