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Originally Posted by court4short
I know that the Pharmacist I work with doesn't recommend the flu shot to children under 9(?)ish because it has something in it that is linked to autism.
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It is exactly this kind of misleading information that scares parents into not getting their children vaccinated. The scientific evidence behind the idea that Thimerosal, a common preservative in vaccines, causes autism is weak and numerous studies have gone so far as to support the rejection of the hypothesis entirely.