# Vaccination and Autism. How wide spread is this belief?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 15, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-and-autism-how-wide-spread-is-this-belief/493231 "2009-04-15T22:41:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-and-autism-how-wide-spread-is-this-belief/493231/101 "2009-04-24T12:37:01Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> So why aren’t “journalists” like Carrey and Kennedy exposed for the charlatans they are?

Kennedy’s misrepresentations have been debunked thoroughly, both online and in the mainstream press. Carrey is a relative newcomer to the antivax brigade, but now that his stupidity is finding an Internet outlet, the [scathing reviews](http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/04/fire_marshall_bill_discusses_vaccines.php#more) are starting to appear.

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