# Vaccines, autism and big pharma

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-autism-and-big-pharma/727046 "2015-08-05T08:34:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-autism-and-big-pharma/727046/113 "2015-08-27T20:53:09Z")

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We tried being nice. The antivaxxers called us shills

We tried giving the facts, plainly and calmly. The anitvaxxers accused us of crippling their children.

We tried using statistics and data. The antivaxxers photshopped images of prominent pro-vaccines people eating babies

We started giving examples of children injured or lost due to antivaccine fears. The antivaxxers accused us of using emotional appeals as they bemoaned and wailed about the odd fates of their children they ‘knew’ were damaged by vaccines

Then we started seeing outbreaks, and we were done doing this the polite way.

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