Posts falsely link CDC vaccine schedule to rising autism rates

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💉 Posts are linking rising autism rates to increases in the number of vaccines recommended for American children. But the association is spurious -- research shows vaccination does not cause autism

"Do you believe there is a connection between an increase in vaccinations & the increase in Autism?" asks Grant Cardone, an American entrepreneur and author, in a July 14, 2023 InstagramThe post claims that between 1983 and 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control added 64 vaccines to its immunization schedule. During the same time frame, autism rates supposedly increased from one in 10,000 to one in 36.

"277X increase in autism cases," Cardone says in the caption on his post, which accumulated more than 64,000 likes."Despite these facts the same groups DENY any connection between the increase of Vaccines & Autism."Other posts sharing the figures accumulated tens of thousands of interactions across

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