Vaccines Cause Autism — A Debunked Claim

The claim that vaccines cause autism originated from a 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield. That study was later proven fraudulent, retracted, and widely discredited.
Large-scale research involving hundreds of thousands of children has found no link between vaccines (including MMR) and autism. Major health organizations worldwide confirm vaccines are safe and essential for preventing life-threatening diseases.
The persistence of this myth has led to vaccine hesitancy and outbreaks of preventable diseases, showing how harmful misinformation can be.