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So, my an online american friend said"My mom didn't want to vaccine vax cuzs autism". Is he joking? I know many people say thing like that but i thought they all were joking?

In my country which is a third world country no one believe shit like that even my Grand mother who is illiterate and religious don't believe thing like that and knows the benefit of vaccine.

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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Some idiots in America believe this, most don't.

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[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Your friend’s mom is a fucking idiot that would believe literally anything that the “right” person would say.

Absolutely a gullible little tool that’s behaving just as they want.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well, my mom believes it and she's not even American.

[-] CoCo_Goldstein@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

People heard about the original, now discredited study, which came out around the time autism diagnosises were increasing. People then either didn't hear or chose not to believe that the OG study was discredited.

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Let's put it this way, the new FBI director sells supplements to make you immune from "vaccine shedding", AKA being around vaxxed people.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not just America, up here in Canada too. It's real.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Having lived next to them for my whole life; For Americans if it sounds too stupid to be true it’s probably true

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not just USA.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

If these people were around 50 yrs ago we'd still have polio and smallpox.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not American, but at least a few do. And they're exporting it. My old English teacher back when I lived in the Dominican Republic was an American missionary who taught to fund her religious activities. Guess what beliefs about science and politics she was spreading along with her beliefs about baptism of the spirit?

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's sadly real. There are a lot of parents who would rather their child died a preventable death than have trouble making eye contact.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yes. There are people who believe it. I can't explain it, they have the education, they have the information, but for whatever reason they just want to believe a conspiracy theory instead.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I know many who believe vaccines cause autism yes

[-] IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are people around the world who don’t believe in it. It’s not specific to Americans. You are basing this off one person on both the ends.

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