• PNW_Doug@lemmy.world
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    The was quite literally the playbook of Andrew Wakefield when he published the 1998 fraudulent paper in the Lancet that purported to link MMR vaccines to autism, kicking off our entire modern round of anti-vax nonsense.

    He stood to make millions selling test kits to people suddenly fearful of vaccination, IIRC. They’re all scum, seeking to rake in money on the very fears they’ve stoked.

  • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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    And when these MAGA morons give their autistic kid “the cure” and it doesn’t work they’ll blame democrats for “tainting it” or some stupid bullshit idk I fucking hate it here

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    Everyone knows we’re not coming back from this, right?

    Pandora’s Box is open. Cat is out of the bag. Genie is out of the bottle.

    Bury all these fucks 6 feet under and it’s still already too late. The institutions have been weakened. Brains have been rotted. Copycats will step up to fill the vacuum. Congress is still infected. It’s over.

    It’ll be like the end of Return of The King. It’ll take a while, but it’s still the ending.

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    Could have been worse, like realizing it’s genetic and issuing mandatory sterilizations to both the autistic people and their parents.

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    It is men taking power over women and deciding how they should be treated. What else to expect from a rapist?

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    Apparently someone of Kenvue Inc. (owner of the Tylenol brand) forgot to pay the bribe.

    Next week it will be some random product that Bayer makes that may or may not be linked to autism.

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    Excellent news. Autism finally squared away. We can dedicate our scientists to finding a cure for trumpism.

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    Ugh, and folinic acid is just a vitamin that can, in some cases and conditions, help with some language processing issues.

    Like it can help with apraxia. It’s not a cure for autism. Or anything.

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    It’s like they’re trying to be fascists but they’re so bad at it. All they can do is run around and jerk each other off while telling their goons to go harrass minorities

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    Grifters are going to grift. Using the government to grift doesn’t surprise me.

    What hurts the most is how many people are so desperate that they are going to buy into some snake oil and not actually get any help.