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"Vaccines have been spuriously linked to sudden infant death syndrome paediatric asthma, autism, inflammatory bowel disease, and permanent brain damage. Recently US researchers have suggested that vaccination after 28 days after birth may induce type 1 (autoimmune) diabetes mellitus in susceptible individuals."

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by Newbie (310 points)
This article later carries out a study to assess if there is a reasonable link between vaccination and type 1 diabetes are found that the available evidence "concluded that it does not support a causal link between vaccination and the onset of type 1 diabetes." One of the reports that further claims are based off came to the conclusion "that in this large population of children there was no increase in the risk of SIDS after immunization with the DTP vaccine." The US Department of Health and Human Services found that "Vaccines often provide long-lasting immunity to serious diseases without the risk of serious illness," suggesting that not only are they not harmful, but they are beneficial.
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by Novice (620 points)
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This is a great fact check as you dissect the article, and studies they provided and provide your own evidence to explain why this claim is false. I would've liked you to provide more context to the fact check and explain the quotes you left as I didn't understand fully what one of the quotes meant. I also think providing links to the evidence you found would've been beneficial so people could look at the studies themselves.
by Genius (47.5k points)
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Did you visit the Department of Health and Human Services website to locate pertinent info? If so, always include hyperlinks to all your sources going forward. Thanks!

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