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Vaccines cause autism, which leads to progressivism and…Trumpism?

Toby Rogers
Toby Rogers is an economist. He thinks he knows autism, vaccines, progressivism, and epidemiology, "thinks" being the operative word.

Antivax transphobe Toby Rogers got the bright idea that many of the central tenets of progressivism are actually autistic traits. So vaccines cause progressivism…and Trumpism, too? WTF?

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics

The Daily Show: Hilarious segment about vaccines, not so hilariously wrong about the politics of vaccine denialism

Not surprisingly, being a guy who leans mildly left, I like The Daily Show. Jon Stewart and his writers are incredibly adept at skewering all manner of bovine excrement, be it political, scientific, or otherwise. In particular, the way Stewart and company skewered the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) for its promotion of […]