vaccine misconception autism induced by vaccination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61971654 A pseudoscientific conspiracy theory which purports that autism derives from the application of vaccines. Extensive investigation into vaccines and autism has shown that there is no relationship between the two, causal or otherwise, and that vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. Vaccinologist Peter Hotez researched the growth of the false claim and concluded that its spread originated with Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent 1998 paper, with no prior paper supporting a link. Despite the scientific consensus for the absence of a relationship, the retracted paper and the anti-vaccination movement at large continue to promote myths, conspiracy theories, and misinformation linking the two. MMR vaccine and autism autism induced by MMR vaccine vaccines and autism