The video explains that a study done in 1998 has convinced many families to not vaccinate their children. The study showed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism; however, this study has been disproven and found to be fraudulent. Additionally, parents who vaccinate a child who may be autistic may question the cause of the autism, as the MMR vaccine is administered around the time the first signs of autism occur in a child. Parents then may form a connection between the two, so they have an explanation of why their child has autism and tell other parents that the MMR vaccine causes autism. This is a huge problem as it allows people to suffer and or die from disease that could have been prevented as seen with the recent measles outbreak in Minnesota. Also, this does not only affect the children who’s parents decided not to vaccinate them, but also those who cannot get vaccines, like children with weakened immune systems from cancer.
