Why Do Vaccines Cause Autism?

Introduction
When invasive cells such as viruses or bacteria enter the body, then lymphocytes produce antibodies to neutralize these intruders that are called antigens. A healthy individual creates millions of antibodies a day, which help maintain a healthy body without illnesses. Certain malignant antigens however are able to attack the body before the antibodies are able to be generated. Many diseases in the past have decimated large portions of the human race, such as: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, influenza, polio, and hepatitis. An immeasurable amount of men, women, and children throughout history were defenseless against these diseases and had their lives ruined by arduous illnesses. With the invention of the vaccine, through injecting dead or weakened diseases, a person’s body is able to defend itself against otherwise vigorous diseases. …show more content…
The most prominent reasoning behind the Anti-vaxxers’ opinions stems from the thought that vaccines cause autism. There has only been one piece of evidence linking vaccines to autism. This one piece of evidence was found in research by a man that has had his medical license revoked, and this study been invalidated by numerous other studies. Since the inception of vaccines, countless lives have been saved and life-threatening diseases have been neutralized, but with the rise of the anti-vax movement children are at risk of acquiring harmful preventable diseases, mandating vaccines would reduce the amount of diseases in