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== Common Misconceptions Surrounding Vaccines ==

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~~A vocal minority of conspiracy theorists believe~~ that ~~vaccines~~ are ~~pushed by agents~~ of ~~what they refer to as 'Big Pharma'~~. ~~This is false~~. ~~Vaccines undergo strict safety and efficacy testing~~ and the ~~vaccine schedule is evidence based~~, ~~despite frequent cries that it is not.~~

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Many people assume that official vaccine recommendations are based on recommendations of independent panels of experts after reviewing risk-benefit and cost-benefit analyses. They are not. The government panels are dominated by vaccine industry representatives and they have no consumer representatives. The meetings are not open to the public. They do not usually do much analysis, and tend to recommend whatever vaccines are available{{fact}}

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~~Some of~~ the ~~more frequent conspiracy theories include but are not limited~~ to~~: Vaccines causing autism (this~~ was ~~started by Andrew Wakefield~~ in ~~a fraudulent study that~~ has since been ~~retracted by the medical journal it was published in)~~, ~~Mercury/aluminum/formeldahyde in vaccines causing health problems (these are founded in ignorance of chemistry and~~ the ~~miniscule dosages involved), and that vaccines are used as a means of population control~~.

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Misinformed rumors about vaccines do not happen only in the developed world. The worldwide polio eradication came to a halt in 2003 when Muslim Imams in Nigeria began spreading rumors that the vaccines would give boys HIV and sterilize girls. The vaccine was banned for over a year in the country. The ban has since been lifted, but the vaccination rate remains low.

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