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Despite overwhelming science, fake news on social media keeps the vaccine-autism myth alive. Online groups and foreign campaigns spread fear to scare parents. This has led to a drop in vaccination rates in some neighborhoods. When vaccination rates fall, dangerous diseases like measles and whooping cough start to return, putting vulnerable children at risk.
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Supporting arguments
- Social media algorithms often spread scary stories faster than boring facts.
- Foreign disinformation campaigns actively try to create division by spreading vaccine fear.
- Falling vaccination rates have led to the return of preventable diseases like measles.
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