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Originally Posted by Chris
The MMR was never controversial. It suffered at the hands of a quack, wilfully bad research, credulous newspapers who made money off lurid headlines and other moral cowards who preferred to “both-sides” the debate rather than seriously engaging with the issue.
The controversy was not the MMR, but rather the lamentable way misinformation about it was given credibility and allowed to spread in ways that had real-world effects in the lives of children who suffered, and in some cases died, as a result.
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Yes it was, but it's much easier once misinformation had been put out (intentionally or otherwise) for it to remain in people's minds and even if later things correct it, it doesn't reverse the initial damage. You only need to look at where this has happened elsewhere to see this.
The MMR was not causing kids to develop autism, they likely had it anyway but it wouldn't come out until that age, so some people thought there was a correlation there when there was none. Can we say the same about people developing heart issues or having strokes after vaccinations (although covid can do that too)? It's still possible there the evidence hasn't built up enough, either way.