Episode Summary:Listen as Dr. Dan discusses both sides of the vaccination debates and breaks down the accurate science.Episode References:Thiomersal is not responsible for autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17168158Legal battles of thiomersal and autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17898095Original lancet paper on MMR vaccine and autism that fueled the debate: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltextErratum to the paper published in 2004: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)15715-2/fulltextThis paper was completely retracted in 2010: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60175-4/fulltextLandmark study in 1999 and autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10376617?dopt=AbstractNEJM paper on 537,303 people in Denmark and autism: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa021134Australian study on 1 million children found no correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X14006367#Study in Denmark on 5 million children found no correlation between MMR vaccine and autism: https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2727726/measles-mumps-rubella-vaccination-autism-nationwide-cohort-study?mod=article_inlineInfluenza vaccine is safe during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2587559No evidence between the vaccine overload hypothesis and autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16581162Aluminum in vaccines, at allowed levels, was found to be safe: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16581162Formaldehyde, at levels present in vaccines, is not harmful to human health: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/common-ingredients-us-licensed-vaccines28% of European adults express doubts about effectiveness of vaccinating their children: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29483029NEJM medicine paper showing that siblings of an autistic child are less likely to be vaccinated: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1708223Religion and vaccines: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11725304Should vaccinations be compulsory? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16458770Russia-based twitter bots and trolls helped amplify the vaccination debate between 2014-2017: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30138075