MYTH: AUTISM IS CAUSED BY VACCINES.

FACT: There is no link between autism and vaccines. In 1998, a British doctor named Andrew Wakefield published a paper that linked the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism and thereby created a kind of mass hysteria.  But further studies have shown absolutely no link between vaccines and autism.  In fact, Dr. Wakefield’s paper has been officially retracted and his medical license revoked.