If you think about it, people who are vaccinated have a higher chance of growing up with austim But you actually have to grow up for that to happen

My dad had an autoimmune reaction to a vaccine given by the military that made him unable to continue working, or even walk up and down stairs or stay standing for long periods of time (it's better now, since there are newer medicines that control his symptoms with fewer side effects). It turns out they had given him and the other people on the base much higher doses and with far shorter intervals between shots than is recommended. So I have a legitimate reason to be cautious of vaccines. And you know what? Even with that my whole family keeps up to date on our vaccines, because we know that what happened to my dad wasn't the fault of vaccine, it was doctors trying to rush things and breaking protocols that are in place for a reason. I have no sympathy for people who claim that vaccines are bad for people because a TV celebrity told them so. I don't let them off the hook with the excuse that they are just ignorant. They are willfully ignoring tremendous amounts of data that almost irrefutably prove them wrong, and they put their lives, their children's lives, and everyone else's lives at risk because of it.

When I was a little kid I watched "Land Before Time" and in one of them the river was drying up and the angry Triceratops just kept blaming different thing, accusing in no real logical way. The Brachiosaurus said to him, "it doesn't have to be anyone's fault." The Triceratops responded, "but it has to be someone's fault right?" Which it turns out that a bad storm had dislodged a rock or something and it was blocking the river way up the mountain. All this reminds me of something I learned when I was like 7 years old, so if the rest of the world could catch up, that would be great.

I thought this video came out this week, but now I see that it's 6 years old, and even more relevant.

parent: i will not get my child vaccinated measles/polio: *it's free real estate*

Oh yes the naturalness bias. Because if it came straight from the earth it must be healthy right? On that note I have stopped drinking Mountain Dew and have switched to crude oil because that comes from the earth; it is natural.

As a high functioning autistic individual, it feels offensive sometimes when people view autism developing in their child as the end of the world. As far as I understand the data, the vast majority of people with the disorder are high enough functioning to learn to adapt to the outside world, it just generally takes some therapy to get there sometimes.

Autistic person here- I just gotta say that the fact that parents would rather their child/children suffer and/or die from a preventable illness than have autism is very sad. Vaccines don't cause autism, but these people believe they do, and they still choose preventable illness. Autism is not a horrible thing, autistic people are just as valuable and worthy as any other human. I know this video is old, but it's still very relavant and the misinformation surrounding both vaccines and autism is terrifying.

Honestly it's a shame that people are more worried about their kid having or developing autism as opposed to their kid possibly dying from not being vaccinated.

The people who think that going All natural is a good thing forget about the most important natural thing. Natural selection.

It's funny, I am from Brazil and since I was a baby, I took all the vaccines I can get and should get and I am completely fine. I have never heard of vaccines giving Autism until I came here to the U.S. and I am surprised at how U.S. citizens think that when Brazil citizens who don't think that, and on top of that, they live in a country with a lesser medical care.

What a shame that the only group of people that needs to see this would consciously do their utmost to ignore it.

I hate how autism is treated like a fate worse than death. Sure, low-functioning autism is pretty bad, but high functioning autism, which almost certainly is far more common, isn't actually a bad thing. I'd say that individuals with high-functioning autism may even be at an advantage in some cases.

Kid: when I grow up I-- Anti-Vax Mom: Imma stop you right there.

Don't read the comments. Trust me. Leave before it's too late.

The bottom line is there is no trust left. Decades of manipulative commercialism has left everyone victimized by things we don't fully understand. The consensus should be to repair this trust and remove potential corruption or conflicting interests.

Lv.1 Vaccines Lv.100 Essential oils That's how anti-vax logic works.

Me: * Has autism. * Doctor: * Vaccinates me. * Me: **LEVEL UP**

I like how he says "humans are complicated" instead of "humans are idiots". Very classy.

This video is sorely needed today, so much more than five years ago...

Where I come from it's considered child abuse not to vaccinate your kids. You could actually face some jail time for disregarding basic human rights. (Well it's basic in my mind anyway)

3.1k people disliked this video...3100 people said “ahh screw science, it’s full of crap anyway”...THATS TERRIFYING

Doctor: Would you like to get ur child vaccinated? Mom: nah they cause autism *3 weeks later* *at little jimmys funeral* Mom: Welp at least my child didn’t have autism!

It makes me happy to know somebody out there is keeping it real and science-based and not bashing on people for their flaws. This is way more productive than most vaccine ads. Videos like this make people think about themselves and their biases for once. That's where real progress starts. Thanks Hank.

Everyone's about anti vaccination until their dog gets rabies

I didn't vaccinate my kids and the ones that lived turned out fine!

I have autism and I find it so funny when people say vaccines cause autism

Somehow my gut feeling is telling me an Antivaxxer saw this video, saw that Hank said something they didn't like or understand and immediately disliked the video. They seem like the type to just not completely digest the information given to them.

Your explanation of cognitive bias is making sense to my cognitive bias.

With the amount of misinformation out there now readily accessible to people through the internet, I think now's the time for public education to start incorporating real critical thinking into the curriculum. Teaching kids about how to actually assess the information that they're constantly bombarded with through social media, and how their own brain can hold onto ideas that aren't necessarily true.

Anti vaxxer: I'm not going to vaccinate my children! (Insert argument for why) Doctor: Well, you don't have to vaccinate your children, you only need to vaccinate the ones you want to keep.

As someone who has autism, it is so insanely scary how much people hate autistic people. Like the lengths I’ve seen parents go to prevent their kid from getting autism is something I will never understand. And the lengths I’ve seen parents go to “cure” their child with autism is inhumane. We’re human beings with thoughts and feelings, we’re not something that needs to be “fixed”.

Could not see the curvature of the earth in this video. Earth is obviously flat.

we need to teach social psychology and critical thinking in school. give people the tools to make informed decisions, whatever the future is like

As an autistic adult, can I add two very critical additions to this specifically in regards to the vaccines cause autism thing? 1. Every time someone says this, they're telling me, an autistic adult, that they'd rather risk their child dying of a preventable disease than become like me. Maybe not intentionally, but that's what they're saying. Imagine that's being applied to some attribute you have, that someone would rather their innocent child getting a deadly disease than be like you. You as a person. 2. Autism is NOT an inherently bad outcome. Even the autistics who society see as severely disabled, the ones who are nonverbal and have learning disabilities, have by and large STRONGLY agreed that if there were a cure for autism they wouldn't want it (link at bottom of comment). We autistics, in general (and those of us who haven't been programmed to hate ourselves), like being autistic. It's not a disease, it's a state of being. It's who we are. Yes, there are challenges, I would never dream of implying that there aren't. I know how hard it was for my parents to raise me, and I know what it's like to be disabled because society wasn't built for me. I know. But that doesn't make it inherently a bad thing. Most autistics, given the right support and the ability to love themselves and play to their strengths, will grow up to be functional, happy people. In fact, many of us who don't, find ourselves struggling BECAUSE we've been taught to try to not be autistic and we're fighting ourselves in a world where we need to be supporting ourselves as much as possible to succeed. To summarize my second point - again, I am NOT saying that autism isn't a difficulty. It can be disabling (though not always), and it can definitely be extremely hard on caregivers. I know firsthand. But painting it as a 100% problem or bad outcome instead of what it actually is - a way of being that isn't inherently bad but comes with it's own strengths and challenges - is not accurate nor is it helpful to all of us autistics who are FREQUENTLY harmed by people hating or fearing autism. Link to the survey of LOTS of autistic and non-autistic people that resulted in nonverbal autistics/autistics with learning disabilities, agree that they don't want a cure: autisticnotweird.com/2018survey/

A giant man-eating squirrel would be TERRIFYING. I don't need to see one to know that!

We don't know if vaccinating kids can affect autism rates. We do know that not vaccinating kids will affect death rates.

I don't blame the anti-vaxxers, I blame education. As mentioned here (and pointed out extremely well graphically), humans are full of cognitive biases. We absolutely suck at collecting and analyzing and understanding data unless we systematically force ourselves to do it right. So critical thinking is a skill that must be learned...and yet we don't teach kids how to do that. At least where I went to school, I wasn't able to take any psychology, logic, or critical thinking courses until uni. That means I had 18 years in which, if I hadn't been personally interested in the subjects beforehand, I would never have learned how to think. I mean, sure, we learn the scientific method relatively early (which is great!), but we're convinced it's only something that doctors and lab techs do. Humans innately overestimate our mental abilities, and until we learn how many (many, many, many) different ways our brains lie to us, we trust ourselves more than the facts. (This is the basis for why democracy is generally considered the best form of government, though it's not...but I digress.) So really, I think we need to be teaching children about psychology and logic and critical thinking skills long before they turn 18. As in, starting at least in 6th grade, if not primary school.

My own bias is a memory bias. I'm old enough to remember when almost every street in Mosgiel had at least one child who would be crippled for life because of polio. The polio injection was the most painful, worse than that for tetanus (and I remember children dying of tetanus), but we all got it because we'd seen what it could prevent.

My favorite theory about historical cases is that the myth of the "changeling" child is a result of autism.

I have autism, and tbh it's not the end of the world really :) I'm pretty darn good with Rubik's cubes & puzzles, and a bit shy/antisocial, but I don't care. I'm happy how I am thanks :) what I would find the end of my world though is getting measles, mumps, rubella, polio..... anything like that, and losing the ability to do stuff I love, or you know, casually die or whatever... I think I prefer being autistic to dead. Also, why do people who prefer not to vaccinate their kids think autism is worse than a physically crippling or deadly disease? If they can google vaccines and autism, then why not google what the vaccine is preventing? If you're gonna research because you don't know something, do it properly. :P

Take that anti-science people... we'll use science to understand you! Muhahahaha!

Ah crap I got polio. *BuT AtlEaST i dOnT haVE AutIsM*

I'm on the spectrum and it doesn't feel like a disability to me. I realize I'm "different" but I honestly dont care what people think. This was a good video. Luvzya Hank 😘

A normal anti-vaxxer life: Doctor: Would you like to vaccinate your child? Parent: Nah the disease is dead. Doctor: The disease is dead because people vaccinate themselves dammit. Parent: .... still no

CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION!!!!!

I like how I arrived here 5 years later and this video explain why people are freaking out about covid-19

We need to teach kids how to find, read, and understand credible sources from all different media: websites, news publications, academic journals, etc.

When I was 12 I had French Toast for breakfast and came down with the Flu shortly afterwards. They are in no way related but I didn't eat French Toast for 15 years after that.

I really understand this. I have always been very analytical and science-minded, and always knew I would vaccinate my children without hesitation. That is, until I became pregnant. Last month I had to make a decision about getting a flu shot. It seemed like the obvious thing to do. It is not only deemed safe for pregnancy, but is highly recommended for pregnant women by the CDC. When my baby is about a month old, I'll have to take her on a long train ride. This unavoidable travel will potentially expose her to this year's flu (which can be deadly for babies). I want to keep her safe, and it's been shown that newborns (who cannot be vaccinated against the flu themselves until 6 months) receive their mother's immunity when she's vaccinated while pregnant. So it was a no-brainer, right? Only it wasn't... I, of all people, struggled enormously in finding the will to follow through with this vaccination, for pretty much all the reasons covered in this video. I was responsible for protecting this precious life growing inside me. It seemed riskier to introduce vaccine chemicals to protect against something we may not even be exposed to. I was healthy when I went in for the shot. If something did go wrong, I knew I would feel worse if it was the result of something I did (get a shot) than something I didn't (in the case that she would catch the flu). I did some research, and though I could see that the overwhelming medical consensus was that I should have the shot, I also found several online articles and forums where people wrote about how they got this vaccine and then miscarried or had a stillbirth the following week. I know better than to count anecdotes as data, but I almost walked out of the doctor's office without the shot. Still, in the end, my reason overcame my emotion and I took the vaccination. Afterwards I went home and cried, still worried I'd made the wrong choice. For the record, my baby survived and has continued to grow and to behave normally in utero. All tests indicate she's in perfect health. She will be born any day now, and she will be immune to the flu. As with all preventative measures, I will never know what the alternative might have been. I'll probably forget about the shot altogether. I'm unlikely to write a blog post about how I got the flu shot during pregnancy and literally nothing happened (a factor that may contribute to availability bias, which could be interesting to discuss in future videos on this topic). But I'm glad I followed through. As hard as it will be, for all reasons covered in this video, I will keep getting my child vaccinated as she grows up. I will have to put my reason ahead of my fear for the ultimate well-being of my child, and for the well-being of other people she'll encounter as she grows up. I hope this video helps other parents see where bias is clouding their judgment, so we can all make better decisions for our kids and for society at large.

Christ, the entire comments section for this video can be compared to people on two different planets throwing rocks at each other. Some are better at throwing rocks, some have a harder time seeing the already impossible to see rocks that the other planet is throwing, and none receive the rocks from the other. It's amazing how hard people will try to get their rock to hit somebody on the other planet, and it's amazing how far they come from actually doing it. The human mind is a stubborn planet.

People made a fermented alcohol.... Ohh it's natural.... let's drink this as much as we can because it's natural

This fits my personal biases.

If confused, you are far more likely to hurt yourself in confusion.

I studied biology in college. One thing I learned was that vaccines need to be very specific. One anti-vaccine proponent told me that vaccines are mutated viruses. If this were true, the vaccines would, likely, not work. This completely invalidated anything else that person had to say. Another person told me that vaccines don't work. To that person I ask, "When was the last time you heard of someone getting smallpox? So many people don't understand how science works. When they see a study that supports their ideas, they don't look at the study with skepticism. They just use the study to tell people things like, "Vaccines are mutated viruses," or "Vaccines cause genetic mutations." Make sure you learn about how research should be done. Then go over your sources with a fine tooth comb.

I really just thought this was new because it popped up and is insanely relevant right now.

Kudos for this video! Instead of shaming and manipulating people, you understand them. It humanizes the situation and puts science above all. Good job guys!

Goodness me. I wasn't going to comment on this, but the comments really made me feel like I have to step in. The anti-vax movement is absolutely ridiculous. I am a support worker for adults with learning disabilities and severe autism, and I have never met such incredible people. So here is what I gather from the anti vaccination side: You believe that if you vaccinate your children against diseases that have and will kill those who are unprotected, you will save your child from getting disorders like autism. Let's think about this for a second, Not everyone who is vaccinated is autistic, and you want to avoid autism. Autism is often portrayed as this massive disability that makes everyone miserable, unable to live life to the fullest, etc. In most cases, you won't even be able to tell who has and hasn't got autism. In fact, a lot of people with autism don't even know they have it- it's usually so minor! But let's say vaccines do cause autism, and they do give a very small percentage of people autism. You could choose NOT to vaccinate your kid, which puts them at risk greatly from infection that could disabilitate, or kill them, and by the time they are in hospital, there is very little the doctors can do to cure the kid. The child could very easily remain permanently or long-term ill or disabled, or even die, because you believed an injection that would have stopped this, could have a teeny tiny chance of causing minor developmental disorders. Like I said, i support people with learning disabilities and they have better lives than me! They're independent, can go where they want, and they're happy. The anti vaxxers are ridiculous in my opinion and don't seem to have a full grasp of what autism is. Vaccines contain toxins? So does most food you eat. All those preservatives, dear me :(( Contains metals? So does a lot of fruit....?? Vaccines are a weakened version of the disease that gets into your body, and because it's so weak, it can't damage you. Your body then learns, and remembers the virus in case you get infected with the real thing. If vaccinations cause autism, measles, the common cold, and a lot of other viruses and infections will cause autism too, right? Please do some bloody research and stop picking out the "facts" you get from biased media to support your own claim. Also... if the government are hiding the "truth" about vaccines, how on earth does that benefit them? In fact if vaccines caused autism, and a percentage of those people went into care, wouldn't they essentially be paying for..... Nothing?

Apple seeds contain cyanide! Join the anti apple movement. "Apple juice is killing your kids!" -Anna 2017 (founder of the anti apple movement)

It's sad to see America ordered 200% vaccines to population but only 50% are vaccinated. Most of the vaccines went expitrd and people in my country are literly fighting to get mRNA vaccines.

Me: mom can I get vaccinated Mom: no Bobby get your ass back under the healing crystal

that was the kindest way to say their brains failed them

How about this idea? Have people sign a document consenting to be placed in court for attempted murder if the childs life is put at risk for not being vaccinated.

Do I trust vaccines 100%? No. Am I vaccinated? Yes. Am I on the autistic spectrum? Yes. Do I dislike the way I am? No. Have I had measles, mumps, or rubella? No. Am I glad that I'm vaccinated? Yes. If I had kids would I have them vaccinated? Yes. I think that about covers it.

4:40 is the most important part of this video that almost no one commenting here chose to pay attention to. Keep insulting vaccine hesitant people, you'll only contribute more to their hesitation. The more polarized this issue becomes, the more people will abandon vaccines altogether.

"I don't vac let nature take its course" If nature took its course you should not exist 😂😂😂

Great job Hank, that was a tongue twister of an episode. We are having a baby any day now and this episode has eased my concerns of vaccinations for her. THANK SCI SHOW YOU RAWQ!!

Finally a viable answer. Thank you for this. No baloney, no fear-mongering. All facts. This is why I love science. It's paints a much clearer picture about what's going on around us.

I love how this comment section is 99% memes

I feel that expressing factual information like this in a non-aggressive manner is the best way to reach people that are on the fence about important issues that science has the answer to. Thanks for making this, Hank!

Another possible reason cases of autism have been going up since whatever year is that we've recently started accepting things on the spectrum of autism that weren't considered anything but quirky or odd before- more people are getting diagnosed because our parameters for diagnosing them are changing to include more people. This happens/has happened with all psychological disorders, and with some physical ones too.

This wasn’t a science based video, it’s video on perception of reality which actual reality isn’t discussed no disapproving a claim with evidence just judgements on people who question the “science”.. talk about the 35 Ingredients in the “mandatory jabs”

Can someone explain me this. A weak form of a virus which is basically a target practice for our immune system, so in case the real virus does come in then the immune system can fight lead to developmental disorder? I don't get how people came to that conclusion.

A cultural-political reason is much simpler: people have less trust in expertise, especially scientific expertise, than they did decades ago.

vaccination has been around since some dude figured out that if someone caught relatively harmless cowpox, they were immune to smallpox

The basic problems are two-fold. 2-people fear what they do not understand. 2-most people need an explanation that frees them from blame. Arguing with them is pointless.

How to revive almost dead disease 1) Be an anti-vaccination parent 2)Wait 3 years 3)Repeat

I dont think parents should get the choice not to vaccinate their kids

even if it did cause autism, id much rather have a few more people get autism then them starting a disease outbreak

As an autistic person myself, I can't believe that parents would rather their child become severely sick or die than have autism. Autism is not a life-ending disease that can be spread. It's a difference in how your brain is wired, where your brain has more connections and has less ability to filter out unnecessary stimulus, along with differences in communication and perception. It doesn't ruin your life or your child's life. It simply makes your child different and people with autism can develop into successful adults. Autism simply comes with its own set of challenges that most people just don't experience.

I've seen a few people moaning about the amount of mercury in vaccines and crap, but I realise that the properties of mercury will definitely change when bonded to different elements. If not, then we should be swimming in the ocean and be able to function fine because there's oxygen in water!!

So this video touched on this, but barely; Do people not realize how much medical practice has changed? Also, how much culture has changed? When a child was "abnormal" or "different" there didn't use to be proper diagnosis, they were also very often locked in a room and isolated from the world, or put in an institute, or insane asylum. Mental disabilities, or problems, were not accepted. So why don't people see the rise in autism cases linked to better mental health care, better diagnoses, and mental health issues being more accepted and treated, instead of being ignored because people didn't know how to handle it? Why can't people just accept the fact that things are documented better, and the rise in vaccines and autism are not related? Why is the fact that major deadly diseases are rare because of these vaccines that have helped prevent them being ignored?

God when anti-vax kid turns 3: *_Your free trial to life has ended_*

This argument was based on "there are no varying quality vaccines" and "anti-vaxxers only care about autism". I only wish this topic can be treated with utmost seriousness, since things have become very different these days.

I learned about psychology not vaccines in this video

Anti Vaxxer "logic"(the lack thereof)101 Doctor,goes through atleast Nine years of medical school:untrustworthy A conspiracy nut,dropped out of high school:trustworthy

really the whole debate is just about ableism. people would rather risk their child getting sick and possibly dying than "risking" them "getting" autism. for any neurodivergent person, neurotypicals really truly believe it's better for us to die than to live with our disabilities and that is what i believe is the root of the problem.

"We objectively believe the universe is amazing and fantastic" - I agree with this part of the statement "amazing and fantastic" from my cognitive bias but I argue this is not objective, but a subjective observation, or an opinion. :)

We bring science - we don't debate. Wonderful introduction.

1k dislikes... That's concerning

Child:i can't wait to gro- Mom:insert image of bugs bunny saying no

Anti-vaccinators: 'dont give their kids vaccs' Kid: 'Has autism anyway' Anti Vac: Imma pretend i didn't say that

What is an oxymoron you may ask? The science of anti vaccination

My biggest argument against parents not vaccinating their kids is the Extreme likelihood that they themselves have been vaccinated and likely don't have autism.

“We are very bad at not blaming anything”

To me it doesn't matter what causes autism as my wife has it and I love her regardless of how she got it.

I genuinely don't know if I wanna laugh or cry about all the dead baby jokes in the comments...

"What went right?" is my literall question to myself after every succesfull pickup...

Omission is not true in my case.. I've done research on vaccines since I found out I was pregnant and just said to myself... yeaa this is confusing, I don't know what's right what's wrong but I was vaccinated and so will my baby. Better safe than sorry. I'd rather worry about autism than worrying about if my child will live. And so that was my conclusion. VACCINATION IT IS!

Fun Fact: You can see Anti-Vaxxers comments here.