High Science

Vaccines could be scary. Autism could be scary. Do vaccines cause autism? Are they worth the risk? The crew tackles the myths surrounding vaccines and shares the tools you can use to answer this question yourself. The science behind vaccines and autism is explored as they apply scientific principles to analyze this modern controversy. Topics Discussed: What are vaccines? The very first vaccine - Smallpox in 1796 What are diseases? How does your immune system work? Vaccines today The backfire effect What is autism? The autism spectrum Temple Grandin - The World Needs All Kinds of Minds Our current understanding of potential some causes of autism Andrew Wakefield's infamous paper linking vaccines and autism The myths surrounding vaccines The naturalistic fallacy A tangent on vitamins The body autonomy argument regarding vaccines Herd immunity