The Autism Debate - New Report Reveals Vaccines as the "Dominant Risk Factor"

Landmark report identifies childhood vaccination as the primary modifiable risk factor.

Source: https://metatron.substack.com/p/the-autism-debate-new-report-reveals

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In what should prove to be a watershed moment in autism research, the McCullough Foundation has released the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted on autism’s causes. After evaluating over 300 studies, the conclusion is alarming: while autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has multiple contributing factors, vaccination emerges as the most significant modifiable risk factor.

 

You can access the full 82 page report (including 32 pages of references to other studies) here > https://zenodo.org/records/17451259

 

Report Conclusion: The totality of evidence supports a multifactorial model of ASD in which genetic predisposition, neuroimmune biology, environmental toxicants, perinatal stressors, and iatrogenic exposures converge to produce the phenotype of a post-encephalitic state. Combination and early-timed routine childhood vaccination constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor for ASD, supported by convergent mechanistic, clinical, and epidemiologic findings, and characterized by intensified use, the clustering of multiple doses during critical neurodevelopmental windows, and the lack of research on the cumulative safety of the full pediatric schedule. As ASD prevalence continues to rise at an unprecedented pace, clarifying the risks associated with cumulative vaccine dosing and timing remains an urgent public health priority.

There are multiple potential reasons for ASD and neurodevelopmental disorders, including genetic, environmental, gestational, and iatrogenic (side effects of drugs) factors.

 

Vaccines are only one among these many factors, not the dominant or primary cause. Your headline is incorrect because it overstated the role of vaccines.

 

Vaccines were not found to be the:

 

"Dominant Risk Factor"

On 10/28/2025 at 1:48 PM, Red Phoenix said:

n what should prove to be a watershed moment in autism research, the McCullough Foundation has released the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted on autism’s causes.

 

There is near universal scientific and medical consensus from credible sources that vaccines DO NOT contribute to autism, based on scores of research studies done around the world (as detailed below).

 

The OP content here is more anti-vax nonsense from a disgraced doctor, Peter McCullough, who was stripped of his medical board certifications for peddling anti-vax and COVID misinformation, and now helps head a private company, the Wellness Co., that sells unproven COVID cures and fake COVID vaccine "detox" treatments. He's also had multiple studies that he co-authored retracted by science journals for presenting flawed information.

 

Peter A. McCullough

"From the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic, McCullough has promoted misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19, its treatments, and mRNA vaccines.^[4][5][6]

 

In October 2022, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recommended that McCullough's board certifications be revoked due to his promotion of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines,^[7][8] and by January 2025, the ABIM had revoked both of his certifications.^"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._McCullough

 

AND

 

And regarding the Wellness Co. that McCullough fronts for:

 

 

"Overall, we rate The Wellness Company as a conspiracy and pseudoscience website based on the promotion of alternative health claims that are either false, misleading, or unproven."

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The involvement of medical professionals like Dr. Peter A. McCullough hurts the credibility of this website.

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In general, The Wellness Company promotes pseudoscientific disinformation often as a way to promote alternative health products. Realistically, this site does not promote wellness but rather pseudoscience that can be harmful to health if proper medical treatments are not sought."

 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-wellness-company-bias/

 

7 minutes ago, Bacon1 said:

There are multiple potential reasons for ASD and neurodevelopmental disorders, including genetic, environmental, gestational, and iatrogenic (side effects of drugs) factors.

 

Vaccines are only one among these many factors, not the dominant or primary cause. Your headline is incorrect because it overstated the role of vaccines.

 

Vaccines were not found to be the:

 

"Dominant Risk Factor"

 

The authors of the report address that there are multiple potential reasons for ASD.  But the conclusion of this 82 page landmark report is clear > "Combination and early-timed routine childhood vaccination constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor for ASD" 

Here we go again 🤣🤣

As mentioned above, numerous studies and professional medical groups have found that autism is NOT linked to childhood vaccine use:

Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is?

Dec. 23, 2024

 

"When President-elect Donald J. Trump mused in a recent television interview about whether vaccines cause autism — a theory that has been discredited by dozens of scientific studies — autism researchers across the country collectively sighed in frustration. [emphasis added]

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What is going on? Autism diagnoses are undeniably on the rise in the United States — about 1 in 36 children have one, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected from 11 states, compared with 1 in 150 children in 2000 — and researchers have not yet arrived at a clear explanation. They attribute most of the surge to increased awareness of the disorder and changes in how it is classified by medical professionals. But scientists say there are other factors, genetic and environmental, that could be playing a role too.

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The misinformed theory that vaccines are behind the disorder is one such case of speculation. It gained traction when a British researcher named Andrew Wakefield published a study of 12 children in the late 1990s, purporting to reveal a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism.

 

Many larger studies have since discredited the hypothesis, including one that enrolled the entire Danish child population. Regardless of the types of vaccines, the ingredients or the timing of the schedule, researchers have not been able to establish a link. Dr. Wakefield’s article was retracted, and he lost his medical license, but the seeds had been planted in social discourse."

 

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New York Times

https://archive.ph/Gkhxi

 

 

Do Vaccines Cause Autism?'

June 22, 2024

 

"The research is clear: Vaccines don’t cause autism. More than a dozen studies have tried to find a link. Each one has come up empty. [emphasis added]

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What About All Vaccinations Combined?

Researchers have also looked to see if all the vaccines required before age 2 somehow together triggered autism. Children receive 25 shots in the first 15 months of life. Some people feared that getting all those shots so early in life could lead to the development of autism, but there is no evidence that this is true.

 

But the CDC compared groups of children who received vaccines on the recommended schedule and those whose vaccines were delayed or didn’t get them at all. There was no difference in the autism rate between the two groups." [emphasis added]

 

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WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/do-vaccines-cause-autism

 

 

The Autism Myth That Won't Die: 

 

"Perhaps most troubling of all, Dr. Sears perpetuates the thoroughly debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. This isn't just scientifically wrong—it's actively harmful to both children with autism and public health. [emphasis added]

 

The evidence against any vaccine-autism link is overwhelming and definitive. A comprehensive 2014 meta-analysis examining five cohort studies involving 1,256,407 children and five case-control studies involving 9,920 children found no relationship whatsoever between vaccination and autism. The analysis specifically looked at MMR vaccines, thimerosal, and mercury exposure—none showed any association with autism development.

 

Study after study has reached the same conclusion. A 2015 JAMA study of over 95,000 children, including 2,000 at high risk for autism because they had siblings with the condition, found no increased risk. Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2019, following 650,000 Danish children for over a decade, confirmed the same result."

 

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Unbiased Science blog

https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/seeing-through-sears-what-parents

 

Fact Checked: Vaccines: Safe and Effective, No Link to Autism

"Some individuals wrongly assert there is a link between vaccines and autism. Before the claim was discredited, researchers took it seriously, investigated it thoroughly, and found no link. This research, in many countries, involving thousands of individuals, has spanned multiple decades. Any effort to misrepresent sound, strong science poses a threat to the health of children and does a disservice to our autistic community.    [emphasis added]

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Studies have repeatedly found no credible link between life-saving childhood vaccines and autism. The original report claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism was retracted due to fraudulent data, and the report’s author was sanctioned by scientific bodies and lost his license to practice medicine.

 

Scientists are learning more about potential causes of autism all the time. One thing we know with certainty is that vaccines are not one of the causes. There is no single, root cause of autism. A combination of influences is likely involved." [emphasis added]

 

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American Academy of Pediatrics

https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-vaccines-safe-and-effect-no-link-to-autism/

 

WHO statement on autism-related issues

24 September 2025

 

" a robust, extensive evidence base exists showing childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Large, high-quality  studies from many countries have all reached the same conclusion. Original studies suggesting a link were flawed and have been discredited. Since 1999, independent experts advising WHO have repeatedly confirmed that vaccines—including those with thiomersal or aluminum—do not cause autism or other developmental disorders.    [emphasis added]

 

World Health Organization

https://www.who.int/news/item/24-09-2025-who-statement-on-autism-related-issues

 

Many millions in research funds have been wasted proving that vaccines have nothing to do with autism. It is time to stop this anti-vax fraud and move on.

The conclusion of the report emphasizes the "clustering of multiple doses" and "cumulative vaccine dosing".

And so, how much of it then is caused by clustering? That doesn't necessarily negate the need for vaccines. 

 

A few weeks back, there was an article on AN where Trump addressed this issue and promised to space out the vaccine schedule for children. So let's see if Trump keeps his promise. 

 

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Conclusion: The totality of evidence supports a multifactorial model of ASD in which genetic predisposition, neuroimmune biology, environmental toxicants, perinatal stressors, and iatrogenic exposures converge to produce the phenotype of a post-encephalitic state. Combination and early-timed routine childhood vaccination constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor for ASD, supported by convergent mechanistic, clinical, and epidemiologic findings, and characterized by intensified use, the clustering of multiple doses during critical neurodevelopmental windows, and the lack of research on the cumulative safety of the full pediatric schedule. As ASD prevalence continues to rise at an unprecedented pace, clarifying the risks associated with cumulative vaccine dosing and timing remains an urgent public health priority.

 

6 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

A few weeks back, there was an article on AN where Trump addressed this issue and promised to space out the vaccine schedule for children. So let's see if Trump keeps his promise. 

 

 

So you're taking your medical advice now re childhood vaccines from Donald Trump and disgraced doctor Peter McCullough???

 

"When President-elect Donald J. Trump mused in a recent television interview about whether vaccines cause autism — a theory that has been discredited by dozens of scientific studies — autism researchers across the country collectively sighed in frustration." [emphasis added]

 

New York Times

https://archive.ph/Gkhxi

 

11 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

So you're taking your medical advice now re childhood vaccines from Donald Trump and disgraced doctor Peter McCullough???

 

 

 

I don't have a time to get a Phd in vaccines or a medical degree. Do you? 

 

Intuitively, it seems like a good idea to space out the vaccination schedule for children. 

It's consistent with the conclusion of this particular report. 

 

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

the McCullough Foundation has released 

 

I'm starting to wonder if you're really real.

 

Shirley, you know by now that anyone reading your posts skips your OP to go directly to the responses, for the shear enjoyment of the debunking entertainment.

 

You cite disgraced doctors, chiropractors, veterinarians, crystal healers, and freakin' ghost whisperers as your credible sources, and expect to be taken seriously.

 

Could it be that you yourself are in cahoots with "Big White Coat," spreading the most ridiculous and easily debunked garbage, so that any person with legitimate, reasonable doubts about the medical establishment will be tainted, and ridiculed as well?

13 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

So you're taking your medical advice now re childhood vaccines from Donald Trump and disgraced doctor Peter McCullough???

 

"When President-elect Donald J. Trump mused in a recent television interview about whether vaccines cause autism — a theory that has been discredited by dozens of scientific studies — autism researchers across the country collectively sighed in frustration." [emphasis added]

 

New York Times

https://archive.ph/Gkhxi

 

It seems that anyone or any article that doesn't fit you stance is wrong....and of course, you are always right.  That kind of thinking is, IMO, why some members of this forum roll their eyes when you post.  It's a "my way or the highway" with you.

16 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

I'm starting to wonder if you're really real.

 

Shirley, you know by now that anyone reading your posts skips your OP to go directly to the responses, for the shear enjoyment of the debunking entertainment.

 

You cite disgraced doctors, chiropractors, veterinarians, crystal healers, and freakin' ghost whisperers as your credible sources, and expect to be taken seriously.

 

Could it be that you yourself are in cahoots with "Big White Coat," spreading the most ridiculous and easily debunked garbage, so that any person with legitimate, reasonable doubts about the medical establishment will be tainted, and ridiculed as well?

 

Sorry but not really, but if it can console you: I am really real.  

You skipping the opening posts of the threads that I launch, now explains your off-topic responses in the discussions that those posts trigger.

 When you seek entertainment, go to the Jokes section of the Forum. 

11 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

Sorry but not really, but if it can console you: I am really real.  

You skipping the opening posts of the threads that I launch, now explains your off-topic responses in the discussions that those posts trigger.

 When you seek entertainment, go to the Jokes section of the Forum. 

 

I simply do not have the expertise nor the time to sift through this study that you presented here to determine if it's legit or fraudulent crappy unreliable science. 

 

Just because a study finds associations, it doesn't mean the science behind the study is solid enough. 

 

I simply don't know how valid this study is so I will extricate myself from this conversation. 

 

Neither do you know because it requires a fair amount of expertise to sift through these studies.

All you're doing is posting anything and everything you can get your hands on to support your existing views.

 

What is zenodo.org ?? 

This alleged scientific study is not published on PubMed, for one thing.

It's completely unverified. 

 

 

13 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

Landmark report identifies childhood vaccination as the primary modifiable risk factor.

 

Andrew Wakefield is part of this study.

He has resurfaced again.

Why doesn't anyone else try to do this kind of study? He's the only one, for some strange reason. Him and his pals.

 

I already posted a video about Andrew Wakefield pointing out why he was a fraud.

 

Did you bother to watch it and give a rebuttal? You are an extremely arrogant and narrow-minded human being, constantly trying to ram your opinions down people's throats, but barely taking the time to respond to rebuttals.

 

I noticed sometimes I will try to debate you. You barely respond to rebuttals and next thing I know you start a brand new thread and off you go again. 

 

 

There is no doubt at all that Andrew Wakefield was a scammer and a fraud. His lies about vaccines/autism were based on fabricated data. 

As usual, the fact-free clowns that fell for his lies failed to apply the "cui bono?" test. Wakefield planned to make money from his fraud by selling fake diagnostic tests.

And, as usual, those who were fooled by a fraud think that "fact checking" means, "seek out some source, anywhere, anything, that tells me what I wan to hear".

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield#The_Lancet_fraud

30 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Andrew Wakefield is part of this study.

He has resurfaced again.

Why doesn't anyone else try to do this kind of study? He's the only one, for some strange reason. Him and his pals.

 

I already posted a video about Andrew Wakefield pointing out why he was a fraud.

 

Did you bother to watch it and give a rebuttal? You are an extremely arrogant and narrow-minded human being, constantly trying to ram your opinions down people's throats, but barely taking the time to respond to rebuttals.

 

I noticed sometimes I will try to debate you. You barely respond to rebuttals and next thing I know you start a brand new thread and off you go again. 

 

 

 

Sorry, I do read rebuttals and when relevant I respond to them. 

But I am not going to waste my precious time on a 1 hour video that opens with the title: 'Andrew Wakefield is Still a Lying Piece of Crap', as it is an obvious hit-piece.  I have watched and read several of Wakefields interviews and articles, and he comes over as a very integer and knowledgeable fellow.  So without having seen that 1-hour video, I will not provide further comments.  

That's not arrogance, but sensible use of my time... 

 

My intention of posting new threads almost daily, is as @Stiddle Mump eloquently phrased it > to keep the kettle brewing... 

And it's actually not easy to make a choice of what new threads to launch, as the amount of worthwhile articles/studies/opinion pieces on Vaccines and related topics is continually expanding.  

I also respect the time of the members reading this sub-forum and try to avoid getting caught up in one-on-one Tit-for-Tat postings, as these are of little relevance for the majority of visitors.  But of course I am human - some seem to doubt that - and sometimes I need to let off some steam against those that consider the subject of this sub-forum an entertainment outlet.   

 

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

When you seek entertainment, go to the Jokes section of the Forum. 

 

And here we are.

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

Sorry, I do read rebuttals and when relevant I respond to them. 

But I am not going to waste my precious time on a 1 hour video that opens with the title: 'Andrew Wakefield is Still a Lying Piece of Crap', as it is an obvious hit-piece.  I have watched and read several of Wakefields interviews and articles, and he comes over as a very integer and knowledgeable fellow.  So without having seen that 1-hour video, I will not provide further comments.  

That's not arrogance, but sensible use of my time... 

 

My intention of posting new threads almost daily, is as @Stiddle Mump eloquently phrased it > to keep the kettle brewing... 

And it's actually not easy to make a choice of what new threads to launch, as the amount of worthwhile articles/studies/opinion pieces on Vaccines and related topics is continually expanding.  

I also respect the time of the members reading this sub-forum and try to avoid getting caught up in one-on-one Tit-for-Tat postings, as these are of little relevance for the majority of visitors.  But of course I am human - some seem to doubt that - and sometimes I need to let off some steam against those that consider the subject of this sub-forum an entertainment outlet.   

 

Dr Wakefield got a standing ovation after his presentation in York on the 18th October. In fact all the speakers were enthusiastically received. Dr Liz Evans and Dr Tess Lawrie were also presenting.

 

Another event is planned for December. Not yet got details. Will post them when I so.

 

3 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Scientists are learning more about potential causes of autism all the time. One thing we know with certainty is that vaccines are not one of the causes.

So again  they don't know what is causing autism  but what they know 'for sure for sure'  is that it's  not caused by vaccines...they say the same about the huge rise in cancer and excess mortality the "eggspurts" are baffled,

but in cannot (and by hook or by crook will not) be the "safe and effectives"    

43 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Dr Wakefield got a standing ovation after his presentation in York on the 18th October. In fact all the speakers were enthusiastically received. Dr Liz Evans and Dr Tess Lawrie were also presenting.

 

Another event is planned for December. Not yet got details. Will post them when I so.

 

So fools clapping a conman turns a lie into the truth. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!

 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3136032/

11 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

The authors of the report address that there are multiple potential reasons for ASD.  But the conclusion of this 82 page landmark report is clear > "Combination and early-timed routine childhood vaccination constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor for ASD" 

Thanks, just read the report as it showed up in my feed.  Mindboggling the studies have been buried.  Assuming most replies didn't bother reading the report.  Typical 

58 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Assuming most replies didn't bother reading the report.  Typical

 

Of course they didn't. They never do. Chronically devoid of independent thought.

11 hours ago, howlee101 said:

It seems that anyone or any article that doesn't fit you stance is wrong....and of course, you are always right.  That kind of thinking is, IMO, why some members of this forum roll their eyes when you post.  It's a "my way or the highway" with you.

 

Well, when it comes to the ridiculous citing of "disgraced doctors, chiropractors, veterinarians, crystal healers, and freakin' ghost whisperers as credible sources" [to quote NoDisplayName] then of course its the "my way or the highway" response - what other response is there in the face of such intellectually bankrupt misinformation ?

 

 

20 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Well, when it comes to the ridiculous citing of "disgraced doctors, chiropractors, veterinarians, crystal healers, and freakin' ghost whisperers as credible sources" [to quote NoDisplayName] then of course its the "my way or the highway" response - what other response is there in the face of such intellectually bankrupt misinformation ?

 

 

My observations during the scamdemic, anyone, acclaimed docs, virologist who spoke out against or posted warnings about covid, testing, vaccines, no matter the status prior, most positive, they were all of the sudden, 'under investigation', and I found their warnings all, most, turned out to be spot on.

 

Heeded their advise and definitely no regrets about not getting vax'd as know a few that had extreme negative effects from it, as did a few AN members.

 

Along with any of the postings, scrubbed from the internet, and their 'under investigation' status noted everywhere.  Yet, you never heard the results of the investigations, and they seem to all, most still practicing, I believe, as not heard differently.   Surely we would have, if any  results of the investigation was anything more than just silencing them temporarily ... IMHO

 

As we're finding out the issues of mRNA vaccines, now the free speech is once again allowed.  No different if you speak out about other vaccines.

Which came first, autism or vaccines?