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The Theory that Vaccines Cause Autism Is Like "a Zombie that Doesn't die." The Romanian Expert at EMA Explains Why the Myth Has Lasted Nearly 30 Years.

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The theory according to which vaccines would cause autism continues to circulate almost three decades after the appearance, although numerous scientific researches have invalidated it. Alexandra Păcurariu, a Romanian specialist in the European Medicines Agency (EMA), compares this disinformation with "a zombie who does not die and continues to reinvent himself". In a sustained presentation in Amsterdam, [...]
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Almost 30 years after the emergence of the theory that associates vaccines with autism, the disinformation continues to circulate. Alexandra Păcurariu, a specialist in the European Medicines Agency (EMA), explains why this claim survived and what the studies carried out on millions of children show. "A zombie who does not die and continues to reinvent himself" – [...] Article Vaccines and autism: why does an infirm scientific myth appear first i…

The theory that vaccines cause autism continues to circulate almost three decades after the onset, although numerous scientific research has not identified a causal link between vaccination and autism. Alexandra Păcurariu, a specialist in the European Medicines Agency (EMA), compares...

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The theory according to which vaccines would cause autism continues to circulate almost three decades after the occurrence, although numerous scientific researches have invalidated it. Alexandra Păcurariu, a Romanian specialist in the European Medicines Agency (EMA), compares this disinformation with "a zombie who does not die and continues to reinvent himself". In a sustained presentation in Amsterdam, in which she also participated, the expert…

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Mediafax broke the news on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
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