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“Pharmaceutical medicine has its place, but no single safety study can assess the cumulative impact of one prescription on top of another prescription, and one shot on top of another shot on top of another shot, throughout the course of childhood.”
Nicole Shanahan Independent presidential candidate. vice presidential announcement news conference, Oakland, Calif.. Claim dated 26 Apr 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

There is no documented link between autism and vaccines

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In short

Nicole Shanahan (Independent presidential candidate) made this claim around 26 April 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 April 2024. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.

Nicole Shanahan has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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