A C.D.C. Committee Just Voted Against Flu Shots With This Preservative. Is It Safe? Here’s what the science shows about the preservative, thimerosal.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23895057

The amount in some flu vaccines is roughly equivalent to the amount of mercury found in a three-ounce can of tuna fish.

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overall, autism rates did not decline after thimerosal was removed from the vaccines, as many anti-vaccine groups suggested it would. Instead, the rates increased.