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[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I’m out of the loop here. Could someone ad some context for me? What’s this about?

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago

There is an incorrect belief that autism is on the rise and that it must be caused by something, but in reality we are just getting better at identifying it and diagnosing people correctly. So it's not that there is an autism epidemic, we're just discovering that it's less rare of a condition than previously assumed.

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

So… someone went through a great deal of trouble to share this. Why? I’m confused. What is the message and the audience? Is there something I am supposed to do?

[-] ghterve@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

One example is anti-vaxxers claiming vaccines are causing the increase in autism. When challenged, one possible response they parrot is "well then what is the cause?". The message is that there isn't a cause because there isn't an increase in the first place

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Between Trump, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine… I just ain’t got time for one other thing. Not this. If there’s nothing I can even imagine doing about this, why is it my business?

[-] ghterve@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Why is what your business? What do you think anyone is asking of you?

You're the one who asked for an explanation of the post.

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Conversations evolve.

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