The World According to Jen & Carolyn
The World According to Jen & Carolyn is a podcast where history, politics, psychology, and humor collide in unexpected yet brilliant ways. Hosted by Jen, a community servant with a sharp wit and a knack for digging up the historical receipts, and Carolyn, a licensed marriage and family therapist who expertly unpacks the psychological layers behind it all, our show offers listeners a smart, hilarious, and refreshingly real conversation between two friends with 25 years of stories and opinions to share.
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Unpacking Vaccine Hesitancy and the Autism Myth
In this episode, Jen & Carolyn tackle one of the most persistent and damaging myths in modern medicine: that vaccines cause autism.
Despite being thoroughly debunked by decades of research, this false claim continues to drive vaccine hesitancy across communities. This has only been made worse by RFK, one of the loudest voices in the world of vaccine skepticism, being appointed to oversee the Health and Human Services department. So today, we’re going to explore where this myth came from, why it stuck around, and how we can move forward with science—and compassion—on our side.
The Lancet Retraction: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60175-4
BMJ (Brian Deer Investigation): https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452
Hviid et al. (2019): https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101
Institute of Medicine Report (2004): https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2004/05/mmr-vaccine-and-autism-no-causal-relationship
Taylor et al. (2014): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X14006367
WHO Vaccine Hesitancy: https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/ten-threats-to-global-health-in-2019
CDC Autism Info: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html