JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri · Aired Mar 3, 2026
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An unpublished study showed vaccinated children had higher rates of chronic illness than unvaccinated children.
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What the evidence shows
Peer-reviewed literature consistently shows that vaccines prevent severe disease without increasing the overall burden of chronic illness. Studies making contrary claims often suffer from selection bias or 'healthy user' bias in their methodology.
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Is it true that an unpublished study showed vaccinated children had higher rates of chronic illness than unvaccinated children?
No, not as stated. Peer-reviewed literature consistently shows that vaccines prevent severe disease without increasing the overall burden of chronic illness. Studies making contrary claims often suffer from selection bias or 'healthy user' bias in their methodology. It was said on JRE #2462 - Aaron Siri, aired Mar 3, 2026, at 1:22:45. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, linked below.
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