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Key Finding: Pennsylvania Schools Distribute Debunked Vaccine Misinformation to Thousands of Parents

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Last updated: 02/07/2026 22:25
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Multiple Pennsylvania school districts distributed materials containing debunked vaccine misinformation to thousands of parents. The materials included false claims linking vaccines to autism that have been thoroughly refuted by scientific research. — Gov. Wolf Visits Drive-Thru Mass Vaccination Clinic, Discusses Vaccine Success - 50999745804.jpg by governortomwolf / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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Thousands of Pennsylvania parents received debunked vaccine materials from their school districts, despite extensive research involving millions of children consistently showing no link between vaccines and autism.

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