Anti-vaxxer and former My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans has compared flattening the curve of COVID-19 to 'flattening the curve of autism'.
The 47-year-old celebrity chef reposted a meme from the anti-vaccine Facebook page Truth is Terrorism to his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested the two conditions were comparable.
The post, a variant of the Dr Evil Air Quotes meme, shows the Austin Powers villain telling his minions they should flatten the curve of coronavirus but not 'obesity, diabetes, cancer, autism and chronic illness'.
'The curve we'll flatten is the one that involves their freedom,' it concludes.
Unscientific: Anti-vaxxer and former My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans (pictured) has compared flattening the curve of COVID-19 to 'flattening the curve of autism'
Evans captioned the post with the hashtag #justsaying.
The meme implies that lawmakers have an ulterior motive for enforcing lockdowns and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far killed more than 370,000 people.
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The post also suggests that governments should focus instead on trying to limit the number of autism cases in children.
Autism is a developmental disorder the spread of which cannot be limited by measures such as social distancing because, tử cấm thành unlike coronavirus, it is not contagious.
What? Evans reposted this meme from the anti-vaxxer Facebook page Truth is Terrorism to his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested coronavirus and autism were comparable
Conspiracy theory: The meme implies that lawmakers have an ulterior motive for enforcing lockdowns and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
False equivalent: Pete suggested governments should focus instead on limiting the number of autism cases in children. Autism is a developmental disorder the spread of which cannot be limited by measures like social distancing because, unlike COVID-19, it is not contagious
To suggest it's possible to flatten the curve of autism makes no sense because autism is caused by genetic factors in the majority of cases.
Research suggests that some environmental factors may cause autism in children, including advanced parental age at conception and a mother's mental and physical health. (A peer-reviewed scientific article on the subject is available here.)
But it's more likely that Evans was implying, as he has done before, that behavioural changes in children are caused by vaccinations.
The 47-year-old celebrity chef reposted a meme from the anti-vaccine Facebook page Truth is Terrorism to his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested the two conditions were comparable.
The post, a variant of the Dr Evil Air Quotes meme, shows the Austin Powers villain telling his minions they should flatten the curve of coronavirus but not 'obesity, diabetes, cancer, autism and chronic illness'.
'The curve we'll flatten is the one that involves their freedom,' it concludes.
Unscientific: Anti-vaxxer and former My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans (pictured) has compared flattening the curve of COVID-19 to 'flattening the curve of autism'
Evans captioned the post with the hashtag #justsaying.
The meme implies that lawmakers have an ulterior motive for enforcing lockdowns and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far killed more than 370,000 people.
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The post also suggests that governments should focus instead on trying to limit the number of autism cases in children.
Autism is a developmental disorder the spread of which cannot be limited by measures such as social distancing because, tử cấm thành unlike coronavirus, it is not contagious.
What? Evans reposted this meme from the anti-vaxxer Facebook page Truth is Terrorism to his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested coronavirus and autism were comparable
Conspiracy theory: The meme implies that lawmakers have an ulterior motive for enforcing lockdowns and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
False equivalent: Pete suggested governments should focus instead on limiting the number of autism cases in children. Autism is a developmental disorder the spread of which cannot be limited by measures like social distancing because, unlike COVID-19, it is not contagious
To suggest it's possible to flatten the curve of autism makes no sense because autism is caused by genetic factors in the majority of cases.
Research suggests that some environmental factors may cause autism in children, including advanced parental age at conception and a mother's mental and physical health. (A peer-reviewed scientific article on the subject is available here.)
But it's more likely that Evans was implying, as he has done before, that behavioural changes in children are caused by vaccinations.