Ethan Lindenberger said his mother used online groups and social media to bolster her belief that vaccines cause autism.
An 18-year-old high school senior from Ohio testified before Congress on Tuesday about his decision to get vaccinated despite his mother's belief that immunization can lead to autism and brain damage.
It was when he joined a debate club in high school that he said he learned the importance of researching credible information in order to find"truth in a world of misleading facts and false views." In the Reddit post, Lindenberger wrote that his parents"think vaccines are some kind of government scheme" but that he now wants to get them on his own.
"For my mother, her love, affection, and care of a parent was used to push an agenda and create false distress," he said.
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