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Hey pals! Just thought I'd post here in case people didn't see - the final version of the Vaccines video is now public.

I'm catching up on sleep and getting some admin work done (YouTube just now reminded me I have three days to file some kind of tax form with them actually) and I'll have a poll  for $10 patrons on the next video, and some other stuff, up soon. "Some other stuff?" yes, I am that tired, that's how the words came out.

Take care!

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Vaccines: A Measured Response

What is the science behind the anti-vaccine movement, and is it any good? Let’s find out! My Twitter: https://twitter.com/hbomberguy My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Hbomb Kat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lolkat CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - The Easy Version 6:15 - An In-Depth Analysis of the Worst Study Ever Done 22:38 - In Which The Media Gets Everyone Killed 33:03 - How Not To Talk About Autism 36:22 - Andrew Wakefield is a Lying Conman Who Wanted Your Money 52:50 - It Gets Much Worse 1:05:58 - Andrew Wakefield Abused Children For Money 1:16:00 - The Part Where He Loses His License 1:23:23 - CONCLUSION 1:40:16 - Credits Get Brian Deer's book The Doctor Who Fooled The World: https://briandeer.com/doctor-who-fooled-world.htm SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNJ3tj3X2HZ0PTnUGnlrjpFsQu6tYKYTS7JvhFG2TMk/edit

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Stansky

Go to sleep

Calysto

turned out great! get some well deserved rest

Andrii Mast

Just so it’s more visible I’ll repost this here (and no more, I promise :)) ‘Please hire somebody to make proper subtitles/captions for your videos. I know A LOT of people, who would very much enjoy your content, but can hardly watch videos in English (especially with British accent) without subtitles.’

Hiro!

Wonderful work, critter. You and the team have done so well!

Andrii Mast

PS the vaccine vid is definitely the best one to date

possiblyneil

Thank you, this was a great watch and very easy to share!

Anthony Hermandez

You’ve definitely earned a rest. Fantastic video!

Todd Erickson

Definitely interested in the patron's only patent video sometime in 2025.

Mike Craft

The final looks great! I enjoyed having an excuse to watch it again.

Richard Williams (edited)

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2026-09-14 06:00 Congrats, Harry&Kat! I'm only 10 minutes in, but I've already got a massive smile on my face! Hope both of you can take a rest now and look after yourselves!
2021-05-27 15:03 Congrats, Harry&Kat! I'm only 10 minutes in, but I've already got a massive smile on my face! Hope both of you can take a rest now and look after yourselves!

Congrats, Harry&Kat! I'm only 10 minutes in, but I've already got a massive smile on my face! Hope both of you can take a rest now and look after yourselves!

Rachel Anne

For those of us who saw the earlier version, any differences of particular interest?

Norah Porter (edited)

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2026-09-14 06:00 in your april update, you mentioned the vaccines video having a "sequel" of sorts on the media after deciding to split the topic into two videos. is that still your plan or have you decided to shelve it? thanks, it's a great video as always <3
2021-05-27 17:29 in your april update, you mentioned the vaccines video having a "sequel" of sorts on the media after deciding to split the topic into two videos. is that still your plan or have you decided to shelve it? thanks, it's a great video as always <3

in your april update, you mentioned the vaccines video having a "sequel" of sorts on the media after deciding to split the topic into two videos. is that still your plan or have you decided to shelve it? thanks, it's a great video as always <3

Oxnard Mantalvo

The additions and edits in the final version are great. Very nice final product. I'm waiting for the inevitable response videos of angry people in costume wigs who won't directly reference anything in the original. I'm going to use that "coffin has fallen through the floor from the sheer weight of all the nails that have been hammered in it" line in the future.

Katie Doemland

Oh, this is super-exciting! Sweet dreams

RJ Blue

I’d be available to do this work, if finding someone to do it is part of the issue — I’ve done some transcription work professionally in the past, and I could turn it around in a couple days (at the latest).

Anonymous

This video is seriously a masterwork. I just finished my third rewatch and I feel I could share this in a watch party since its progression+pacing is like that of an actual horror movie. Thank you and the team so much for all of your passionate and continued work!!

Maria Hutchison (edited)

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2026-09-14 06:00 And congrats on now having the second most viewed video about Andrew Wakefield on YouTube dot com: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrew+wakefield&amp;sp=CAM%253D
2021-05-27 22:01 And congrats on now having the second most viewed video about Andrew Wakefield on YouTube dot com: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrew+wakefield&sp=CAM%253D

And congrats on now having the second most viewed video about Andrew Wakefield on YouTube dot com: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrew+wakefield&sp=CAM%253D

Devon

Congratulations!

durnsidh `

The video was great, but perhaps more interesting was how much ableism is in the comments. Pretty much all of them are replies to autistic people who were thanking you for addressing the issue, mostly calling them selfish for wanting to be treated as a human being.

Skye Schreifels

Great video! Would you be able to provide more information on the music used? I find that y'all have great taste in tunes but I can never find the specific tunes to buy/stream easily, if I can find them at all.

Zachary B

Always love a down with the sickness gag

Kyle

This is the one that got me to pay up. Excellent work, y'all.

Kat

I’m glad to see people advocating for captions! We’ve had a super experienced closed captioner for a while who’s been going through the backlog of videos—for this video we were able to get them out some hours after the video was up, but generally it’s a weird balancing act having captions ready ahead of time without delaying video release too much. Normally the auto-captions are a good holdover but it looks like youtube is having trouble processing this video. Let us know if the captions aren’t working for you though!

Kat

We ARE looking to hire translators for LatAm Spanish and possibly Portuguese, German, or French! Please send people my way!!

Jonas Koch

I think I just had to join your patreon after watching such a great documentary. How does such a small team even make something of that quality, I'm genuinely astonished!

Shella Chace

Thanks again for this! One thing I remember from my pre-vaccine childhood is that measles could also cause serious eye problems including blindness. So, sure, let’s expose our children to blindness and death because that must be better than autism! Thanks again for your thorough work!

Ryan Collins

Fabulous video essay as usual! Honestly one of the best ones yet! Thanks for all your hard work! Your videos are honestly better than movies or documentaries. Cant wait for the next one!

Coffee Lich

This is it. This is the video that finally made me a patron.

SpoilerCat

Why is your beard lopsided

Arpaigeio

All I ask is for the option to vote for a VtM video in the next poll

Tom Junco

Great video. Hbomb is like John Oliver but funnier, more well researched, and with a better accent.

@thiccrat_

john oliver looks adorable in a hoodie tho

Jenny He

No idea if you'll see this, but do you play magic the gathering Arena late at night online? Or has someone borrowed your moniker in that game, do you think?

gruebner

This video is absolutely amazing. I just shared it with everyone. 💚

Sam The Man

Great "Re-animator" reference with the thumbnail, loved the video too. Thank you.

thestrawberriesofyore

While there is so much to enjoy about you content in general, an aspect of this video I particularly appreciated is you insight into what your viewers expect from you. You know many of us expect someone they trust ("you already agree with") to do the research for them, which, while not ideal at first, is also necessary, given how many things humanity knows and how little each human knows. It feels like a promise to keep doing your best. And when you actively strive to turn something dark and depressing into a source of light and change, as you do at the end of this video, you're, in my worthless opinion, doing the absolute best someone in you position can do. So, thank you. It's hard to imagine things getting better, and that we can be the ones to improve them even more so, and it must be exhausting to convince others they can. Thank you for that too.

Will Bower

finally watched this video tonight! great job kat, hbomb, and co! this is seriously one of the best videos on the channel to date—kind of mind boggling how great it is, honestly. it’s like a real documentary. i was wondering (just cuz i’m curious! i hope this doesn’t come off as intrusive or demanding) are you all still going to make a second part to this video? would love to see what else you all have to say on this topic (if there’s anything else) after you get some much needed rest!

Drew M

I loved this end to end, and went back and recommended SLA:3 to friends and realized that it was released THREE FUCKING YEARS AGO, where have I been, how did that happen, am I going to wake up and realize that I'm 80 years old without realizing it, ugh, I am basically 80 years old.

nomi

my credit didn't appear in the final cut :( what happened?

DestructoDee

After seeing this video I went to my local bookstore and ordered Brian Deer's book. I've now began reading it. I'm only 70 pages in, but it is so well written and has surprised me by making me aware of some of my own biases. Like when Deer describes the ward that the children came to for the tests as being very pleasant. I realised I'd had this mental image of a decrepit and unsanitary hellhole of the ward. But as they say, evil sometimes wears a pretty face. Really makes me consider making a video discussing this book. So, thank you for the book recommendation, Hbomb! :3

Guy Mendes

I'm a bit late to this, but can you upload the full thumbnail image? I think it looks pretty sick and would definitely use as a wallpaper!

Còiseam

I'm a new patron. this is the video that convinced me to join eventually. It made me more angry than I ever remember being whilst not actually manic, so there's that. but i've been sending it around the people I know who are dealing with anti-vax-adjacent contacts and they're finding it useful, I hear.