--- title: Conan O'Brien Anti Vaccination Daycare Sketch: Video description: At a parody daycare center, where vaccinated and unvaccinated children live in harmony canonical: https://time.com/3702895/conan-anti-vaccination-sketch/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-10T15:57:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:36.614Z og:title: Watch Conan O'Brien Take on Anti-Vaxxers by Putting Kids in Literal Bubbles og:description: At a parody daycare center, where vaccinated and unvaccinated children live in harmony og:url: https://time.com/3702895/conan-anti-vaccination-sketch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b3de01f5776f1e1/69877e65cd68481cbc0999a0/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-9-51-30-am.png?branch=production&width=1040&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1040 og:image:height: 585 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 9.51.30 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Conan O'Brien Take on Anti-Vaxxers by Putting Kids in Literal Bubbles twitter:description: At a parody daycare center, where vaccinated and unvaccinated children live in harmony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b3de01f5776f1e1/69877e65cd68481cbc0999a0/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-9-51-30-am.png?branch=production&width=1040&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Conan O'Brien Takes on Anti-Vaxxers by Putting Kids in Literal Bubbles > Sponsored content. 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In the wake of the recent [measles outbreak](http://time.com/3701802/georgia-measles/), some parents want unvaccinated children to be [banned from schools](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/27/381888697/to-protect-his-son-a-father-asks-school-to-bar-unvaccinated-children). But Conan has a different solution. Say hello to Kind Hearts Day Care, where vaccinated and unvaccinated kids can learn and play together in harmony. As long as the unvaccinated ones are kept in large plastic bubbles. Boom. Problem solved. Thanks, Conan! _Read next:_ [_Democrats and Republicans Mostly Agree About Vaccines, Research Shows_](http://time.com/3694110/democrats-and-republicans-mostly-agree-about-vaccines-research-shows/) ## Transcript So, our recent report claimed that a 2004 study withheld a link between vaccines and autism in African American boys. No surprise, the anti- vaccine crowd considered this a big win. But again and always, they're wrong. Here's why. [ MUSIC ] First, the subjects excluded from the study had no birth certificates available. Meaning data on their mother's age, race and more could not be confirmed. And that information was vital for the work the investigators were doing, More important, the people criticizing the research make the familiar mistake of confusing associated with causation. While it's true that the study did find a slightly higher rate of autism among some kids vaccinated between 24 and 36 months of age, it's almost certain that those children were already autistic and were vaccinated later as part of a basic health requirement for attending special education program [ MUSIC ] programs. If you join the Army and get a mandatory crewcut before basic training, you don't then conclude that military service causes baldness. Finally, the narrator of a disgraceful web video spreading the rumors about the study is Andrew Wakefield. The British researcher whose fraudulent 1998 paper falsely linking vaccines to autism got the entire got the entire anti- vaccine mess started. Wakefield has had his license to practice medicine revoked in the UK. And is hardly in a position to be offering opinions on anything at all. So for the billionth time, vaccines are safe, effective and vitally important. Rumor mongering, on the other hand, can kill. 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