[quote]A well-known autism advocacy group, Autism Speaks, is urging parents to vaccinate their children amid a measles outbreak that has already reached 14 states and infected 102 people last month.
Rob Ring, chief science officer of Autism Speaks, released a statement today stressing that vaccines do not cause autism, and parents should vaccinate.
"Over the last two decades, extensive research has asked whether there is any link between childhood vaccinations and autism," he said in the statement. "The results of this research are clear: Vaccines do not cause autism. We urge that all children be fully vaccinated."
The myth began with a now-debunked 1998 study linking the MMR vaccine -- which protects against measles, mumps and rubella -- to autism. The British Medical Journal retracted the study in February 2010, and study author Andrew Wakefield lost his medical license.
An editorial published in the British Medical Journal following the retraction called Wakefield's study "fraudulent." Wakefield stood to gain money from his findings because he was involved in a lawsuit against the MMR vaccine, according to the journal. He denied any wrongdoing.
Another study purporting to show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was published in a much smaller journal over the summer, spurring the #CDCwhistleblower hashtag and conversation. But it, too, was retracted. The journal said in a statement that the study author had "undeclared competing interests" and that the journal had "concerns" over the author's methods, analysis and conclusion.[/quote]
Even the leading autism group agrees you should vaccinate your kids.
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Edytowany przez użytkownika Apprentice Taco: 2/13/2015 3:30:39 PMIm just going to leave this here
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Watch penn and tellers bullshit on this whole thing Shits great
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Just got a report of measles locally. My dad talked about disease that he had as a kid. They are cured my vaccines. This vaccine conspiracy stuff is stupid!
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86 OdpowiedziIt makes sense they'd say that, because the more vaccines kids get, the more will get autism, and the more that get autism, the more attention and money their group gets.
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13 OdpowiedziI read this as someone speaking with a German accent and wearing a swastika. Don't tell me how to live.
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30 OdpowiedziVaccines cause autism
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16 OdpowiedziWell last time my dad was vaccinated was for polio. So was my mom. You k ow what happened with the polio vaccines? They were contaminated with cancer. My mom has cancer now. I dont know if it was from the vaccine or not but idc. Im not getting vaccinated. My parrnts told me im only getting regular shots that i need.
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1 OdpowiedźNah, as long as I got my polio vaccine I'm fine.
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52 Odpowiedzi[quote]Vaccines do not cause autism [/quote] Not trying to burst any bubbles or rustle any jimmies But "Autism" is listed as a possible side effect... So how can you outright deny it?
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"I'll just let diseases that have been gone for centuries resurface because some kid on the Internet said I could get autism from them despite having no evidence" -retarded 22 year old mom
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3 OdpowiedziGeez shut up about vaccinations no one cares
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Get me away from that autism syrup
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They're isn't any scientific evidence that vaccinations are linked in any way to autism.
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8 OdpowiedziNatural selection.
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5 OdpowiedziMajority of the people on here are vergins so I think your preaching to the wrong crowd
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I was vaccinated yesterday
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Seems legit
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I won't because [spoiler]Evolution[/spoiler] [spoiler]lul[/spoiler]
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I agree .... Kids should be vaccinated. Both mine are.
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6 OdpowiedziIsn't autism something that you can only have if you are born with it?
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18 OdpowiedziWhat is with this guy's raging boner for vaccinations?
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114 OdpowiedziYou have every right to endorse and urge parents to vaccinate their kids. But you do not have the right to someone else's body, and forcibly decide what's put inside them.
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1 OdpowiedźI thought this was common sense. Evidently not
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Abc news what a joke! Everyone know CNN is the only credible source.
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1 OdpowiedźFREE XBOXDOTCOM
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Lol, this thread had 420 posts