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No matter how much scientific evidence, real honest to goodness truth, that has been researched and proven THROUGH SCIENCE, not someones "belief", or just because their child developed autism around the age of two which just happens to be around the time they got their 2 year old shots, they decide to not vaccinate their children and put MY kids at risk.
Just because Jenny McCarthy says it, it has to be true. Insert *eye roll* here.View Thread


The problem with people that don't believe empirical evidence is that they won't believe empirical evidence. Discrediting Andrew Wakefield (the Dr. part was revoked, because he's a fraud) only reinforces their beliefs that its a big pharm...a conspiracy. They'll trust anecdotal evidence and slanted first hand accounts.
The real conspiracy is how the people who propagate these types of whack job theories (see Naturalpathy, Homeopathy, the "local food" movement) are conspiring to sell quick solutions to complex problems and making boatloads of money doing it.
The root of the problem is we need stronger science and math based education in the schools so people learn how to think critically, rationally and logically.
JMO
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/05/autism-vaccine.html
I don't post a lot on here anymore but I do know this comes up a lot in discussions.View Thread
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