finally

[ambermoon]

Britain just revoked the medical license of the doctor who first published the vaccines-autism claims.

He can still practice outside of the UK, but it's about damn time.

Edit: Another good article, from the BBC, here.

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[proudduckling]

A favorite xkcd-ism: "My dad says flu vaccines have been linked to autism, so to protect myself from swine flu I'm trying to lick an autistic kid."

[proudduckling]

I should find the clip from "House" in which he talks about how stupid it is not to vaccinate babies.

[proudduckling]

Here's the one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0yXn9XA-5c

[anonymous]

I guess they had to do it, and I guess there was no way to keep it out of the news, and keep it from becoming a sensation... but it seems likely to be a counterproductive move.

It will make the idiot look like a martyr, with all the "Powers That Be" lined up against him. When someone is focused on in that way, it "proves" to his followers that he must be on the right track.

Terry F.