Seriously?! All this anti-vax paranoia came from ONE study?! ONE.

[paxnirvana]

Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds from CNN.

Even better? The con-man ass did it for MONEY.

People are sheep. And I'm insulting sheep with this one.

Measles, mumps and rubella can (and do) kill. Get the damn immunizations done. ARGH!!

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[avocado_love]

Oh I know. Sickening, isn't it?

*Is all up on her vaccines, and if I had children they would be as well.*

[kiri_moth]

And many people are so deeply embroiled in the anti-vax conspiracy that even something like this coming to light won't serve as a persuasive argument for reason. X|

Even the fact that some un-vaccinated children have autism means nothing.

A lot of people believe that vaccines cause autism and absolutely nothing will ever convince them otherwise. It's pretty damn scary.

[kiri_moth]

Absolutely there are individuals who cannot and should not get vaccines due to sensitivities and allergies.

But their risk to the general population is lower than the risk of several deadly diseases that we had gotten under good control due to vaccinating the population. The fact that someone cooked up this massive fraudulent study about vaccines causing autism and that it's been passed off as the truth for so long and with wide enough impact that diseases like mumps are returning and causing deaths is a very serious concern.

[kiri_moth]

There are legit reasons not to vaccinate, and they don't have to be medical - some choose not to because it's simply against their religion. Previously we relied on the fact that the majority of the population DID get vaccinations, and that protected those who didn't through choice or inability. Now that we're losing the numbers we need to keep at 'herd immunity', we're getting in trouble and babies and children start dying.

I just really hope that people who would otherwise be willing and able to get vaccines will see sense from news reports like this and won't have to be swayed from news reports of more and more deaths.

[hungry_worm]

What is even worse is that the guy keeps spouting shit to people who don't know better than to believe him. >:(

http://erstories.net/archives/3465

[paxnirvana]

Because fear and ignorance cloaked by science always sells.

I really do hate the modern media. Ugh. Urge to kill rising.