Court Rules Autism Not Caused By Childhood Vaccine

wiredog writes "From The Washington Post comes word that three special masters have decided that MMR vaccines do not cause autism. 'Special master George Hastings said the parents ... had "been misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment." ... "the evidence advanced by the petitioners has fallen far short of demonstrating ... a link."'

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[EricMB20]

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Whats next?

[sirroc]

Jack Thompson will come out and say that the bad juju from violent video games is whats causing the surge in autism?

Besides, I was under the impression that it was the combination of vaccines before the age of 2 (36?) that was the leading factor. Specifically MMR+Chicken Pox combination.

Re:Whats next?

[FireStormZ]

Yea nobody ever dies from a vaccination

http://stanford.wellsphere.com/autism-autism-spectrum-article/zaire-knott-5-week-old-foster-child-dies-at-dyfs-office/389368
""An exact cause of death will be determined at a later date pending the results of an autopsy," according to the police statement. DYFS officials suspect the immunizations -- for hepatitis B and polio -- "caused the distress or some sort of reaction," Williams said."

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FYI my oldest kids first round of vaccinations triggered a very bad allergic reaction, she has not had another shot. When she is old enough 5 or so, Ill reexamine the issue but the move by people away from vaccinating their kids has less to do with fearing the 'concept' of vaccination and more the fact we are injecting two month olds with dozes on different things.

My daughter cut her lip recently so when she got stitches I also get her the Tetanus shot the difference is she is 2 now with a relatively mature immune system, not 2 months still working off of her mothers.

Re:Supreme Court Ruling...

[SolidAltar]

This is a SPECIAL "vaccine" court specially convened for this kind of thing.

Re:A victory for sanity.

[db32]

Vaccines are preventative treatment and a HUGE profit line when made mandatory.

A cure would be applied to those who are infected to cure.
A vaccine would be applied to everyone.
Tell me...do you think they would make more money giving everyone the MMR vaccine or just curing those that catch it. I realize that there are benefits like preventing the spread by vaccination, but the dollar value is MUCH higher in vaccinations. Arguably you can tell how important it is to get a given vaccination by its cost. Flu vaccinations are handed out like free candy in most places, which would indicate that the threat of infection spreading is much higher than just a strict profit motivation.

Which do you think is worth more money, AIDS treatment or a cure for AIDS? Then go look at who is really dumping money and research into AIDS treatment vs AIDS cures. Look who is making leaps and bounds in research involving things like stem cells to combat AIDS vs those who are suing third world countries for violating their intellectual property rights by making generic AIDS treatment so that the poor can afford it.