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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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  1. Ssssh....nobody tell Charlie Sheen by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe now he'll let his poor kids get their polio shots.

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  2. Re:No proof yet... by NonUniqueNickname · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not a formal study. But sighted people using the internet make a strong case in favor of "no link".

  3. Oh. Well then. by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess that's settled.

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  4. Re:Ahh, the stupidity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    or nativity of some people.

    Those sons-of-bitches with their mangers in the front yard. I hate them too!

  5. Re:Supreme Court Ruling... by Timberwolf0122 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your crazy the best source for rulings on medical, political and scientific data is a celebrity!

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  6. Re:Supreme Court Ruling... by Chyeld · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are right, that was a 100% flamebait post, not a troll. Except of course, the connotation of a troll is that they are someone who consistantly posts inflamitory crap without bothering to add anything to the topic other than vitrol. So maybe we should see if someone else with mod points can balance it out, 50/50 troll and flamebait.

  7. Re:Ahh, the stupidity by benad · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean naïveté? Your UTF-8 sucks...

  8. Re:Actually, by Spazztastic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Both have about the same amount of proof either way.

    (citation needed)

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  9. Re:Well then by WindBourne · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do the kids then get to say to the parents: "fuck you, you will pay horrifically for what you did us" ? You must not have older kids yet.

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  10. Re:Whats next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Peanut Butter?

  11. Re:Whats next? by FireStormZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You're causing a serious problem in the community entirely because you're some combination of selfish and stupid."

    Did I say I am not going to get them vaccinated *or* did I say I wanted to wait until they had their own functional immune systems.

    "There's some small risk in vaccination (very small, but it exists)."

    There are risks either way and with the exception of things like Polio nothing should be mandated.

    "You want everyone else's kids to take the risk so that your kid doesn't have to. That's evil."

    Sigh... yea that's just what I said.. its not like I said I was going to look into it again when they were a touch older or anything I must be some selfish bastard. I did start immunizations on my first kid just when the doc said I should.... she had a terrible allergic reaction here is a clue those are more dangerous in infants and small kids than they are in older kids and adults.

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  12. Re:Whats next? by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's these things you might have noticed on your wife. Likely, to you, they're little pleasure apples of delight. But they also, when the hormones are just right, begin secreting a white, milky fluid, which babies are known to be fond of.

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  13. Re:Whats next? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm no expert

    Oh, don't sell yourself short. And anyway you don't need to be an expert, or anywhere near, to have an opinion round these here parts.

    but I don't see how the mothers antibodies could be protecting the child after delivery.

    Yes, it's preposterous. For one thing, how would those alleged antibodies be transported? Teleportation aside, it would require some substance that passes from the mother to the baby on a regular basis to act as a carrier.

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  14. Re:No proof yet... by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sugar does not cause hyperactivity!

    Geeze, alright it doesn't, lay off the sugar already.

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  15. Re:I don't disagree with the ruling, but... by superstick58 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if it is modded +5 Insightful.

  16. Re:No proof yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now that the drug companies are off the hook we can go after the real cause -- Sin!

  17. Re:I don't disagree with the ruling, but... by ceoyoyo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tying the defendants up and tossing them in lakes. Like in the good old days.

  18. Re:I don't disagree with the ruling, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But since Wikipedia defines the media, that means we define science!

    [citation needed]

  19. Re:I don't disagree with the ruling, but... by snowgirl · · Score: 2, Funny

    From what I can tell, the media defines pretty much everything.

    I heard the same thing on TV, so it must be true.

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  20. Re:Jenny McCarthy by arth1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are painting with too broad a brush. All anti-vaccine people do not have autism fears. Some people just don't want the government to dictate the shots that go into their children.

    And some are against innoculations in general, believing vaccinations are short-sighted, saving people now at the expense of future generations becoming more susceptible to the diseases. As well as starting an arms race with the diseases -- the diseases develop resistance, and you have to change the vaccine. Instead of becoming less lethal and less disabling over time, diseases become angrier.

    Most people would save their own children today rather than thousands of people in the far future.
    I can't blame them, but I find it illogical.

  21. Re:No proof yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or that other well known disorder, Slashdotter syndrome.

    This is inability to carry on a conversation without excessive condescending remarks, name calling and the strange habit of classifying everyone into one of several categories based on whether or not you agree with them instead of the truth of their remarks.