Vaccine research is fraught with conflicts of interest. The AMA and its JAMA, the Lancet -- these are not the Gospel. Follow the money: who funded the research?
Dr. Andrew Wakefield is not some fool; rather, he is an eminently qualified research scientist who put his career on the line challenging the pharma/medical church because he found compelling evidence of a link between MMR and autism.
unfortunate and common misconception
Measles, mumps, and rubella are mild childhood diseases. It's conceiveable that the MMR-autism link will ultimately turn out to be false; however, until the richly funded, unbiased research shows unequivocally that this link doesn't exist, parents would be behaving reasonably if they chose to forgo vaccination against these mild diseases rather than putting their children in harm's way.
Vaccination, like any other medical procedure, is a risk/benefit proposition. One recovers from mumps. One does not recover from autism
There's a lot of stuff and nonsense all over the place in connection with vaccination, on both sides of the issue. For those who want to go to some fairly reasonable alternative sources:
Be discerning! What are the ties between the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the pharmaceutical industry? These guys may be seriously conflicted. An AMA or CDC seal of approval doesn't mean jack. Remember the fifties and sixties when physicians routinely advised mothers NOT to breastfeed their infants? We can only wonder what ties this had to corporations like Nestlé.
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Dr. Andrew Wakefield is not some fool; rather, he is an eminently qualified research scientist who put his career on the line challenging the pharma/medical church because he found compelling evidence of a link between MMR and autism.
Measles, mumps, and rubella are mild childhood diseases. It's conceiveable that the MMR-autism link will ultimately turn out to be false; however, until the richly funded, unbiased research shows unequivocally that this link doesn't exist, parents would be behaving reasonably if they chose to forgo vaccination against these mild diseases rather than putting their children in harm's way.Vaccination, like any other medical procedure, is a risk/benefit proposition. One recovers from mumps. One does not recover from autism
There's a lot of stuff and nonsense all over the place in connection with vaccination, on both sides of the issue. For those who want to go to some fairly reasonable alternative sources:
New Yorkers for Vaccination Information and Choice
National Vaccine Information Center
Be discerning! What are the ties between the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the pharmaceutical industry? These guys may be seriously conflicted. An AMA or CDC seal of approval doesn't mean jack. Remember the fifties and sixties when physicians routinely advised mothers NOT to breastfeed their infants? We can only wonder what ties this had to corporations like Nestlé.