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jeff47

(26,549 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 10:54 PM Apr 2015

Yet another study shows no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/21/autism-mmr-vaccine/

The study of 95,000 children with older siblings also examined those at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), namely those who have an older autistic sibling. No link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism was found in these high-risk children, researchers said in the study.

I suspect this will still not convince the anti-vaxxers that they are wrong.

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Yet another study shows no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. (Original Post) jeff47 Apr 2015 OP

Paging Mr. Wakefield! Mr. Wakefield! nt longship Apr 2015 #1

Nicely done. Thor_MN Apr 2015 #2

As long as those anti-vax mommies believe their enlightenment Apr 2015 #3

And that means more NIH dollars diverted into another useless and redundant study Warpy Apr 2015 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. Paging Mr. Wakefield! Mr. Wakefield! nt

Reply to jeff47 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:08 PM

Apr 2015

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

2. Nicely done.

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:22 PM

Apr 2015

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)

3. As long as those anti-vax mommies believe their

Reply to jeff47 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:45 PM

Apr 2015

"gut feelings" are more accurate than years of science-based evidence, nothing will really change their minds.

Warpy

(111,266 posts)

4. And that means more NIH dollars diverted into another useless and redundant study

Reply to jeff47 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 12:21 AM

Apr 2015

to disprove a charlatan who should have been deported back to the UK years ago.

Disgusting.

His True Believers won't budge until/unless their kids die from preventable illness. They're examples of why we need public health laws with real teeth in them.

Even the Amish vaccinated their kids when a measles outbreak happened.

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