Reply #84: That isn't the study saying that. That is an "experimental psychologist" [View All]

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trying to find some excuse allowing him to support his crackpot theories.

"Well, there might be some statistically insignificant number of children who somehow are given autism by vaccines" is not only mildly preposterous, it would not even remotely uphold the vaccine-autism link even if true, since the theory requires the number of such children to be statistically insignificant.

We do not know what causes autism. We know that there is no statistical correlation between vaccines and autism, and therefore know that the apparent statistically-significant increased incidence of autism is not caused by vaccines. "We don't know means we don't know" is nothing but dismissal of evidence.

As for your talk about "mercury isn't good," etc., etc: prove a link between thimerosal and any adverse long-term effects. "Well, no studies can find anything, but it's probably bad" is not grounds to change public policy.