This is why you must pay attention to sources. Lancet in the very distant past was a respected journal. It hasn’t been for decades.
I hope you have your flame suit on because there are some on FR that believe this phony, quack science and will tell you that vaccines are bad bad bad.
Of course they want to talk about flu vaccines and never want to talk about the good things that have happened by no longer having to fear polio, mumps, small pox, chicken pox, whooping cough, etc etc.
Anyway thanks for the read it is a pleasure to see the trudgers get their due
The trouble with assuming that we (as an advanced technical society) already know everything necessary to answer all questions and solve all problems is that we get into this sort of conundrum.
Both sides might well be right.
Full disclosure: I am not an MD, nor have I had any formal biological training of any sort. I do have some familiarity with medical subjects simply as a result of longevity.
It may be that the problem is simply one of genetics, and predisposition to certain diseases and biological malfunctions as a result of uniquely individual DNA.
Otherwise, why don't ALL infants receiving the MMR vaccine suffer the same tragic consequences?
This raises other questions. Do all multiple births have identical DNA? I don't know. If the answer is yes, then...
Has there been a single incident of identical twins or triplets receiving the vaccine, and only one of the set resulting in autism? If not, why not?
For the medically and genetically savvy out there, there are further questions.
Are the fingerprints of identical multiple births really 100% identical? Is their DNA?
The observation that if 99.9% of a population derive real lifesaving benefits from a vaccine does not justify prohibiting the entire population from that benefit is well taken. Not ethically; not morally.
Unfortunately there is probably no test available currently to determine a negative predisposition to past or future recipients of this vaccine.
But the real tragedy of the families adversely affected cannot be allowed to justify the elimination of the benefit to the overwhelming majority of others.