I didn’t say who was ignorant, now did I? It is you who went mouth-frothing nutzoid.
No, but you are implying that ignorance is why people oppose vaccines. Let’s assume that I agree that the MMR and other vaccines have nothing to do with Autism, it’s the scrutiny that the people who do believe that placed upon childhood vaccines that got the vaccine makers to remove mercury from their vaccines which suggests that (A) good can come from questioning assumptions about vaccines and (B) that a “trust the government” and “trust the pharmaceutical companies” approach doesn’t necessarily lead either one to do the best they can to make things safe. And if breaking up the MMR into three vaccines or administering them later in life (after the point at which Autism normally becomes apparent) makes parents feel more compfortable, why should the government force not only a list of vaccines on people but a particular schedule on them. The whole “We know better than you so shut up and give us your kids” attitude a bit part of the problem.
People do generally want what’s best for their children and giving them no choice and demanding that they stick dozens of needles into their kids before they turn two understandably makes people nervious and the zealousness with which these vaccines are pushed is every bit as creepy as the arguments made by those who oppose all vaccines. As someone pointed out in the other thread, people generally didn’t have to be forced to give their kids Polio or Small Pox vaccines and probably still wouldn’t have to be. But when they start demanding Chicken Pox vaccines, people start to wonder what the real agenda is here. Preventing Chicken Pox? The disease that parents feared so much that they purposely exposed their children to it? Really? What’s next? A manditory vaccine for acne forced on kids before they are 1?