“But what I am saying is that these “studies” that contend that all vaccines are 100% safe are suspect - particularly these days, so I don’t fault parents for questioning “authorities”.”
Where are those studies? I’ve never seen any such studies, and certainly that description doesn’t fit the one this article is speaking about.
There have been several studies centered around thimerosal, an organomercury compound used in a number of vaccines as a preservative. Many claimed that it was the cause of the rise in the number of cases of autism. Some say that there is convincing proof that it causes a rise in neurotoxicity, while others say that there’s no convincing proof.