[Paperpusher]

Even more sad is the number of people that buy into the fake “studies” of the anti-vaccine movement.

[dforest]

I have no problem with vaccines, I do have a problem with some of the ingredients added into them.

[Talisker]

Not a real good thread to make such unattributed statements.

But then, the meme’s the thing, right? Must be nice never having to worry about legitimacy.

[hinckley buzzard]

Except for the initial scam run by the British quack Wakefield, the other "studies" are not "fake," just sloppy methodology. Studies purporting to reveal a link between autism and vaccination have had discrediting flaws found after a second look at the data by qualified researchers. No actual case of a causal link between vaccine and autism has ever been documented.

And of course the old thimerasol scam is defunct now, since the compound has not been given to children since 2001.

On the other hand, many opportunistic fakes have made political hay by playing to the fears of low information consumers.. Among the stars of the anti-vaccine scam are Robert Kennedy Jr., Chris Dodd, Joe Lieberman, Don Imus, John Kerry, and some UPS driver Kerry talked to during hurricane Katrina. So to the hysterical people here, just so you know who you are in bed with.