Not exactly what I was trying to ascertain, but pretty close-- having had the accusation leveled at me.
Here's my position, and it's pretty simple:
I believe the idea of vaccinations is very good, helpful, and serves the common good. I believe the actual implementation has been lax, shoddy, or any other similar term you want to apply.
Vaccination, as with all other drug-related products, is a business. Profit is what primarily guides it. Because of this, it behooves the drug companies to create the vaccines in the most profitable way possible, have it used in the most cases possible, and to minimize their financial risk whereever possible.
Do you think Thimerosol was pulled from drugs because it was more profitable to contain these vaccinations separately instead of together? No, it was done because a growing number of people and, as a result, studies started showing correlations. They saw the hand writing on the wall and decided to lower their financial risk.
When I post these questions, it is to raise awareness. If my mother had been aware of these studies or the anecdotal evidence at the time my brother was born, he might be a functioning adult right now, instead of a perpetual twelve-year-old in a 30-year-old body.
If Thimerosol doesn't end up being the cause of autism, the issue still will have sparked someone, through financial incentive, to figure out what the cause actually is. If Thimerosol isn't the cause, I would be the first person to applaud that discovery-- and look in a new direction. I've lived with autism. I certainly wouldn't wish that on ANYONE.
I want to find the cause. I also want people to be protected against diseases that we've largely put to rest. I want to make sure that the people who are well-suited to find the cause for autism aren't prohibited to do so because of financial disincentive.
How would you propose we best do that?
No, the government MADE them remove it. And there was a legal aspect to it also.
In case you haven't noticed, the medical profession has change almost completely to disposable items. With "infection control" being the new buzzword the past decade, EVERYTHING is single use. As a matter of fact, since the companies can charge more for the newer packs, they make more money.
If Thimerosol doesn't end up being the cause of autism, the issue still will have sparked someone, through financial incentive, to figure out what the cause actually is. If Thimerosol isn't the cause, I would be the first person to applaud that discovery-- and look in a new direction.
So you are going to scare people away from getting vaccines to "raise awareness". That's insane. Kids are still dying in this county and other developed countries because they aren't getting their shots. To do anything to encourage people to forego vaccinations is plain wrong.