If Andrew Wakefield, etal knowingly published their findings with data they knew to be false and/or suspect then this is one of the more egregious medical missteps committed in recent memory. Because of their reports, misguided celebrities and parents spoke out and made decisions which caused measles, mumps and rubella to make a comeback in places where these afflictions were all but wiped out. I am glad we did not succumb to the hype but rather had our children vaccinated.
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I find it funny that some science has become a means to proving an opinion with regard to the facts involved. I had my son vaccinated because I didn't want him to be crippled or dead from polio.
Absolutely Jhon,
For us it was a no-brainer. We didn't want our kids dead or crippled, or to fall prey to any of these debilitating diseases which were easily warded off with vaccinations either.
It's interesting, a lot of these diseases seem to be more prevalent these days. There was recently a bout of whooping cough and scarlet fever around where I live. I thought both of these were illnesses of the past. Who knows?
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