Major study shows no link between measles vaccine and autism

The findings, based on just 12 patients, could not be repeated in subsequent studies, and Wakefield lost his UK medical licence after it was revealed he had conflicts of interest in the case and had falsified data.

Despite that, the anti-vax movement took off in response to the discredited research, with vaccination rates dropping to 50 percent in some parts of London in the wake of the findings being reported.As recently as the beginning of this year a family in Canada at the centre of a measles outbreak admitted they had not vaccinated their children against the disease because of autism fears.

Professor Frazer said Australia had largely not succumbed to the anti-vaccination movement, but said it was important to keep spreading the message that vaccinations save lives.“We always have to be vigilant about measles particularly, because first of all it’s a very serious disease, it’s not just spots, one in a thousand who get measles get a serious brain disease as a consequence,” he said.

“And secondly because it has not gone away, it’s the one disease which requires the greatest vigilance when it comes to vaccine because it’s so infectious - one person will infect 100 others if they haven’t been vaccinated. “We can’t ever give up keeping an eye on it, but it is encouraging that people accept that vaccination is useful, and it’s something you do not just for your own good but for the good of the community.”Annals of Internal Medicine

I’m guessing the anti-vaxers won’t care shit what is proven. They’ll still believe what they want to believe.

phillipwmoore49 Notice: vaccinations can lead to adulthood.

Best thing about these posts is that all get to see who the anti vaxxers babykillers

ByrnePip This will convince as many antivaxxer idiots as photos of the Earth from the Moon convinced flat-earthers.

Anti-vaxtards be like: fingers in ears, la la la la.

Unfortunately the anti-vaxxers are highly unlikely to believe this study conducted on 650k children.. They prefer to believe dodgy findings based on 12 cases in the 90's, misinformed celebrities like Jenny McCarthy and urban myths touted by their second cousin five times removed

Um...DER

SarahRubyWrites

As expected.....

Sane people knew this already. Anti-vaxxers don’t usually care too much for scientific evidence anyway 👍🏻🦠💉

It wont make any difference, if they believed in evidence they wouldn't hold anti vax views.

carolineh_usyd To think of all the funds wasted to disprove an implausible link that was the figment of a conflicted doctor’s imagination. Wakefield and his fraud has a lot to answer for.

It wnt change those already in that camp because they now have a group of ppl who share their belief & when that happens, it’s rare that person breaks away. If u think autism is the worst thing a kid can have, you shouldn’t be a parent, or you don’t know what autism actually is.

Major studies are going on constantly The science world is mercenarily funded also in constant flux, perhaps it should be, latest results should be read with the same caution as the previous discarded ones.The AVN are also scientists read this then debate

Fancy that, another study proving what we already knew that will also be ignored by idiots

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Those who still push this idea will still do so as often they cannot come to terms with the idea that their Autistic child was not 'caused'. As 'caused' then enables blame. They want someone or something to blame.

It's just a label the evil use to excuse their behaviour cause their kids are out of control

usuprun

I for one am genuinely not shocked

So are we saying only the unvaccinated kids get the measles? ... If we are saying the vaccinated kids get the measles, What then is the purpose of the vaccine? For sure it wouldn’t be money for big Pharma.

Really..... wow..... nice work left wing. I believe the left wing said. It was factual that it causes autism. Time for left wing to learn and listen

rosfler_fuller

Using science to refute people who don't believe in science.

Well der. Of course not. Now anti vaccine people will find another excuse

Seriously are we STILL having to address this? Wakefield perpetrated a fraud to benefit HIS vaccine schedule and separate shots! Wakefields work has been totally debunked and discredited! Hundreds of studies worldwide have already shown its crap! Vaccinate your damn kids!

Julie_B92

Won’t convince the anti-vaxxers

And despite this, there’ll still be those that hold to their ignorant ideas, since they know their kids better than science. Sigh.

Anti-vaxxers are brainwashed into a conspiracy theory cult so this won’t change anything

markmcan Well duh!

Most people know anti-vacs are baseless conspiracy theorists who are too lazy to read. EvidenceBasedMedicine

WrittenOnWater There goes that excuse.

What a waste of money

jahan_tyson Debunked, over and over again, still no cure for stupid.

And yet, this will NOT dissuade the people who believe exactly the opposite. Not one little bit.

And let the games begin! maga qanon

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