Look at this mess of a poll. And it's even associated with an article that plainly says, "Medical authorities have answered that question firmly in the negative" as the very first sentence!
Absolutely. They caused my child's autism.
13%Probably. I've seen evidence that suggests a link.
25%Possibly. I am weighing the evidence.
34%Probably not. Most of the evidence suggests there's no link.
15%Absolutely not. There's no link between vaccines and autism
11%
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One of the key arguments by advocates claiming a link between mercury in childhood vaccines is that there is an "epidemic" of autism. They'll claim that autism was unknown before the 1930's, when thimerosal was first introduced into vaccines.
I must admit that I've never heard of Margerite Kelly. Apparently she's some sort of advice columnist for the Washington Post.
I know I've been hard on a lot of legislators, including woo-friendly clods such as Tom Harkin, Ron Paul, and