One Jaded Liberal

Associated Press:
“A common vaccine given to children to protect them against measles, mumps and rubella is not linked to autism, a study published yesterday concludes.
The findings contradict earlier research that had fueled fears of a possible link between childhood vaccinations and a steep increase in autism diagnoses. In February 1998, the Lancet journal published a study by British researcher Andrew Wakefield of 12 children with autism and other behavioral problems that suggested the onset of their behavioral abnormalities was linked to receiving the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.”
The link wasn’t that between MMR and Autism. The link was made almost 4 years ago by (of all people) Robert F. Kenedy Jr. that a preservative called Thimerosal (used at one time in many vaccinations, not just MMR) which is a derivative of mercury (!) May be responsible for a rise in cases of Autism and other neurological conditions. 2005 Rolling Stone reads:
“According to a CDC epidemiologist named Tom Verstraeten, who had analyzed the agency’s massive database containing the medical records of 100,000 children, a mercury-based preservative in the vaccines — thimerosal — appeared to be responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other neurological disorders among children”
I was freaking out about this 5 years ago, before Rolling Stone caught on, but, apparently, no one was, or is now listening.