[james22]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...al-debate.html

This is worrying, despite all the evidence against the link between Autism and the MMR jab the media are still reporting on it. This is endangering god knows how many children who's parents won't give them the jab because of what they read in these newspapers. I wish the media would start taking some responisbility and stop promoting false, and potentially dangerous science.

Thoughts?

[Aj12]

That article really seems to be suggesting there is a link... Oh well the media ignoring science what a shocker.

[Maker]

Some people including judges are barmy. Theres a court case in Italy that alleges geologists should have predicted an earthquake that killed several people when of course, no such ability exist.

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-20/w...y?_s=PM:EUROPE

[moonkatt]

the Daily Mail has form for being anti vaccines anyway so it's not a surprise. And as usual with the rule of paragraph 19, they have this at the end of the story:

Most doctors continue to argue that this is merely coincidence and that no convincing mechanism to explain a link has been set out.
The Department of Health has insisted: ‘MMR remains the best protection against measles, mumps and rubella. It is recognised by the World Health Organisation as having an outstanding safety record and there is a wealth of evidence showing children who receive the MMR vaccine are no more at risk of autism than those who don’t.’

But then, since when has the DM been about responsible journalism? They much more enjoy stirring up a ****storm in their readership.

[Maker]

It might be a good thing for DM readers not to get their kids vaccinated because if they catch measles for example, they could go deaf, blind or suffer brain damage that would reduce their reproductive success and there will be fewer DM readers in the next generation.

It also demonstrates evolution in action.

[Unkempt_One]

People of TSR, educate me. Is the MMR-autism link discredited because:
- There is no evidence to suggest that there is a link.
or
- There is evidence to suggest there is no relation.

[james22]

(Original post by Unkempt_One)
People of TSR, educate me. Is the MMR-autism link discredited because:
- There is no evidence to suggest that there is a link.
or
- There is evidence to suggest there is no relation.

No evidence to suggest a link, in the same way there is no evidence to suggest a link between taking paracetamol and turning gay.

[BefuddledPenguin]

It's discredited because all statistics indicate that autism levels were on the increase before the introduction of the MMR jab, also the 'doctor' who discovered the link based his findings on a study he did of 12 children, which is a laughable lack of data.

[Darth Stewie]

Evidence? this is the media! They don't let little things like "facts" or "evidence" get in the way of their stories.

[rafimax]

This angers me so much. There is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. The original paper was authored by a guy being paid off by a company that specialised in making Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines separately. People have DIED because of this senseless, meaningless panic. Dr Andrew Wakefield and the buffoons who followed him are responsible for the deaths of several people who contracted one of these three deadly diseases.

[cl_steele]

Why on earth would they want to educate their readers? thats not fun at all and wont sell ... doom and gloom all the way

[OU Student]

Are they ever going to shut up about this?