A massive study shows there?s no connection between measles vaccinations and autism
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Summary
The measles cluster in Washington State — the worst outbreak in two decades — and elsewhere can be partly blamed on a moral panic among parents who skip vaccinations because they think it’ll result in their kids being diagnosed with autism or other disorders. Children with zero childhood vaccinations were 17 percent more likely to be linked with autism.A massive Danish study out Tuesday adds some of the most convincing evidence yet that parents should not fear vaccinations, as measles cases hit alarming levels around the world. The measles cluster in Washington State — the worst outbreak in two decades — and elsewhere can be partly blamed on a moral panic among parents who skip vaccinations because they think it’ll result in their kids being diagnosed with autism or other disorders.
As said here by Emma Ockerman