dagblog - Comments for "Vaccines don’t cause autism, part 12,374" http://dagblog.com/health/vaccines-don-t-cause-autism-part-12374-3197 Comments for "Vaccines don’t cause autism, part 12,374" en Whatever the reasons behind http://dagblog.com/comment/10940#comment-10940 <a id="comment-10940"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/health/vaccines-don-t-cause-autism-part-12374-3197">Vaccines don’t cause autism, part 12,374</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p>Whatever the reasons behind the Antivaxxer movement, it must stop. It’s based on lies and there is nothing noble about pursuing false logic. Vaccines don’t cause autism.</p> </blockquote> <p>Well, it's nice to know this court case will finally end the movement. <img src="/modules/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" border="0" /> I knew a family that put their autistic child through <a target="_blank" title="Not for the faint of heart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelation_therapy">chelation therapy</a>. They claimed it helped reduce the autistic behaviors, and they were right. The child was so tired that <i>all</i> behaviors were reduced. The thing is, of course, that these parents' hearts are in the right place. They just really want to believe that there's a simple explanation, that there's a cure, etc. This makes them very susceptible to quackery.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:10:21 +0000 Nebton comment 10940 at http://dagblog.com