[*RockTot*]

My friend just posted this on her FB page.

MMR vaccine/Autism link confirmed in Breaking news today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mmVzXnPrvc...eature=youtu.be

I havent had time to watch it all yet, but I'm wondering what you all think?

(I hope this isnt a can of worms I'm opening)

This post has been edited by Therese: 18/02/2013, 03:05 PM

[Rachel70]

I don't the Andrew Wakefield is someone I am willing to listen to or trust.

[Water Dragon]

I haven't watched it yet but just wanted to say, yeppers, I bet you've opened a can of worms. Be ready for this thread to get ugly!

[Water Dragon]

There's so much bunkum out there that videos like this (I watched the first few minutes and gave up - super unprofessional and silly) make me very cranky. I don't vax to the schedule but made an informed decision to do that; I didn't form an opinion by watching videos like this.

[Back2Insanity]

Dr Andrew Wakefields theories have all been disproven many times.

Some information on him
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield

He was banned from practised medicine after it was discovered that he falsified his study. So no I will not be listening to anything this person has to say.

[Paddlepop]

Andrew Wakefield wouldn't know how to conduct ethical, unbiased research if it bit him on the bum.

He is no longer a doctor. His medical board removed him from their register.

The journal that published his "breakthrough" fully retracted their publication of it.

This man should be ignored on anything do with vaccines and autism.

ETA Yes OP, definitely a can of worms!

This post has been edited by Paddlepop: 18/02/2013, 12:49 PM

[Zarlias]

Reading the comments posted under that video made me want to throw things.

Why do we give this stuff air time?

[raone]

They want to hang people! That really makes me want to believe what you are saying... not!

If you are going to try to prove something perhaps you should leave the death threats at home.

[purplekitty]

I only watched 30 seconds before multiple alarm bells sounded.
Alex Jones,Infowars,Mike Adams and Andrew Wakefield.

None of them are trustworthy and the legitimate autism sites shun them.

Alex Jones and Infowars
"Jones has been the center of many controversies, such as the one surrounding his actions and statements about gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,[18] and has accused the US government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing[19], the September 11 attacks[20], and faking the Moon landings.[21] He asserts that the US government is run by a global conspiracy of cultists who believe that by using the drug DMT they can contact interdimensional aliens called "clockwork elves".

[raone]

And I hope this doesn't upset any parents of kids with autism, but I personally would rather a beautiful autistic child than a dead one. Or the potential to kill or harm someone. Thats what I don't get even if it were true why would you expose your or someone elses child to possible death?