Chakka, I beg to differ. I commented on the latest revelations, albeit briefly. The thing is, you demonise parents who prefer to opt for separate vaccines, but they are neither stupid, as you intimate, nor as The Times would have it, absurd. The very reason they make that choice is because they care about the well-being of their children and rather than accept advice from what they, with good reason, deem to be dubious sources, they take the trouble to think a little deeper . I agree with Octavius completely. Why shouldn�t they have a choice? Because the powers that be, and the supporters of MMR say they shouldn�t? Well, to hell with that. In my book, children come before politics, principles, or money.
I have to ask why do so many children appear to succumb to autism immediately after receiving MMR? We have two examples here on this thread, and I personally know of another. So now we have three people out of the dozen or so who have contributed here, not necessarily blaming MMR, but nevertheless saying that symptoms developed immediately after these children received the triple vaccine, and we also have two more parents who haven�t told us whether their children�s autism presented immediately after MMR or not. And you wonder why some still doubt official guidelines? Well, if I�m considered stupid, irrational, illogical, absurd, or anything else that MMR supporters feel applies to people like me, then so be it. In this instance, I am very happy to live with that.
Incidentally, no one has answered my question yet. Why would a respected doctor ruin his reputation and his career for a theory he knows to be false?