tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13458365.post4501167250101730684..comments2024-02-04T23:13:40.393+00:00Comments on Peter English's random musings: Responding to an antivaxxerPeter M B Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032739079250190441noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13458365.post-73482467197051613422011-04-26T19:04:36.827+01:002011-04-26T19:04:36.827+01:00At Science-Based Medicine, commenter rtcontracting...At <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=12148" rel="nofollow">Science-Based Medicine</a>, commenter rtcontracting summarized points a-g <br /><br /><br />A) Someone said that if a child has a very rare condition, a vaccine could cause some symptoms similar to the symptoms of autism, ergo vaccines cause autism. <br /><br />B) Vaccines might, very rarely, cause swelling of the brain, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />C) It is biologically plausible that vaccines cause autism, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />D) The US vaccine court compensated someone for a rare form of brain damage, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />E) Autism isn’t caused by genes, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />F) There are lots of kids with autism, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />G) Autism costs the UK lots of money, ergo vaccines cause autism.<br /><br />And finally:<br /><br /> Childhealthsafety seems to have trouble counting to 8, ergo vaccines cause autism.Liz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.com