Reply #5: Yes, but

[Orrex]

Every time it gets tossed out, its acolytes rally to toss it back in. No causal link has ever been reliably demonstrated, and there is only very weak evidence of even a correlation between autism and vaccines.

It's a horrible tragedy that people are made to suffer guilt and torment because of the bogus notion that their responsible choice to vaccinate their children has afflicted those children with autism.

If, indeed, autism is caused by some outside agency (rather than, say, a genetic defect or a genetically-based sensitivity to environmental factors) then these should be explored rationally without hysterically embracing an ardent naysayer who's decided to decide that A causes B.

Additionally, the widening acceptance of this pseudoscientific quackery further demonstrates America's growing scientific illiteracy and inability to reason based on evidence.

The claim of causal relation between vaccines and autism is dangerous and should be combatted wherever it is encountered.