Thoughts on Bachmann and "retardation" vaccinations.

[Erose999]

Bachmann said she spoke with a person who said her daughter "suffered from mental retardation" after taking the vaccine.

1.) "Mental retardation" is not only terribly insensitive, its a blanket term and its use in medical circles is severely declining.

2.) Because it is a blanket term, it always has a root cause. "Retardation" could be any number of things including Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, etc. Most of these categories are genetic and couldn't be caused by a vaccine at all other than brain damage.

3.) Bachmann just uses "mental retardation" and not one of the more technical terms of its root cause.

4.) Bachmann has a well documented history of just flat out making shit up.