more likely that the parents are new agey or religious folk
who believed the lies the papers printed about MMR all those years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine_controversy
prior to submitting his paper to The Lancet, Wakefield had received £55,000 from Legal Aid Board solicitors seeking evidence to use against vaccine manufacturers, that several of the parents quoted as saying that MMR had damaged their children were also litigants, and that Wakefield did not inform colleagues or medical authorities of the conflict of interest
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HappyToast Groat froth, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 16:56,
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By "the papers" do you just mean "The Mail"?
Or did some of the more reputable ones push that crap too?
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jonbob loves you, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 17:03,
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didn't want to say without evidence and couldn't be arsed to check :D
edit - lmgtfy.com/?q=daily+mail+mmr+autism
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HappyToast Groat froth, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 17:10,
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