RPM wrote:
Jenny McCarthy insists that her and other Moms would chose Measles over Autism?
Measles can kill but Autism does not kill.
Shame on you Jenny McCarthy, shame shame shame on you
Fallacy #1 - Autism does not kill. Low Functioning Autistic children die every year because they do not understand the dangers of actions they take. They wander into traffic and die, they wander into bodies of water and die, they simply wander away and die of exposure to the elements. Then there are other complications which can come along with autism which also cause deaths. Things like seizures.
Fallacy #2 - That your experience with autism invalidates anyone else's. There are parents who go through great suffering because their children don't just have autism, they have digestive or bowl problems, they are agressive, they are physically frail, they have insomnia which disrupts the entire family, and so on. Who are you to criticize these people for wanting what THEY feel is best for their child? What evidence do you have that they where not harmed by a sensitivity to vaccines?
Please note, I'm not claiming that vaccines cause ALL autism or even most. All I'm saying is that if vaccines can cause autism in just one case that it is not unreasonable for parents to want another look at the vaccinations we choose and the schedule we choose. Your blind defense of vaccines is as wrong in its way as Jenny's blind accusation of vaccines is.
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