I wish it would shut the conspiracy theorists up, but unfortunately,
post hoc ergo propter hoc is alive and well. (For those unfamiliar with it, the argument goes like so:
1) Many vaccines are scheduled around a child's 2nd birthday, give or take.
2) Symptoms of autism become undeniable around the age of 2 (often interpreted as a "regression", although I have yet to verify a case of actual regression - usually, it's just a failure to follow the parents' projected progress).
3) Therefore, the vaccines must cause the autism, because if something happens first, it must be the cause, right? No possible coincidence of scheduling?)
And yes, I am indeed happy that small amounts of compounds related to mercury (note:
not mercury itself, any more than water is an acid just because it contains oxygen) don't poison children. Anything that doesn't poison children is good to hear about, don't you agree?
(Especially given today's news about potential mercury toxicity in corn syrup:
story.)
Ahh, I'd never heard the vaccine-theory, so I didn't get the point. ^^ I thought you meant the vaccine against Autism.
And the body can't absorb pure mercury anyway.