So it's been a while

[draggonlaady]

since I read Bad Science. I'm catching up on back issues. Which means lots of links for you lovely folks.

Once more into the breach on Autism vs vaccination... a specious correlation so wide-spread into 'common knowledge' that clients have declined vaccinations for puppies despite my best efforts to educate that them that 1: vaccines don't cause autism, 2: dogs don't get autism anyway, even if vaccines did cause it in humans (which they don't-see 1), 3: dogs get Parvo regularly, 4: even if autism DID happen in dogs, and even if it WERE caused by vaccination, it's not fatal, and 5: Parvo kills dogs in a disgusting and decidedly uncomfortable manner (and we'll just not even get started on distemper...)

http://www.badscience.net/2008/12/its-not-my-fault-i-fall-into-repetitive-self-parody-you-started-it/

Comments

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

The supposed association is with the MMR vaccine, and has been proven incorrect. Not that the media care to report that.
Also, apparently, the study that got everyone so freaking worked up was on TWELVE kids. Twelve. We'll go on and disregard the hundreds of people involved in dozens of studies all over the world that show that the vaccine has a very low side-effect rate, no association with autism (other than signs start showing about the same time as the kids' vaccine series), and the increased incidence of things that DO hurt people (like, you know, measles and mumps and rubella) since people have stopped using the vaccines.

[kresentia.livejournal.com]

Oh the joys...