Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
I haven't really followed it, but I know that some people have said their kids became autistic due to vaccinations. Not sure if there is anything to it but I can understand it giving parents pause. I come from the '50s when the vaccinations saved us from polio, diphtheria, whopping cough, measles, all kinds of bad stuff. Back then people still trusted government. Not so much anymore.
That foolishness about vaccinations supposedly causing autism has been repeatedly and thoroughly debunked by very rigorous studies. Jimmy, as you say, you lived through a time when vaccines clearly saved countless lives from such scourges as polio. Unfortunately, a few very vocal, misguided celebrities started one of the greatest unfounded mass hysterias of our time, and some nasty diseases are making a comeback as a result