ABC's hiring of Jenny McCarthy: a decision that could cost lives

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5. Until scientists come up with an explanation as to

what causes autism, there are going to be people making claims like this. The number of children with autism has skyrocketed in the last 20 years or so, and people are understandably scared. All the scientific community can do at this point is continue the research and arm parents with the known facts. If they try to censor people, the public will sense a conspiracy and the hysteria will only get worse.

Not many people are going to stop vaccinating their children. Schools require children to get their shots and the vast majority of parents will comply with that. We can't stop people from pulling their kids out of school and homeschooling them if that's what they choose to do. When someone brings up the subject around me, I always ask them if they would be able to forgive themselves if their child died of a preventable disease because they were afraid of vaccines. It's an emotional argument, but that kind of argument tends to resonate with parents.