(Thimerosal ban) Vaccine Rule Is Said to Hurt Health Efforts

[Orrex]

26. Two brief answers:

1. Let those who object to thimerosal offer up an alternative that is as safe and effective as the preservative that they wish to replace. If they can't demonstrate that thimerosal is dangerous--and they can't--then the burden is on them to justify its replacement.

2. Instead of requiring me to explain why a tiny handful of researchers aren't credible, why don't you instead explain why the overwhelming majority of the peer-reviewed studies on the subject (you know, the ones that find no link between thimerosal and mental impairment) aren't credible.

You are once again employing a favorite tactic of the anti-vax crowd: "prove that my idea doesn't work." It's not up to me to prove that anti-vaxers (or anti-thimerosal cultists) are incorrect; it's up to them to prove that they aren't wrong.