Pitt expert goes public to counter fallacy on autism

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Read the article here.

The centerpiece of the article, IMO:

One reason that the vaccine theory won't go away, she said, is the painful coincidence that most symptoms of autism show up in the second year of life, at 18 months on average, and that corresponds with the time many vaccinations are given.

When that happens, she said, "you want to blame something. Something horrible has happened to your child, and it did seem to start around that time, so for some people who aren't logical and who are affected, it's understandable that they would blame vaccinations.

"But when it gets to the point that people are seeing conspiracies at the Centers for Disease Control and they're accusing all these scientists and experts of conspiracy ... that's wrong."

The article is a little too kind to the new ABC series Eli Stone, but the meat of the article really hits the nail on the head.