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Article: When autism is made too easy.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2008
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Byline: Malcolm A. Kline, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When television personality Jenny McCarthy hits the talk-show circuit promoting the theory that autism is caused by vaccines, she does so with more perceived credibility than the average starlet of the month flogging the cause du jour. Ms. McCarthy draws on her own experience as a parent of a boy diagnosed with autism.
Additionally, she is coming to the same conclusion as an array of politicians on both the left and right. Nevertheless, studies of the suspected link between autism and vaccinations prove that all of these celebrities are wrong.
Vaccines have been blamed for many diseases for which there is no ...