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Study finds no association between autism and vaccination

BMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2095 (Published 03 April 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f2095

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Re: Study finds no association between autism and vaccination

Having graduated in 1958, I had the opportunity to witness the, admittedly rare, but horrifying effects of Measles encephalitis, in-utero rubella, and chicken-pox meningitis, not to mention the devastation of polio epidemics.

The fact that these conditions have all but disappeared in developed countries, render it easy to demonize vaccination.

Competing interests: No competing interests

16 April 2013
Joseph E More
Retired Psychiatrist
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52 Winthrop Street, Waltham, MA