Re: And there's even more!
"Good points, decreased infant mortality is a trend that can be seen in many countries where the standard of health care, in particular anti, and post natal care, has been improved."
That "trend" you speak of does not take many variables into account. Therefore according to your stance on the Scientific method, what you state is a weak correlation.
"There are many factors that can influence the rate of infant mortality, for instance, there are correlations between the infant mortality rates and the level of political stability of a country. Infant mortality rates are higher in countries that are in a state of war, or are recovering from being in a state of war. Does this mean war causes infant mortality directly, (in some cases yes), but more generally it causes a destruction of infrastructure, and limits the availability of healthcare."
It also causes unmeasurable psychological impact on society.
And there is more. The term health care doesn't take into account those that take care of their health through nutrition. So really that whole statement is unscientific and dishonest.
"As you have pointed out, the rates of infant mortality have decreased over the years, and the greatest rate of decrease has been in countries where
vaccination is taking place. To claim that
vaccinations are the cause of the infant mortality rate decrease, is tenuous, as again the variables are many, and to draw a direct link would be weak science, even though there is a correlation. This is what the study that the OP presented seeks to do, show causation where none exists."
As the people that did the study know "Correlation does not imply causation" And the claim was not made by the gentlemen that did the study....they reviewed mainstream data, and that was what they found. Should they have hidden their results?
"I expect you will see a number of personal insults from those that disagree with your points, as this seems to be the trend when they can supply no data to counter your points."
Ironic isn't it that you have provided no data to the contrary. And now you are trying to preemptively make an unscientific statement regarding others on this forum.
Correlation does not imply causation.