Mark Geier is absolutely right 'there is no scientific issue here' it is simple arithmetic. In the UK we cannot find any unvaccinated autistic people after more than four years spent searching for them. Many thousands of parents and professionals have read our articles, letters in the press, heard our broadcasts and yet only a handful of claims come forward that someone knows an autistic individual who has not been vaccinated. Even doctors fail to make good these claims and most parents admit they meant their child had not had the MMR but had had loads of other things including up to five mercury containing shots.
Unlike the USA many parents in Britain opt to forego vaccines for their children, perhaps as many as four million individuals are not vaccinated here. Why aren't any of these autistic? And if there are other causes of autism how come those groups also fit fairly and squarely into the 85% of the population who get vaccinated?
Tony Bateson
The MMR Research Trust
PO Box 758 Cheltenham GL50 3AP UK