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would be one with at least some evidence behind it.

There are two problems with the evidence Anon cites. First, it talks mostly about the concerns about thimerosal. Fred mentioned that this theory has been debunked, but didn't give the evidence. Thimerosal has been eliminated from vaccines in Europe and is mostly eliminated in the US. Yet autism diagnoses are still on the rise. So much for that idea.

Second, the article has a single quote from the Simpsonwood transcript. The speaker seems to be concerned that, although the evidence presented at the meeting is that vaccines are pretty safe, some people (like anonymous) will take the mere existence of the meeting and of the research as proof that vaccines are not safe.

I did skim a dozen pages of the transcript (there's a link from Anon's article), but I got bored. If somebody can find a more damaging quote, I'd be happy to read it.

In any case, the point of my post was not to argue about whether vaccines cause autism. The point is that *even if they do,* it's a good trade.

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