The Earth stands on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and the fault is ours

[paulgiamatti]

"Harris: Just to be clear about the issue of autism: While we acknowledged that all vaccines have some associated risks, an increase in the incidence of autism associated with the MMR vaccine does not appear to be among them. All the research suggests that there is no link between autism and MMR, and yet the fear that there is, born of Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent study, is still burning brightly in affluent, liberal, well-educated communities. This shows how difficult it is to correct for misinformation once it has spread.

Unfortunately, when you confront people with evidence against their cherished beliefs, they often double down on those beliefs. In psychology, this is now referred to as “the backfire effect.” So Wakefield did a lot of harm with that study."

Interesting interview of Dr. Nina L. Shapiro by Sam Harris that sheds light on some important truths about vaccination, and why it is so important: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/t...about-vaccines