Junk Science Episode 5: Vaccines

The suggestion that vaccines cause autism is legendary junk science, but it’s not just anti-vaxxers that ignore science.

[DissectingTitanic]

I'm not even going to read these fucking comments, Jesus I can already predict the shit

[TheklaHutyrova]

There are no double blind studies that I could find on the safety and efficacy of vaccines... would you mind sharing your sources on this with me? I really want to believe in vaccines but it’s getting difficult to because I can’t find any proper studies!

[alberthenriette]

Tell this to the 500, 000 kenyan women who are sterile after tetanus shots.

[TheklaHutyrova]

Why aren’t vaccines regulated by the fda? Where are long term safety and efficacy studies?

[kiwisrcool]

Interesting to hear you don't think low vaccination rates have ever put someone in danger. Whooping cough probably not, but what about the measles outbreak at Disneyland? Measles is extremely contagious, and requires much higher vaccination rates than whooping cough in order to be kept at bay. California is not exactly famous for being fully vaccinated, and indeed the first case (considered to have started the epidemic) was an unvaccinated child.

[chrisglover]

I'm asking a question, and I am being honest and not trying to be combative. What sort of truly independent study or research could be done that both sides could agree on that could end this discussion? There has to be an authority that both sides respect that could end this debate.