Vaccines don’t cause autism and yet a connection between the two seems to have become deeply lodged in the public consciousness. Some believe in a vaccine-autism link with something akin to religious faith, or fervor, to the point that, no matter how often one cites scientific studies refuting, such a link, some are not, will never be, convinced. Some say that parents should have the right to choose to vaccinate or not; meanwhile, measles has been on the rise this year with some 131 cases so far reported, This focus on vaccines has come to preoccupy discussions about autism, over …read more