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i think its not always good

Submitted by hope on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 10:04pm.

i think its not always good to place the opinions of doctors or accepted science over personal observation. it makes sense to me that parents noticing the onset of autism in a kid shortly after a vaccine would attribute the illness to the vaccine.  we talk about parents being too guided by emotion or fear, but its worth considering that doctors are also subject to emotion and fear. maybe they are are afraid of an outbreak or just insulted by or dismissive of anyone who doubts or questions them. and honestly no doctor is going to care as much whether a kid gets autism as the kid's parents will. so it makes sense to me for parents, and people in general, to question their doctors.

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