the empire runs on 'accepted' truths which we're not authorized to question and the vaccine myths certainly fit into that category;

Doctors all know what Grand Rounds is. But whether vaccines cause autism is a topic they refuse to allow anyone to question. That is NOT how science works. No topic should be banned.

It’s baffling to me that most scientists, when put to the task of looking at the evidence on both sides of the autism debate, cannot figure out which side is telling the truth.

This is not rocket science.

You simply take the strongest data from both sides and you examine it carefully in order to determine whether it is all consistent with hypothesis A or B (B in our case is “not A”).

You then declare which is more likely.

If new data emerges later causing the balance of data to flip, you flip the call at that point.

Only if the data is exactly even could you say “we are split.”

That is how science works.

These debates are done verbally all the time in Grand Rounds and in Morning Report where doctors challenge doctors orally in real-time.

Today, the only possible way anyone can say that “vaccines don’t cause autism” is if they completely ignore the data showing it does...........more........