(Sen. Rand Paul) dumped gasoline on the fire of incendiary speculation by seeming to endorse the persistent though wholly discredited belief among some parents that vaccines are linked to autism.
“I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines,” Mr. Paul opined.
A candidate hasn’t come out with comments that bizarre since GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann in 2011 suggested after a debate that the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer might be linked to mental retardation and “puts little children’s lives at risk.”
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Dr. Paul and vaccinations
An editorial in today's Courier-Journal:
