“May be a goof politically (as so many are) OTOH she has an autistic child and has a foundation to try and help others with autism.”
And she firmly believes her child is autistic because of vaccinations he received as an infant.
That claim has since been widely refuted.
“That work has been retracted and disclaimed,” says McMillan. Time and time again, in many studies all over the world, the theory has been proven untrue.
Julia A. McMillan, MD, director of the pediatric residency program at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore.
According to McMillan, there have been studies showing that methyl mercury, found in nature and even in many fish that we eat, can have harmful side effects resulting in intellectual and mental health problems — but not autism. However, some doctors and researchers drew the conclusion that the different type of mercury in childhood vaccines must also cause a similar side effect and may result in autism. McMillan reiterates, “There’s not good science to show that there’s any relationship.”
Numerous studies conducted across the globe have tracked autism statistics both before and after the removal of thimerosal from childhood vaccines. The results show that there was no decrease in cases of autism after the vaccines were changed.
[have a medical friend who has nothing good to say about the McCarthy info book on the subject, also blames Oprah for other pseudo-medical and her experts wth info to women]
Children not having vaccinations, because of fear, caused old diseases to re-appear again.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/autism/vaccines-autism.aspx