Sowell is absolutely correct. The suggestion that the vaccine caused autism was wrong. Inoculations helped us rid the world of many illnesses that took our children and filled our cemeteries with babies. Diphtheria, Typhus, Pertussis, Polio. And many more. Get your children vaccinated.
You’ve got a non-sequitor there. The fact that vaccines prevent many diseases does not lead to a conclusion that they don’t cause autism.
There is a big difference between Diphtheria, Typhus, Pertussis, Polio and measles mumps and rubella and chicken pox.
This drama over these mild children’s illnesses is an embarrassment and certainly not worth the attention paid to them.
My wife and I visit a lot of old cemeteries here in central KY. It is shocking how many infant graves there are from the 1800s and early 20th century. In some cases, six or seven kids in a ten year period to the SAME PARENTS and, finally, the parents graves decades later.
You see a LOT of it in every cemetery.
Or stop letting the diseased illegals in the country.
The 'T' in 'DPT' vaccines isn't Typhus, it's Tetanus, aka lockjaw. Not contagious but the bacteria is widespread in soil hence need for earlier booster shots after trauma. Typhus is serious and has a vaccine, but hopefully few of us will need it.
On a more important point for this thread it should be mentioned that Dr. Sowell has a very personal, long standing, interest in autism, and its correct… and incorrect, diagnosis. His son started talking quite late. The family had many 'experts' tell them he had autism or mental retardation. However there are some children who are slow to start talking and have unusual early behavior, but have normal or high intelligence. They are difficult to sort out until they talk. IIRC his son is now fine and is an engineer. Hence his references to "late talking children" in the article. He was looking up everything he could find on autism long before most of us ever heard of it. He's also old enough to remember the diseases prior to their vaccines. I'm glad to see him write this now.