Don’t buy autism hoax

Born in 1945, I lived through the greatest American polio outbreak: Over 57,000 cases occurred in 1952. Two kids on my block got polio. When the first polio vaccine became available (1955), my parents got me vaccinated. Polio ceased to be a disease in this country because of vaccinations.

I had measles as a child. The large red blotches that covered my body were like having an alien force inside me. Prior to vaccination, virtually all American children got measles.

My son, born in 1985, is autistic. He was vaccinated as a baby. When I heard of the potential link between autism and vaccination, I searched for information about this. It didn’t take long to see that there was no credible evidence that linked the two.

The germ theory of disease was substantiated by Louis Pasteur in the 19th century. Rabies, like measles, is a viral disease. Louis Pasteur successfully used a rabies vaccine in humans. This started a medical revolution that tamed diseases that had plagued humans for millennia.

I get flu shots, although they are not perfect. The people who are flogging the autism-vaccination connection are making money out of their fantastic hoax. Don’t get fooled again.

David Webb

Spokane