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the rise of autism, a lot of this is based on bad science, suggesting there could have been a link. there s also the fear. there has been a sharp rise in autism and we don t know why. in the absence of that knowledge, people insert and desperately hunt for explanations. i agree uncertainty is an issue but there have been studies that show autism is not linked to vaccines. in terms of what you were talking about, both are related. people see these things on the internet about the link and become more skeptical about the medical community. one of the people who actually kind of contributed to that rumor, one of the key players in the whole anti-vaccine debate is somebody who said there was a link there and that was a physician. that might make people wonder, if he was wrong, misrepresenting the truth, why should we believe the other physicians? maybe they don t know either. i think it s a great thing that people actually do look at the internet to find out more information but we can t