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October 03, 2008: Survey Confirms Parents’ Fears, Confusion Over Autism
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The first national survey of attitudes toward autism reveals that a small but significant percentage of people still believe the disease is caused by childhood vaccines. The survey of 1000 randomly selected adults was conducted for the Florida Institute of Technology.  Nearly one in four (24 percent) said that because vaccines may cause autism it was safer not to have children vaccinated at all. Another 19 percent were not sure. This at a time when the Centers for Disease Control reports that autism affects one in 150 children born in the United States.  Scientists say there is no evidence linking vaccines and autism, but the lingering fear is leading...

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