I have family members with ASD dx’es, and do not attribute this to vaccines or mercury. Although it is possible that some autistic children have experienced vaccine reactions, I strongly doubt that this is the case for the majority of autistic children, or for the majority of those autistic children whose parents have been persuaded to file a VICP claim.
I have written extensively about this subject under my own name. At the same time, I respect the right of others to express their opinions anonymously. By choosing anonymity, Dr. Manhattan allows his opinions and arguments to be evaluated on their own merits. He protects his own and his family’s privacy. He avoids receiving hostile emails and invasive telephone calls from vaccine-causation proponents determined to vent some spleen and/or “educate” him. It happens; I’ve been there.
IMHO, McCain stuck his foot in his mouth because he temporarily confused the interests of a well-organized, assertive group of litigants with the interests of disabled citizens.
