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National post does a great post against these nuts...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05...4-th-vaccines/

An actor, former Playboy model and now ex-partner of Canadian-born actor Jim Carrey, Ms. McCarthy is arguably the most vocal face of the anti-vaccination lobby. Blaming her son’s autism on vaccines, since 2007 she has repackaged Mr. Wakefield’s claims into a series of influential books and talk show appearances.

Yet, as the Centre for Inquiry’s opponents go, the anti-vaccine movement is among the least structured, with no centralized body and few visible spokespeople.

No organized resistance seems to have arisen to oppose the likes of Ottawa Public Health. The children of hardcore vaccine holdouts can return to school after a 20-day suspension, on the condition that they will be immediately sent home in the case of an epidemic.

According to the Centre for Inquiry’s executive director, Michael Payton, the movement’s scattered nature makes it more dangerous than ever. Instead of fighting against coordinated public campaigns, pro-vaccinations must do battle against a faceless network of blogs and social media posts.

“I would be very glad to say that the anti-vaccination movement is dead and buried, but I really don’t think it is,” he said. “It will continue to have a very different sort of presence that is much more difficult to combat because it is so disorganized.”

Last week, researchers at the University of Guelph announced that they had discovered a vaccine to combat Clostridium bolteae, a gut bug that causes painful gastrointestinal issues — and is particularly prominent in sufferers of autism.

Asked about the wonderful irony of an autism-fighting vaccine, Guelph Professor Mario Monteiro replied in a Friday email to the Post, “our sole aim is to improve the quality of life of autistic patients through the design of well defined vaccines.”

“Any non-science aspects of this issue are not on our scientific mission radar.”