Ben Carson: There Has Not Been A "Demonstrated" Link Between Vaccinations And Autism

The issue of whether parents should be required to vaccinate their children (and whether vaccinations can cause autism) has been a national political issue all year.

During the Republican debate, Ben Carson was asked whether Donald Trump should stop saying that vaccines can cause autism.

"There have been numerous studies," Carson responded, "and they have not demonstrated that there is any correlation between vaccinations and autism."

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There have been numerous studies and they have not demonstrated that there is any correlation between vaccinations and autism. This is something that was spread widely 15 or 20 years ago, and it has not been adequately revealed to the public what's actually going on. Vaccines are very important — certain ones, the ones that would prevent death or crippling. There are others, there are a multitude of vaccines, which probably don't fit in that category, and there should be some discretion in those cases.
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