In the wake of the controversy that vaccination leads to autism, many parents are left bewildered as to which side of the story they will rely on, because apparently, opinions as regards this issue are divided among two groups; mainstream scientists and the government on one side, and many small and forthright advocacy groups on the other. The claim that vaccines cause autism first came into the news in 1998 when a British medical journal the Lancet published a study, which connected autism of 12 children with the MMR vaccine (Downs 2015). Though the study has been rejected by Continue reading...