The Washington Posted reported today “CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on rejecting vaccines-autism link”. The website now contains a number of false statements linking autism to routine vaccines quoting a 1998 study that has been retracted and proven false. The science and numerous studies do not support these statements, and although Mr. Kennedy testified to the Senate Health Committee and promised Sen. Cassidy, its chairman, that he would not change the language on the CDC website trehat says that autism is not caused by vaccines.
Our practice, along with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Practice and the NY State Department of Health and those of many other states continues to support the use of vaccines to prevent diseases that can severely harm or even kill our children.
At the present time, please refer to the American Academy of Pediatrics and its website, www.healthychildren.org, www.immunize.org, or the Vaccine Education Center of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for reliable information about immunizations.
And of course, Dr. O’Rourke and Dr. Lewis are available to answer your questions.