Read up on the fraudulent research of ex-Dr. Andrew Wakefield.
There is no as in zero, none, zilch, nada evidence that vaccines is in any way related to autism.
The reason why people still believe in a connection (apart from Wakefield's fraud) is that often when an infant gets the first shot this is about at the time when the first autism symptoms show.
I'm not claiming that there are never bad side effects of vaccines (very rare) but autism is most certainly not one of them.
If nothing else, Wakefield has been a great example of the cost of scientific fraud. As a science major, I've had Wakefield drilled into me; befrauding a paper for money/fame/whatever leads to public opinion preventing herd immunity many years down the line, and indirectly, loss of lives. It's unbelievable.
There is no as in zero, none, zilch, nada evidence that vaccines is in any way related to autism.
The reason why people still believe in a connection (apart from Wakefield's fraud) is that often when an infant gets the first shot this is about at the time when the first autism symptoms show.
I'm not claiming that there are never bad side effects of vaccines (very rare) but autism is most certainly not one of them.