Peds call on ABC to pull show linking autism to vaccines

Three days before the premiere of a TV drama about a lawyer who wins a multi-million dollar verdict for a boy whose autism was allegedly caused by a mercury-containing vaccine,  the American Academy of Pediatrics called on ABC to cancel the show.  The AAP called the drama—set to air on Thursday, January 31—dangerous and irresponsible, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Monday. Noting that the show could discourage childhood immunizations, the academy urged ABC to at least make it clear that there is no scientific evidence of an autism-vaccine link. continues…

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