(as reported by Paul A. Offit)
Right before his MMR shot, I said to the doctor, “I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn’t it?” And he said, “No, that’s ridiculous. It is a mother’s desperate attempt to blame something,” and he swore at me, and then the nurse gave [Evan, quotee’s son] the shot. And I remember going, “Oh, God, I hope he’s right.” And soon thereafter — boom — the soul’s gone from his eyes.
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...so you know more than that doctor, Jenniepoos?!
Do you realise what it takes to gain the letters 'Ph.D' after your name: to say nothing of 'M.D.' Have you been to school , never mind university...?!
If your answer is the only one possible, you know what you'll be admitting.
While I can respect the medical opinions of someone who’s been nominated for five Razzies and won twice, I think I’ll wait until the science comes in on vaccines.
Oh, it did? And they don’t cause autism? D’aaaaw, sorry Jens, looks like I’ll have to start getting my medical information from some other Playboy playmate. Maybe Pam Anderson, I hear she’s a hell of a lot smarter than one would think of an impromptu pornstar with a baffling predilection for rockstars.
And soon thereafter — boom — the soul’s gone from his eyes.
Wow. Before, I thought you were just misguided and misinformed. Now…
Your son isn’t “perfect” anymore, which means he doesn’t have a soul?!? As though having a disability means he’s less than human?!?
This isn’t just misguided and misinformed…it’s monstrous.
Your son isn’t the one who who’s “soul’s gone.” That would be you, Ms. McCarthy.
@Mailingspann
Eeyup; It has all the halmarks: The swearing jerkass doctor (a doctor’s not going to curse her out), the kid’s “lights going out” as soon as the needle hits the arm, etc.
Also; Considering the conspiracy, WHAT WOULD ANY REPTILIAN EVIL OVERLORD HAVE TO GAIN FROM TURNING FOLKS AUTISTIC?
Why, why, WHY are so many people so utterly convinced that vaccinations cause autism, despite the fact that there is no proof whatsoever and it doesn’t even make one iota of sense!?
As SpukiKitty said: what would anyone have to gain from turning children autistic? Especially since autism isn’t even guaranteed to be a bad thing; a large group (such as myself) are “high-functional”, which means they get a lot of benefits from autism, ya dumbasses! And most of the downsides can either be compensated for via experience, or by having neurotypical people learn what autism actually is.
Seriously, Jenny McCarthy is living proof that lack of any IQ in no way can be compensated by good looks.
Considering who his mother is, is there any surprise the kid’s “lights went out”? I’d be floored to find out he had any lights on to begin with. But thanks Jenny, thanks for proving to the world just what a dimwit you are. Again. And probably a terrible mother. Stick to taking your clothes off, Pamela Anderson 2.0
I remember my first vaccination shot. It was traumatic because I was almost 3 and had barely any idea what was going on. I would not be surprised if the light had temporarily gone from my eyes. I’m not autistic.
Even if, you know, there were even the slightest merit to the idea of vaccines cause autism, changes in personality and/or mental capability don’t happen *that* fast in real life, unless you get stabbed directly in the brain.
Hay, hey, Jenny, how many kids died from preventable diseases today because of you?
No, that’s ridiculous. It is a mother’s desperate attempt to blame something
Are you more qualified about medecine than him thank to the “University of Google”?
the soul’s gone from his eyes. DIE IN A FIRE!
@Bastethotep
Now that you mention it, I didn’t even stop to consider the implications of that statement; she’s actually, literally saying autistic people have no soul… Jenny’s not just stupid and ignorant, she’s an outright c*nt!
There are few things in this world that are more tried and tested and checked and double checked, than the claimed connection between MMR and autism, nitwit. Wakefield wanted to destroy the reputation for the combination MMR as he was planning his own separate Measles vaccine, and he was more interested in Irritable Bowel Syndrome than autism.
The child is more likely to have another disorder; Landau–Kleffner syndrome, often misdiagnosed as autism (according to Wikipedia). But she refuses to acknowledge that he was misdiagnosed.
Jeffrey Kluger, senior writer at Time, has criticized McCarthy several times. In an open letter article referring to their past conflicts, he chided her and did not accept her denials:
Jenny, as outbreaks of measles, mumps and whooping cough continue to appear in the U.S.—most the result of parents refusing to vaccinate their children because of the scare stories passed around by anti-vaxxers like you—it's just too late to play cute with the things you've said. You are either floridly, loudly, uninformedly antivaccine or you are the most grievously misunderstood celebrity of the modern era. Science almost always prefers the simple answer, because that's the one that's usually correct. Your quote trail is far too long—and you have been far too wrong—for the truth not to be obvious.
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