Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon (as he is fond of reminding us), and Dr. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist, both said in the September candidate debate that there was no association between vaccines and autism. Unfortunately, both of them then went on to say that doctors may be giving too many vaccines in too short a time.
There are reasons why the American Academy of Pediatrics has set up a schedule of vaccines. The longer a vaccine is delayed, the longer the period of time a child is susceptible to diseases like measles and whooping cough.
On the other hand, at least Carson and Paul refuted the completely discredited idea that vaccines cause autism. Trump, with his usual idiocy, claimed that vaccines do cause autism, thereby continuing to spread a false rumor that has the potential to kill children if parents believe his stupidity.
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