The Gentle Joys of Vaccination? By Mrs Vera West

     As the mainstream media tells us, those critical of vaccinations are all tin foil hat cranks. But, really?
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-06-14-new-study-proves-the-undeniable-connection-between-vaccination-and-autism-rates.html

“How much longer can those who profit from vaccines deny the connection between autism rates and vaccination? With incriminating evidence like the latest report from the Public Health Agency of Canada, their damage control experts will certainly have their work cut out for them. The agency is about to release its first national autism-related data since 2016, and it shows a steady rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in the years since 2003. The rates varied by location, with areas like Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Newfound and Labrador having the highest prevalence. The story becomes a lot more interesting, however, when you compare the data in the report, which was taken from the Canadian National Autism Spectrum Surveillance System, with the Public Health Agency’s vaccine coverage data, which is broken down by province and vaccine type. It shows that autism prevalence is the greatest where the vaccine rates happen to be the highest. Surprised?

Let’s revisit the provinces with the highest autism rates. In Newfoundland and Labrador, where a 227-percent rise in ASD prevalence was noted from 2003 to 2009, one out of every 57 children has a confirmed ASD diagnosis, compared to the national average of one out of every 66. Vaccine coverage rates there for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus are 84.5, 84.2, and 83.9 percent respectively. It’s a similar story in Prince Edward Island, where one out of every 59 kids has ASD and prevalence climbed by 254 percent from 2003 to 2015. There, the vaccine coverage rates for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus were 75.8, 74.7, and 74.3 percent respectively. In Quebec, meanwhile, cases increased by 349 percent in the same time period, and one out of every 65 children has ASD. The vaccine coverage rates there for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus were 79.3, 79.5, and 79.3 percent respectively.”

     Certainly, correlation does not prove causation, but it is a necessary condition for it, and further evidence could well go to established the causation link. It is just the first step, but one which is highly plausible, and suggestive, at that.