In other words, any relationship between vaccinations to autism is almost certainly coincidental, not causal. Still, facts do not deter quacks or fanatics and the parents they dupe. School boards across the country this fall were again pressured to admit unvaccinated students. That would be a disservice not only to these kids, who would be vulnerable to a host of diseases, but to their classmates whose shots didn't take or who were excused from vaccinations for medical or religious reasons. School boards and wavering legislators should stand fast.
Vaccines are one of medicine's proudest achievements, and they have stood the test of time.
Leon Jaroff, for Time Magazine , October 2, 2000.