Nancy Snyderman Stands Up For Science: Vaccines Do NOT Cause Autism

This news from Gary Schwitzer’s excellent blog:

Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News appeared on the Today Show with Matt Lauer last week, profiling a physician-author who has written that the best science does not establish a causal link between childhood vaccines and autism. Matt & Nancy.png

Lauer, in a followup question, mis-spoke and called it a “casual” link – not causal. One wonders whether he truly knows what the words mean.

Snyderman talked about how the physician-author, Dr. Paul Offit (author of “Autism’s False Prophets”), has received death threats. Snyderman herself said she had been physically ambushed by those who contend that vaccines cause autism.

As Snyderman was wrapping up the segment, Lauer said – in typical anchor throwaway language:
“Controversial subject …”

Snyderman immediately shot back, “Not controversial subject , Matt. …It’s time for kids to get vaccinated. The science is the science. It’s not controversial.”

You can see the video here or here.

Kudos to Snyderman for educating her big-bucks anchor colleague live on-the-air.

For a full review of Offit’s book, please check out this link.


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