# Cased Closed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cased-closed/485570>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cased-closed/485570 "2009-02-12T18:37:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cased-closed/485570/1 "2009-02-12T18:37:08Z")

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Vaccines do not cause autism. Story [here](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491526,00.html)

Folks, the evidence is overwhelming. Let’s stop beating this dead horse and focus our efforts on finding the true cause, shall we?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cased-closed/485570/2 "2009-02-12T19:19:55Z")

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Unfortunately, there are too many parents who children have developed symptoms weeks or months after (or even before) being inoculated who have a psychological need to believe the symptoms showed up within minutes of the shot. It’s not going to end until…well, fuck it – you’re dealing with pure willful ignorance now. It’s _not_ going to end.

Further discussion [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505565) (specifics of your link are on Page 2).