Back in April, though sadly not on the 1st, we noted that both candidates for US President had made noises that could give support to the ‘vaccines cause autism’ crowd.

So it’s pleasing to see that at least one of them has taken a step back towards science.

From the Respectful Insolence blog:

It appears that Barack Obama has ticked off the antivaccine contingent. … Apparently, he’s gone a long way towards redeeming himself for his previous gaffe when it came to vaccines and autism, and the antivaccine zealots over at Age of Autism are all in a tizzy over it:

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I just wonder who his medical advisors are; clearly they’ve educated him about his past missteps with regard to the messages of antivaccine fearmongering with which the AoA and Generation Rescue crew have been bombarding the Presidential candidates.

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