"I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?"

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Source: In the Vaccine-Autism Debate, What Can Parents Believe? by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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Jenny McCarthy

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Jenny McCarthy is an actress and activist known for her work in autism advocacy and her candid discussions on parenting.

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