When the Federal Vaccine Court ruled earlier this month
against three families who claimed that vaccines had caused their children's
autism, proponents of vaccines rallied, suggesting the discussion was over and
vaccines had "won."
But the debate is far from over. Though those three cases
received all the media attention, the fact is that since 1988, the Vaccine
Court has awarded millions of dollars to 1,322 families whose children suffered
brain damage from vaccines. For many children, that brain damage led to Autism
Spectrum Disorders.
That's what happened to Bailey Banks, now 10 years old.
Bailey attends an autistic school and receives autism services from the state.
His lawyer successfully argued that the MMR vaccine directly caused Bailey's
condition.
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