High School Health teacher says vaccines cause autism

[Anonymous]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30831578

This was in the WSJ and ft. Not sure if mass media wapo or nyt ran it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30831578

This was in the WSJ and ft. Not sure if mass media wapo or nyt ran it.

Yes, it was very much in the news everywhere including multiple pieces in nyt and wapo: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/measles-vaccine-autism.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/05/measles-vaccine-doesnt-cause-autism-says-new-decade-long-study-half-million-people/?utm_term=.1373843821b8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would report it to the principal. Science does have a place in schools

They need a serious reprimand. This isn't okay. It's a public health hazard and has been proven as false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not an issue of free speech. Please report.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I have written to the principal and will see what happens.

In our school, the Health class is taught by gym teachers, and not by science teachers. That makes it more understandable how the teacher might be an anti-vaccine zealot, ignorant of the scientific method. And by saying "understandable", I don't mean forgivable, especially since passing the Health class is a requirement for HS graduation.

Any updates, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I consider myself to be fairly laidback, at least relatively speaking, for the area. We rarely contact teachers or the school about anything, preferring our kid to work things out herself.

BUT, this is the type of thing I'd lose my sh%t over.

Same. I’d raise hell. Dangerous information spreading!

[Anonymous]

Are you sure this is what the teacher actually said? Teens can zone out and maybe he/ she was trying to make a point about what nay-sayers say?