Reactionary believers on both sides of the vaccine debate will not yield good, scientific knowledge. What science can tell us is that what we know about vaccines doesn't yield scientific evidence at this time to support the conclusion that vaccines are the cause of autism or other illnesses.

Science does not have the ability to explain the correlation seen in limited statistical data that some believe shows a link.

Science is not a belief. Good science is an evolutionary, progressive process based on cumulative knowledge and rigorous research. We simply don't know what we don't know until we do know something that reveals our previous state of ignorance.

What science does know is that eating animal protein & fat increases the level of the MFO enzyme in our liver, which results in the release rogue DNA from the cellular structures of bad bacteria, viruses and fungi. This DNA may be able to pair with our own cells, or it may cause an autoimmune response. The link between increased MFO from eating animal protein & fat and developing certain cancers has been proven; other links are being researched.

What science also knows is that eating processed sugars together with animal protein & fats increases the incidence of insulin intolerance and autoimmune responses in your body (Type 2 Diabetes), your developing fetus (Type 1 Diabetes), and in your and your child's brain (possibly linked to several brain-related disorders, but definitive link is still being researched).

Though science may be sadly behind in its research of the cause and effects between a mother's health and nutrition and the development of negative health effects in the fetus, common sense tells us we should look closer at these factors for possible links.

What we do know is that anti-vaccine believers are definitely increasing the risk of their child becoming both the victim and vector of diseases that vaccines would have prevented.

Belief may suffice as a pacifier for our inability to accept what we cannot know, but belief should never suffice as a saccharin substitute for the knowledge that is available to those willing to seek it.