People reference studies in defense of their opinion after reading nothing more than their title

When presented with a list of pubmed articles and studies proving something you know to be false, don't panic. The seemingly insurmountable collection of links may be disheartening, but if you arrived to your opinion through careful consideration then they are not as daunting as they appear.

the following is an excerpt from a facebook exchange regarding "studies that show vaccines to be safe"

If you have a different interpretation of any of the material linked above please provide your perspective so that I might become aware of any misunderstandings of mine. 

Andrews, N., Miller, E., Grant, A., Stowe, J., Osborn, V., & Taylor, B. (2004). Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: a retrospective cohort study in the United Kingdom does not support a causal association. Pediatrics, 114, 584-591.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15342825 ;

This is a study that shows increasing levels of thimerasol in vaccines does not increase incidence of developmental disorders in people receiving the respective vaccines. I.E more thimerosal in a vaccine does not mean more cases of ASD.

Andrews, N., Miller, E., Taylor, B., Lingam, R., Simmons, A., Stowe, J., Waight, P. Recall bias, MMR and autism. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Dec 2002; 87(6): 493–494.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../PMC175.../pdf/v087p00493.pdf ;

This is a study, showing that parents are more likely to report a reaction to vaccines following Wakefield's autism scare (expected).

Baird, G., Pickles, A., Simonoff, E., Charman, T., Sullivan, P., Chandler, S., Loucas, T., Meldrum, D., Afzal, M., Thomas, B., Jin, L., Brown, D. Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2008 Oct;93(10):832-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.2007.122937. Epub 2008 Feb 5.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252754 ;

This is a study showing that cases of ASD are not shown to have raised anti-body activity related to the measles antigen. (I'd like to remind anyone reading that "anti-vaccine" rhetoric alleges that is the mechanical process of vaccination doing damage and not the quality or variety of ingredients in the vaccine used). This study would be relevant if we were debating that measles are a precursor to ASD.

Berger, BE., Navar-Boggan, AM., Omer, SB. Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination--United States, 2001-2010. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 19;11:340. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-340.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21592401 ;

This is a study that highlights the association between rubella infections in pregnant mothers and increased incidence ASD. It does not speak to the safety of vaccines themselves but to the reduced incidence of ASD when a baby is born under healthier conditions. Authors here make a stretch by saying that autism is prevented by inference of the rubella vaccine.

Black, C., Kaye, JA. Relation of childhood gastrointestinal disorders to autism: nested case-control study using data from the UK General Practice Research Database. British Medical Journal. 2002; 325(7361):419-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7361.419 ;

This is a study showing that there is no link between gastro-intestinal disorders and ASD. If there is any relation to vaccines here it is in that vaccines cause gastro-intestinal disorders which is conjecture.

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Bower, H. New research demolishes link between MMR vaccine and autism. British Medical Journal. 1999. Jun 19;318(7199):1643.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116011/" ;

This is an article that does not link to the studies referenced and omits consideration of methodology behind the process of standardized ASD diagnosis, which only happens at a particular age. Comparing the age where children's developmental markers are considered for diagnosis of ASD, to when children received their MMR vaccine(variable) actually tells us nothing (which the article describes as a lack of causation) - it would be helpful to see the 2 studies referenced.

Chen, W., Landau, S., Sham, P., & Fombonne, E. (2004). No evidence for links between autism, MMR and measles virus. Psychological Medicine, 34(3), 543-553.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15259839 ;

This is a study showing that exposure to various forms of the MMR vaccine does not increase or decrease incidence of ASD - again this is not about the mechanical process of vaccination but about the relationship between virology and ASD.

Christie, B. Scottish expert group finds no link between MMR and autism. British Medical Journal, 2002. May 11;324(7346):1118.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1172158/ ;

This is an article that references work done by an expert review panel in Scotland that actually said the following ; 
" The group's chairman, Graham Forbes, said it was not possible to definitely exclude a link between MMR and autism, because "you can't prove a negative." "

They are concerned that switching back to a single immunization per vaccine schedule (M,M,R over time instead of MMR) would make it more likely that toddlers do not complete the schedule and therefore advised we stick to the schedule as it is and then actually advised there be more funding for researching a potential relationship between vaccination, IBS and ASD.Clements, CJ., McIntyre, PB. When science is not enough – a risk/benefit profile of thiomersal-containing vaccines. Expert Drug Opinion Safety. 2006. Jan;5(1):17-29.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16370953 ;

I need a subscription to access this article, it weighs the risk/benefits of excluding thimersol as an adjuvent when its availability is what makes providing vaccines to third world countries possible, again this is focus not on the mechanical process of vaccination and it's potentially detrimental effects but more about the ingredient thimerosol.