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Our book mentions a very controversial debate regarding whether or not the surge in incidence of autism in the past decade is being caused by childhood immunizations. The "Five Before Five" Campaign supporting and educating parents about childhood boosters and innoculations is in full swing across the nation, and children can't even start school without the required immunizations. Here inlies the problem. Despite new and conclusive research, many people are still under the belief that it is these very immunizations that are causing autims in children and they present examples of a completely "normal" child who, days or a couple of weeks after an immunization were severly changed, later to be diagnosed with autism. The other side of the argument and its supporters say that this is just not the case and that there is no research or data to support these claims.

Do a bit of research into this debate, reading information provided by both sides of the debate and write a one page, double spaced opinion paper. Present the information that you found, but take a stand and see if you can weigh in on one side or the other and present an argument for one side or the other. Try not to argue for both sides. Be sure to present your opinion along with the information. This is a critique more than a summary.

Please attach the Word document with your response. This assignment is worth 100 points