Six Things That Don't Cause Autism

The internet seems to teem nowadays with wacky claims about links between vaccinations and autism. What do actual doctors have to say about this?

I offer for your consideration the alpha and the omega of medical blogs on this topic: the always excellent Science-Based Medicine, which gives all the details one would ever want to know on the topic, and the differently-excellent Crap-Based Medicine, which cuts right to the chase:

Q: Do vaccines cause autism?

A: No. Total crap. And while we’re at it, here are five more things that don’t cause autism:

1. Pirates

2. iPods

3. Television

4. Gnomes

5. Jesus

It's hard to improve on this masterly summary, but I will add one more item to the list:

6. Radiologists