Profound mental disorders

Elizabeth Warren takes on Rand Paul's 'profound mental disorders'

“Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause autism?”

by Laura ClawsonFollow

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not having any of your anti-vaxxer nonsense, or any of Sen. Rand Paul's anti-vaxxer nonsense either. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on vaccinations, Warren had some questions for the director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC:

“Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause ‘profound mental disorders’?” 

“Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines have contributed to the rise in allergies or auto-immune disorders among kids?” 

“Are there additives or preservatives in vaccines that can be toxic to kids?” 

“Is there any scientific evidence that giving kids their vaccines further apart or spacing them differently is healthier for kids?” 

“Is there any scientific evidence that kids can develop immunity to these diseases on their own, simply by eating nutritious foods or being active?”

(Answer key: No, no, no, no, no, and no.)

Important questions, but one stood out: "Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause ‘profound mental disorders’?"

Rand Paul last week: "I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines."

Game, set, and match go to the Massachusetts Democrat refusing to be drafted for president over the Kentucky Republican trying to rig the system to run for president without losing his Senate seat.