A popular claim going against the safety of vaccinations is that, “Vaccinations cause autism.” Since the general increase of children being diagnosed with autism coincides with the rising use of the Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine (MMR), it is understandable how some would make this claim. Although the correlation between the two may be apparent to some, studies done cannot find enough evidence proving that the vaccination is at fault for autism (Madsen, M.D. 2002). In 1998 a study led by Andrew Wakefield suggested that there was evidence that the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine (MMR) had a direct correlation with Autism. This caused a drop in the number of children getting the vaccinations because parents feared that their own children
