Jenny McCarthy, STFU Now Please?

Jenny McCarthy, who has run around the country telling people not to get their children immunized because she claimed it caused her child to catch the dreaded autism, just found out that her kid never had autism at all. And now she is reversing her position on immunizations too, saying parents should do it, but um… they should be “researched more” or something.

From Hollywoodlife here:

After years of speaking out about her son’s autism — and against childhood immunizations — Jenny McCarthy is reversing her position.
After years of speaking publicly about her belief that MMR shots (immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella) caused her son to suffer from autism, Jenny McCarthy now faces the reality that her 7-year-old son Evan — who no longer shows any signs of autism — may likely have lived with completely different illness.

A new article in Time magazine — which Jenny was interviewed for — suggests Evan suffers from Landau-Kleffner syndrome, “a rare childhood neurological disorder that can also result in speech impairment and possible long-term neurological damage.”

The Center of Disease Control say her claims about immunizations make her “a menace to public health.”

Jenny talks about her son’s progress saying, “Evan couldn’t talk — now he talks. Evan couldn’t make eye contact — now he makes eye contact. Evan was anti-social — now he makes friends. It was amazing to watch.”

And she is also reversing her initial position that the MMR shots caused Evan’s autism. Jenny now says she wants vaccinations better researched — rather than getting rid of them altogether, as she previously promoted.

Know what needs more research? How to get bubble-headed blonds with ailing crotchfruit to STFU and to stop them from inflicting harm on other children.