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Vaccinations and Autism

There is no link. And there never was:

THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patients’ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition.

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Imaginary Reunion Concerts

The AV Club asks itself which band (assuming all members are still alive) would you like to see reunited for a concert.

My top pick, which was also chosen by a couple of the AV Club people, has to be the Talking Heads. I missed them when they were together because I was too young. It's been a while, but I bet they can still bring it.

A few years ago, I might have said The Police, but then they did reunite and I made no effort at all to go see them. I'd still love to see The Pixies since I couldn't get around to seeing them when they reunited a couple of years back. I'd like to see the full Fleetwood Mac lineup too; they've been touring without Christine McVie for a few years now, which means they don't play like 1/3 of their best songs.

Other than that... all the bands I like who aren't together I've either already seen or the dead member exception rules them out (Beatles - obvs, Zeppelin, Pretenders, Miles Davis circa 58/59, original Floyd lineup, etc.).

How Brave Are You?

Do you have a Windows computer?

Would you press Shift + Alt + right_arrow if someone on a blog told you to?

Update: OK, so for a lot of people this does nothing. Try it! :)