Jenny McCarthy changes her mind?

Those of you who follow this blog and read my books know that I have never supported Jenny McCarthy's claims that her son developed autism from vaccines. Despite the overwhelming lack of scientific evidence, her "mission" to improve public awareness and draw attention to herself has been a pretty successful campaign. More parents are freaked about vaccines (and have decided to risk leaving their child unprotected) and Jenny has just taped a pilot for a new talk show with Oprah. Congratulations, Jenny.
But after years of this little campaign, has Ms. McCarthy suddenly changed her mind? (Perhaps the international flogging of the MMR Theory's creator or her new public image as talk show host was the inspiration?)

An article this week in Time Magazine inferred that her son, Evan, may have a different neurologic disorder (Landau-Kleffner syndrome)—NOT autism. 

Take a look here for a summary piece in Hollywood Life. Their article claims, "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."

If this is true, her kid never had autism at all and she's suddenly changed her mind about vaccines. Ok. The only problem is, there's a lot of blood on her hands. I'd like her give a public apology or have her volunteer for a public service campaign on vaccines with the CDC. It won't take back all the damage she has done, but it would at least it would show that she had some acknowledgment of personal responsibility. But,what am I thinking? She's a celebrity. She has no personal responsibility.

I hope that parents realize this woman should have never been trusted as a health expert in the first place or going forward. And, I feel for the parents who did believe her, skipped shots, and now regret that decision because their child suffered or died from a preventable infection.

Today is a new beginning...the post-McCarthyism era.