In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that studies thus far have not revealed any relationship between vaccines and autism. Nevertheless, this doesn't mean that the research should completely stop. I just want to be sure that there will also continue to be significant research and development in the field of vaccinations for the foreseeable future, so that we can one day hope to decrease the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to preventable infections.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Summary of notifiable diseases—United States, 2009." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 58.53 (2011).

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