Jenny McCarthy Vaccines Statements Get More Backlash; Ontario Health Minister Calls Jenny McCarthy Vaccine View `Irresponsible,’ But McCarthy Says She Is Not `Anti-Vaccine’

Jenny McCarthy's vaccines statements have been landing her in a lot of hot water. Whenever McCarthy tries to explain her position she gets more backlash. There is no vaccine for that.

Jenny McCarthy tried again to clarify that she's not anti-vaccinations on "The View" last week. McCarthy  insists her anti-vaccine stance has been misconstrued. McCarthy says she is concerned about children getting multiple vaccination shots in one doctor's visit. McCarthy an 11-year-old son, Evan, who was diagnosed with autism in 2005.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews told media outlets that it is "outrageously irresponsible" for celebrities like Jenny McCarthy to encourage parents not to immunize children against potentially deadly diseases.

According to published reports, McCarthy, who is currently the co-host of the talk show "The View," based her belief that vaccines can cause autism in children like her son on a research paper that has since been denounced as fraudulent.

"The science is very clear," said Matthews. "The study she's referred to has been discredited many times. There is absolutely no truth in that argument."

"The View" co-host Jenny McCarthy has gotten a reputation in the press for espousing strong anti-vaccination views. She says this is not accurate. McCarthy she insisted on GMA Wednesday morning that she has never been anti-vaccine.

Jenny McCarthy cleared the air on "Good Morning America" saying "Everyone should ask questions, but I'm certainly not against them."

Shortly after McCarthy's appearance, Fox's Megyn Kelly told Dana Loesch that it was "shocking" to hear McCarthy talk about being "pro-vaccine" after her earlier statements. Loesch said "Science is disputing this. This is a really serious issue. And, you know, Megyn you have little ones, I have kids as well. And I don't like being looked at as though I'm a bad mother if I don't believe whatever junk science comes out one day to the next about vaccinations. All I know is that when I have a question about vaccination schedules, I'm going to go to my pediatrician who has studied this."

Jenny McCarthy just wants the facts. McCarthy says "Everyone should ask questions, but I'm certainly not against them."

McCarthy recently wrote an op-ed for the Chicago Sun Times on vaccinations that got her labeled "anti-vaccine," said people should more than just headlines. She told GMA "I think people should read exactly what I have said instead of reading headlines, and that's why I wanted to write that piece. Everything that I have said and everything that I believe in is in that piece, so I hope people will go and refer to that so they know exactly what I've been saying."McCarthy wrote "This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position I have recently adopted. I've never told anyone to not vaccinate."

She continued "My beautiful son, Evan, inspired this mother to question the 'one size fits all' philosophy of the recommended vaccine schedule. I embarked on this quest not only for myself and my family, but for countless parents who shared my desire for knowledge that could lead to options and alternate schedules, but never to eliminate the vaccines."

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