New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Personal bias and blind belief are time and again reigniting the claim that childhood vaccines are increasing the risk of autism — a neurological condition, said health experts on Wednesday.

Recently, a self-published report by the US-based McCullough Foundation claimed that vaccination is “the most significant preventable driver” of autism.

The report, not being peer-reviewed, has garnered significant attention from many anti-vaccine campaigners, including Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu.

“There are many people who take an anti-vaccine stand. We saw the damaging effects of their propaganda during the early part of the pandemic — when tens of thousands of people died of severe Covid-19 simply because they were afraid to vaccinate,” Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan of the Indian

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