This is what I mean, you can't run a health system that involves the health of billions relying on anecdotes from a few emotional parents. That is why we rely on science.

Anecdotes obscure the real issues.
Anecdotes of parents who WATCHED their children withdraw after being vaccinated? Anecdotes of parents who WATCHED their children go into anaphylactic shock after being vaccinated? Anecdotes of parents who were persecuted for months for choosing NOT to vaccinate, only to find out later that their child had a very serious disorder that went undiagnosed at birth, which causes most children to die before they are 2 because their bodies cannot fight the vaccinations? I am friends with people for the above 3 examples, and I take offence at the way you've brushed them off as 'a few emotional parents'.

It is not just a few, and they are not 'emotional parents' - they are the ones who are with their children 24/7 and KNOW, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that their child changed after being vaccinated. Not agreeing that vaccinations can cause autism is one thing, but to come in here and tell everyone who does think so that they are just being emotional is offensive.