Jenny McCarthy is joining ABC's "The View" -- one of the most visible morning TV shows in America. In the press announcement, Barbara Walters said of her, "Jenny brings us intelligence as well as warmth and humor. She can be serious and outrageous." Let's talk about the outrages. Much of the criticism toward hiring McCarthy, including mine, has focused on her stance against vaccines. She has repeatedly claimed that that vaccines played a major role in giving her son autism, that he "recovered" from autism thanks to a special diet, and the government and medical establishment did not bother to investigate her son's recovery. She argues that we vaccinate too much, too quickly, and that the research on a link between autism and vaccines should continue. Her charity, Generation Rescue, continues to question the safety of vaccines and sponsors events starring anti-vaccine advocates, such as Andrew Wakefield, a disgraced British doctor.Jenny McCarthy is joining ABC's "The View" -- one of the most visible morning TV showsDavid Perry: The criticism toward hiring McCarthy focus on her anti-vaccine stanceHe says McCarthy has made statement about vaccines that are false and dangerousPerry: Now that she has a bigger platform, what dangerous ideas will she seize on?
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