Spanish doctor suspended for claiming vaccines cause autism
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A female Spanish doctor has been barred from practicing her profession after claiming vaccines cause autism.
El Pais reports that the Madrid Medical Association (Icomem) has banned Spanish doctor Isabel Bellostas, who works at a private medical center, for 364 days for spreading “unsupported claims, against scientific evidence, on the origin and cause of the autism spectrum disorder.”
Bellostas is a well-known figure in anti-vaccination circles. She presents herself as a pediatrician and is listed as such in listings at some private medical centers in Madrid region.
The case was brought by the Spanish Autism Confederation which stated that it’s primary goal is to protect families from messages and practices that go against scientific evidence.
The ban against Bellostas comes after the Spanish Autism Confederation reported the doctor and marks the first time disciplinary action has been taken in Spain against the theory that vaccines and autism are linked.
This claim is one of the most commonly repeated by pseudotherapy defenders despite having been repeatedly disproved by scientific studies.
Amongst others Bellostas claimed that the disorder is reversible and of existence of human fetal DNA in pediatric vaccines” and “its possible link to autism” that are totally deprived of any scientific evidence.
