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About a year later, Mr. J.W. France's Court of Appeal ruled there was no causal link between the hepatitis B Vaccine and multiple sclerosis, and dismissed the case. "Vaccines save lives and people who choose not to vaccinate their children are putting those children at risk," he said. Offit said the court's decision was concerning and hoped it wouldn't spur more people to reject vaccines. "To prove whether one thing causes another has to happen in a scientific venue, and the courts are not a scientific venue."

Vaccines can be blamed for illness without scientific evidence, says EU court

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord. who was vaccinated against hepatitis B in 1998 and developed multiple sclerosis a year later. The case was brought before the Court of Appeal in France, which ruled that there was no scientific consensus supporting a causal link and no evidence of a causal link between the hepatitis B vaccine and the man's multiple sclerosis, therefore dismissing the action. Story highlights The court considered a French man who developed multiple sclerosis one year after a hepatitis B vaccineThe decision is "illogical and confusing," experts say(CNN) The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Wednesday that courts may consider vaccines to be the cause of an illness, even in the absence of scientific evidence confirming a link. sued pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur, which produced the vaccine, blaming it for his decline in health.


As the 'anti-vax' movement continues to gain traction across the globe, the EU's top court has ruled that vaccines can be blamed for diseases even when there isn't any proof they are responsible. However, France's Court of Appeal ruled that there was no causal link between the vaccine and the disease diagnosis, and dismissed the case. The case was then taken to France's Higher Court of Cassation, and later to the European Union, leading to the Wednesday verdict. The man and his family sued the vaccine's maker, Sanofi Pasteur, seeking compensation for the damage Mr. J.W. In March, the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed its stance that vaccines are safe, and that "most vaccine reactions are usually minor and temporary."


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