Suppose we humor the anti-vaxers for a moment and assume that the vaccine does indeed cause Autism. In fact, lets say that it is the sole cause of autism. On this basis we should cancel all vaccinations. Given the numbers of the study we can assume that for every 663,236 children we will now prevent 11 children from becoming autistic. Disregarding the lasting effects that may occur from mumps and rubella, the statistics tell us that somewhere between 200 and 600 of those children will die from measles.
Perhaps the anti-vaxers should start blaming cancer on the vaccines - the numbers would look better for them.
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