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joannegmurphy
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1 year ago
in Celebs Rally for Vaccine Reform on The Washington Independent
The parents may be on to something, but does anyone have an explanation as to why, though millions of kids are vaccinated annually, we only see a handful of cases of autism? If there were a direct connection between the vaccine and the disorder, autism would be epidemic, no?
My heart goes out to these parents and I know if God forbid something terrible happened to my child, I would want to blame someone/something so I didn't go crazy. But surely there has to be a way to refine the association more accurately. For example, what about countries where children are not routinely vaccinated? Is there autism in those countries? If not, the parents may be right. But if autism exists in places with no vaccines, they have a harder case to make.
Conversely, are there highly-vaccinated places with little or no autism?
My heart goes out to these parents and I know if God forbid something terrible happened to my child, I would want to blame someone/something so I didn't go crazy. But surely there has to be a way to refine the association more accurately. For example, what about countries where children are not routinely vaccinated? Is there autism in those countries? If not, the parents may be right. But if autism exists in places with no vaccines, they have a harder case to make.
Conversely, are there highly-vaccinated places with little or no autism?
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Leigh
Their is no evidence that shows a link between autism and vaccination. There is in fact many studies that show their is not a link. I think that people to need a history lesson to be reminded of the mortality rates of diseases such as measles and whooping cough before vaccines came along. While I do not believe that vaccines in any way cause Autism, i would say that i would rather have a live child with autism than a dead child. But hey that's just me.
