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CONCLUSIONS In our study of MCO members, prenatal and early-life exposure to ethylmercury from thimerosal-containing vaccines and immunoglobulin preparations was not related to increased risk of ASDs.
Nim, if you do not mind my asking, what are your beliefs about vaccines? (You said you weren't vaccinated because of your parents" beliefs.) How about now?
My beliefs aren't set in stone but I believe vaccines are for the most part necessary. At the same time I know the medical field does have a way of exaggerating risk and creating hype, so we probably get more vaccines than we really need because of hype. I don't really know about any link between vaccines and autism. I know a lot of autistic people but they don't talk about their vaccinations, so I'm not aware of any link personally, and I don't know how much of the vaccine/autism debate is real and how much of it is hype.
I'll probably get my kids vaccinated. Chances are the diseases they protect are worse than autism. (Maybe I'm biased and just don't see autism as all that bad since I'm on the spectrum and live with two other people who are too.)
What's the prevalence to Measles, Mumps, Rubella and the Big Whoop compared to today's prevalence to autism?
Due to the success of vaccines so far, thankfully we don't have a high incidence to make any sort of comparison. You would have to rely on projections. There are no comparable westernized countries without high percentages of immunized children. Perhaps the anti-vaxers will have their wish though, as the percentage of immunized children slowly drops we are seeing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases slowly increasing such as the Pertussis outbreaks in California. Let's also not forget that autism is not a fatal disease, but many of the vaccine-preventable diseases can be.
What's the prevalence to Measles, Mumps, Rubella and the Big Whoop compared to today's prevalence to autism?
Maybe the CDC should begin work on a vaccine for autism.
Some peop . . I say, some people just had too much silver nitrate poured on their eyeballs when they were born.
Maybe the CDC should work on a vaccine for ignorance first?
Measles is one of the world's most contagious diseases on the planet. Before the vaccine nearly everyone got it. Complications include blindness, encephalitis and pneumonia. In places where the vaccine is not available hundreds of thousands of children die as a result of it each year.
Mumps is another highly contagious disease. Symptoms include swollen glands, high fever and painful swelling of the testicles and ovaries. Before the vaccine there were hundreds of thousands of cases each year in the United States alone.
Rubella can cause all kinds of serious complications if you catch it in the womb including blindness, deafness and mental retardation. The vaccine was developed after a huge outbreak of the disease in the 1960's left millions of women with babies that had serious health problems.
Whooping cough is an evil little disease that can lead to coughing so severe you can break a rib. The standard treatment for whooping cough in young babies is hospitalization. Symptoms can linger for months. Complications include asthma and pneumonia.
My beliefs aren't set in stone but I believe vaccines are for the most part necessary. At the same time I know the medical field does have a way of exaggerating risk and creating hype, so we probably get more vaccines than we really need because of hype. I don't really know about any link between vaccines and autism. I know a lot of autistic people but they don't talk about their vaccinations, so I'm not aware of any link personally, and I don't know how much of the vaccine/autism debate is real and how much of it is hype.
I'll probably get my kids vaccinated. Chances are the diseases they protect are worse than autism. (Maybe I'm biased and just don't see autism as all that bad since I'm on the spectrum and live with two other people who are too.)
Thank you for being candid and providing your unique perspective on this debate.
Keep in mind that the illnesses for which vaccines have been developed are those that have a serious risk of causing disability or death. They are not trivial. And there really is no proven connection between vaccines and autism.
At this point, I do not believe there is sufficient evidence to suggest that breastfeeding be curtailed to prevent autism. The genetic factor is much greater than any environmental factor. And the concept of "internal toxicity" is your opinion, not based on science.
How would the "genetic factor" explain the sudden epidemic proportion of autism cases?
What you're seeing is a decrease in diagnosis of conditions like mental retardation and learning disabilities. That's coupled with a much greater awareness of autism symptoms and funding for treating them.
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