Study Cites Link Between Autism & Vaccine

Other studies conducted on the topic also indicate that the younger the child, the higher the risk, and that exposure can occur in utero and post-partum when a mother is vaccinated during pregnancy or while breast feeding. In fact some scientists claim that if the presence of maternal antibodies--naturally occuring antibodies that protect against viral infection--are present at high enough levels in a newborn infant, vaccination can replacate the conditions in which a viral infection occurs. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)also recognizes the function of maternal antibodies, but contends that the antibodies only provide an immunity that lasts about a year, increasing the importance for vaccination during infancy.

The CDC, the federal governmental entity responsible for releasing annual vaccination schedules, maintains that no scientific evidence exists to prove that a connection between the vaccine and regressive autism exists.

The cause of the disorder is currently unknown, but the CDC says that reports of sudden onset after vaccination could be linked to a myriad of causes and it is unlikely that the disorder and vaccine are linked. Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the CDC Advisory Committee, has defended vaccines as being unconditionally safe. However, Dr. Colleen Boyle, PhD., of the CDC testified before the House Committee on Government Reform that congenital rubella syndrome may be linked causally to autism.

While the CDC denies a relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism, due to public interest in the topic, the CDC is conducting an epidemiological study to vaccines and autism.

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