Study Cites Link Between Autism & Vaccine
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» hermanm - RE: Your article leaves me with the question...
Jerri,My understanding is that it is more common among children than adults. In fact,
I don't know of any documented cases of autistic enterocolitis in adults. I
don't know if any of the studies in this area have examined if infants are at a
higher risk than older children, but I know the concern about the multivalent
MMR vaccine have prompted a lot of parents in the United Kingdom to refuse to
vaccinate their children and many parents in the United States to opt for home
schooling instead of subjecting their kids to mandatory vaccination.
Some of the doctors I've heard speak believe that the risk comes from the
mixture of the three vaccines during a simultaneous administration. These
doctors recommend vaccinating children with single vaccines each for measles,
mumps, and rubella, in separate doctor's visits.
Maggie
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» Tina_Coruth - Re: RE: Your article leaves me with the question...
In response to message posted by hermanm:Hi Maggie,
This is very interesting. I wonder why the vaccines are not given separately. If there's any chance that will solve the problem or lessen the risk, it certainly seems worth it. Is there a legitimate reason why they continue to give the three together? Can parents request individual shots for their children?
Excellent article, thanks!
Tina
-- posted by Tina_Coruth
» hermanm - RE: your article leaves me with one question...
Tina,I think the reason that their given together (although I'm not sure if this is correct) is that the vaccines usually have to be preserved and they don't have a very long shelf life... In other words, it's cheaper to give them together because they don't last that long. I believe you can ask your family physician if your kids can get each of the shots individually.
Maggie
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» hermanm - Re: Helpful advice.
In response to message posted by jerrib:Just wanted to let everyone know that's been participating in this discussion that a new study has just been released by the California Department of Health, finding low correlation between sky-rocketing autism rates and vaccination... I'll post a link to the story in the next couple of days.
Maggie
-- posted by hermanm
» hermanm - Re: New Info
In response to message posted by jerrib:Jerri,
Sorry about how long it took me to get back to you... the study by Loring Dales appears in the J. of the Am. Med. Assoc. on March 7th. The gist of the story is there is no correlation because the numbers of children inoculated stayed basically the same over time, while the numbers of children with autism spiked. However, Dr. Wakefield has an interesting theory about that... He hasn't studied his hypothesis yet (I don't think), but he believes that the second generation of children inoculated have a lower resistance to the viruses contained in the vaccine because their parents were guarded against it. Thus, this lower resistance means greater harm with the second generation.
Maggie
-- posted by hermanm
» hermanm - RE: Institute of Medicine Study...
The results of an Institute of Medicine Study examining whether a link between autism and the vaccine exists were announced this week. The committee found no link, according to a report on MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.com/news/563436.asp?cp1...-- posted by hermanm
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