About The Tone of My Comments
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Doybia thinks it is wrong.
To parents who aren't sure.
Vaccination is safe and effective.
There were two concerns.
1. Does MMR vaccine cause Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? No. The only suggestion came from a fraudulent 1998 study. Because of public concern much research was done, the conclusion: MMR doesn't cause ASD.
2. Does thimerosal in vaccines cause ASD? No, studies have proven that it doesn't. In any case, the concern was too much thimerosal (perhaps 175mcg) when many vaccines were given in a few months (because the body gradually gets rid of thimerosal in urine). Now, only the the annual flu vaccine has thimerosal. Once a year it is perfectly safe to get a 12.5mcg of thimerosal in the vaccine.
That's it. So why the anti-vaccination movement? Half of ASD parent don't blame vaccines. The other half choose to blame vaccines. There's no reason to pay any more attention to those parents who blame vaccines than those who don't. Neither group has any special knowledge.
Here's the result if those who oppose vaccination succeed http://tinyurl.com/unvaccinated-rich-countries Ask yourself if this is what you want.
I'm respectful of the parents who blame vaccines. I'm not respectful of the nonsense they've chosen to believe and the deaths and disability they cause. But the tone isn't the point. Do what's best for your child: And that's vaccination for a safer infancy, childhood and adulthood.
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Actually, I don't think the numbers support a half/half split. It appears, at least based on active internet participation in various autism/vacine groups or blogs/organizations, that at most, there are around 10 to 20 thousand parents who support the vaccine gambit. Considering there are over 1.5 million autistic individuals in the US, that really, even if we tripled the number to include those who don't agitate on the internet, doesn't rise to half of parents. Thank the heavens for that. :-)
ReplyDelete"For the many parents of autistics who do believe that autistm–and not just the reporting of it–has increased, vaccines are the number one culprit. A survey of parents at two autism treatment centers in New York and New Jersey in April 2005 found that 54 percent blamed vaccines for their child’s disease."
ReplyDeleteVaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver (Hardcover)
~ Arthur Allen
http://vaccinethebook.typepad.com/mt/2006/12/how_to_think_ab.html
I'm glad it is only tens of thousands.