This is from the Center For Disease control website
Furthermore, a scientific review* by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that "the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism." CDC supports the IOM conclusion.
Favors rejection. What are parents supposed to do????
Also from the cdc site
The weight of the evidence indicates that vaccines are not associated with autism
It is a fact that NO ONE IS 100% sure that vaccines are assosiated with autism. Please read
Bubble907, the fact that your daughter got whooping cough despite the vaccine shows that the vaccine did not work. The fact that she didn't have to go to the hospital means nothing. My unvaccinated daughter got whooping cough at age 2 1/2 and didn't have to go to the hospital, either. I got whooping cough at the same time as her, didn't have to go to the hospital, and my last pertussis vaccine was 30 years ago.
kiki68, are you sure your mother and grandmother were vaccinated for chickenpox? Because the chickenpox vaccine came out in 1995.I don't know how old your mom is, but the first measles vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1963, so my parents and grandparents did not receive the vaccine. They got measles, and were fine. I'm also quite sure that your mother and grandmother, as children, did not receive the vaccines for hepatitis B, rotavirus, Hib, and hepatitis A. Did they die from these diseases?
Hope and happiness: Vaccines don't cause autism in every child who receives them. Obviously. Do you think that some children might be more susceptible to vaccine damage than others, because of genetic issues, underlying bacterial or viral infections, or exposure to environmental pollutants?
To me that reads that there is not a correlation between autism and vaccines with thimerosal. The CDC is constantly monitoring the risks vs. benefits of childhood vaccines. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have the recommended vaccines for my baby.
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So far, I haven't had any issues with the vaccination of both my children (ages 8 and 2). I think the benefits of vaccinations would out-weigh the risks.
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Pro vac all the way. I can't believe it is even up for debate.
The benefits well and truly outnumber the risks.
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I think you should have all your child's vaccinations up to date.
About a month ago my daughter got whooping cough whilst on holidays and if she wasn't fully vaccinated she would of had to be put in hospital.
So yes i believe in vaccinations.
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Even if vaccines did cause autism, which I don't think they do, wouldn't that be better than a life threatening disease?
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I think vaccinations are very important. I am stationed overseas, and my son's pediatrician (who has been just about everywhere) told me about some of the horrifying results of children not being vaccinated. So many children around the world die every day from something that could have been prevented from vaccines. Keep that in mind when weighing your options…
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my kids were vaccinated, i was, my mother was and so was HER mother. dont know about my great grandmother:). but i do know that there is not an autisic person in our lineage and that we have escaped death from polio, chickenpox, measles, diptheria and all the other long sounding diesases we were vaccinated against.
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I firmly and without question believe in vaccinations. We live in China and I see the difference every day…when you see blind children or other tragedies from common (here) childhood diseases and you know it can be prevented. It may be a risk…but it's a small risk when you consider what can happen. As a teacher I always teach my students and their parents here that this is a priority issue.
And part of the reason for the increased autism rates is probably the broader definition of autism, the increased screening for it and misdiagnosis.
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Happy mama of a healthy vaccinated 10 month old living in China.
Bubble907, the fact that your daughter got whooping cough despite the vaccine shows that the vaccine did not work. The fact that she didn't have to go to the hospital means nothing. My unvaccinated daughter got whooping cough at age 2 1/2 and didn't have to go to the hospital, either. I got whooping cough at the same time as her, didn't have to go to the hospital, and my last pertussis vaccine was 30 years ago.
kiki68, are you sure your mother and grandmother were vaccinated for chickenpox? Because the chickenpox vaccine came out in 1995.I don't know how old your mom is, but the first measles vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1963, so my parents and grandparents did not receive the vaccine. They got measles, and were fine. I'm also quite sure that your mother and grandmother, as children, did not receive the vaccines for hepatitis B, rotavirus, Hib, and hepatitis A. Did they die from these diseases?
Hope and happiness: Vaccines don't cause autism in every child who receives them. Obviously. Do you think that some children might be more susceptible to vaccine damage than others, because of genetic issues, underlying bacterial or viral infections, or exposure to environmental pollutants?
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I'm a mother of two completely unvaccinated kids, ages 5 years and 18 months. I've done a lot of research on the subject, and have no doubts I've made the right decision.