Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Spaulding wrote:
Where is that study coming from? Drug makers or insurance companies?
Where are the accepted studies that there is a link? I know it's easy to blame insurance companies and drug companies but they really shouldn't have to prove that Jenny McCarthy is wrong on her baseless opinion.
My question was more of an if than an if/then question. I don't know much about autism or ADD but I am familiar with some immune issues and allergies/intolerences. Vaccines change the immune system and you don't know what the effect is going to be until it's administered. There is all sorts of stuff in shots. Mercury (still used?), formaldehyde, aluminum(s), egg proteins, cow extracts and serums, and the body's response will be different from individual to individual. Allergies/intolerances could be genetic, enviornmental, food/chemical based, or something else but it's a body's way of saying this isn't right whether it's an immune or chemical response. I wouldn't trust a thumbs up from a drug co or drs that have some sort of "investment". Drs don't know enough about it and there are a lot that don't give a crap about causes just the symptoms. I think there is a lot wrong with the medical system also but that's not what is being discussed here.
The MMR vaccine is given right around 12 months. 0-12 month olds do somethings but from what I know most are similiar, but there is lots of physical development between 12-24 months and emotional development 24-36. Parents begin to notice where kids are ahead of, in line with, or behind in development to their peers. I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect relationship or a coincidence between the shot and an autism dx.
Both my kids are vaccinated but it's because we think the alternative is worse not because we are pro-vaccines, if that makes sense. I don't think those against the shots are right but they are not without some valid points and concerns either. If they want their point and voice heard they have the right. People look for answers and solutions, I can't fault them. I would prefer the money and awareness go toward research instead of the fighting.