Autism and Vaccines-DEBUNKED!

[Hudson_Hawk]

Just in case there was any lingering doubt:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/?hpt=T1

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/vaccines-children-proven-autism-debunked-fraud-children-parents-health-12550329

Does anyone know where I can sell a truckload of garlic?

 

[TravelingGal]

Thanks for the links HH. Sadly, I don't think the mentality is going to go anywhere pretty soon. Too many parents heard of this story and even if they did get the vaccines, carefully watched their kids like hawks post-vac. Any sign of anything wrong, and they're quick to blame the vacs for bad/scary reactions that might have just been normal. Many people will still think twice before vaccinating their kids.

 

[somethingshiny]

Hopefully people will start vaccinating again. Can you imagine an MMR outbreak?

 

[swimmer]

But HH, can we keep the tinfoil hats?

 

[CNOS128]

But HH, can we keep the tinfoil hats?

I'm keeping mine. Have to stop the folks with ESP from reading my thoughts...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/science/06esp.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

 

[Puppmom]

My coworker's sister got measles as a child and it resulted in encephalitis. The perfectly normal 4 year old is now an adult with severe brain damage who will never be able to care for herself. Very sad.

 

[KimberlyH]

It's too bad the damage has been done, no way to unring the bell. It's unfortunate that the original study, with a whopping sample size of 12, was not only published by a medical journal but publicized by the media as valuable medical information for parents to consider.

As a parent whose child is not yet fully vaccinated I am uncomfortable exposing my daughter to children I know aren't vaccinated. A woman I rather like has opted not to vaccinate her daughter and I think about it every time we're together.

As a person whose job it is to work with children with autism spectrum disorders, I am hopeful that the parents of these children can lay the guilt they may have felt for vaccinating to rest.

As a member of society, I hope awareness of this information leads people to start vaccinating again, before further damage is done and people needlessly lose their lives to communicable diseases that are absolutely preventable.

 

[Laila619]

My coworker's sister got measles as a child and it resulted in encephalitis. The perfectly normal 4 year old is now an adult with severe brain damage who will never be able to care for herself. Very sad.

How awful.

 

[chemgirl]

The Penn and Teller anti-anti-vaccine episode this season was fantastic.

 

[anchor31]

It's too bad the damage has been done, no way to unring the bell. It's unfortunate that the original study, with a whopping sample size of 12, was not only published by a medical journal but publicized by the media as valuable medical information for parents to consider.

As a parent whose child is not yet fully vaccinated I am uncomfortable exposing my daughter to children I know aren't vaccinated. A woman I rather like has opted not to vaccinate her daughter and I think about it every time we're together.

As a person whose job it is to work with children with autism spectrum disorders, I am hopeful that the parents of these children can lay the guilt they may have felt for vaccinating to rest.

As a member of society, I hope awareness of this information leads people to start vaccinating again, before further damage is done and people needlessly lose their lives to communicable diseases that are absolutely preventable.

There is no way a sample size of 12 is scientifically reliable and representative. It doesn't take a PhD to know that (not even a B.Sc.). But I guess a lot of people don't read the specifics and believe the conclusions, whether they are scientifically sound or not. I feel terribly sad for the children who were not immunized and fell gravely ill.