Autism and vaccines - #2 health story of the year
Monday December 29, 2008
CNN has declared that the debate over whether vaccines cause autism is the number two health story of the year. In its year-end health wrapup, CNN reviews the story of how Hannah Poling received compensation from the Vaccine Court based on the claim that vaccines aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder resulting in "autism-like" symptoms.
This story, when it hit, reignited fears that the MMR vaccine, or trace quantities of mercury or aluminum, or some as-yet-unknown combination of ingredients in vaccines, could set off autism in a young child. Those fears are still front and center in the autism community, and are still major issues for parents-to-be.
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I have a 5 year old daughter with ASD. I also have a 1 year old daughter who is typicaly developing that I have been spreading out her vaccinations. Now it is time for her MMR (according to the doctors) Of course I have some concerns.
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Vaccine doesn’t cause Autism, it’s been proven, stupid news guys who just mislead the gullible public into getting all worked up about something that the news guys all know is a big lie just to steal attention from the scientists in the background waving their clipboards to tell you that you’re wrong when you are.
Just delete this story. It’s wrong. Vaccines have nothing to do with it, GET A LIFE!