Do Vaccinations and Autism have a link? Its a very touch subject and there has been extensive scientific research on the subject. Many parents believe that there children started showing Autistic Symptoms first after the child received a vaccination containing a mercury like preservative called Thimerosal. Mainstream science on the other hand has discounted Thimerosal as the cause of Autism.
A study in Denmark after the removal Thimerosal in 1992 research was conducted on the rates of Autism after the removal from Thimerosal, in it it was stated “The incidence [number of new cases over a time period] of autism remained fairly stable until 1990 and thereafter increased throughout the study period, including the period when thimerosal was no longer in vaccines.“ (Source). This is just one of many astudies that disprove that Thimerosal is the cause of Autism.
In Your Oppinion, do vaccinations cause autism?
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Autism can be caused by older fathers sperm, mother’s who had an older father when they were born, familial genes, vaccine damage, etc. etc. Since 1994 early childhood schizophrenia has been diagnosed as autism. Fragile X and tuberous sclerosis is called autism. Probably mental retardation is diagnosed as autism. There are many ingredients in the 36 prescribed vaccines that may severely damage some children.
There is no one condition which is autism and no one cause. Autism is heterogeneous.
Sorry for being repetitious.
What do you think “mainstream science” is? All science does is look at what the evidence says. It’s not a matter of opinion whether vaccines or Thimerisol cause ASDs. It’s a matter of evidence that there is no link. The evidence from dozens of studies, many of which I have read in the original research journals, has overwhelmingly rejected the hypothesis that vaccines are related to ASDs. That hypothesis contradicts the evidence, not opinions.
Here’s an example of the utter silliness of the logic used to claim there’s a link. I’m writing this to de-mystify the scientific method. Mainstream science just means we looked at the evidence, and it negated the hypothesis. Still too many people insist on this kind of thinking:
Hypothesis: I think leaving a glass of water outside on my porch this evening will cause it to freeze.
Preliminary Data: It is 80 degrees Farenheit on my porch, and the barometric pressure is 29.92. Water does not freeze unless the temperature is 32 or lower or the pressure is higher than that found anywhere on Earth.
Test of Hypothesis: I left a glass of water on the porch all night and monitored it for signs of freezing.
Experimental data: The temperature stayed above 70 degrees F, the barometric pressure did not change, and at no time did the water assume a solid state.
Conclusion: I still believe that the water in the glass froze overnight because people are still talking about it and it’s all over the Internet and Oprah had a guest who must be an expert…
It’s literally that crazy. Evidence, not opinions of people on TV or the Internet, EVIDENCE. But go ahead and raise your kids by the latest rumor and see how they turn out.
I have a PhD in nutrition. I’ve been a neuroscientist for eight years and a college teacher for six years, teaching Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Human Biology, Nutrition, Psychopharmacology, and other subjects. I have taught hundreds of college students how the immune system works at the basic level and at the advanced level. I want people here to understand just what we’re talking about in this discussion on vaccines.
What vaccines are:
Vaccines are solutions that contain pieces of a virus, bacteria, or whatever causes a disease. These pieces are called ANTIGENS. The body responds to the presence of these ANTIGENS by building ANTIBODIES that are used to destroy the original virus or bacteria or whatever. These antibodies are what keep a person from becoming infected with that virus or bacteria or whatever.
Allergic reactions:
Sometimes people are allergic to other substances in the vaccines, like the egg protiens left over from manufacturing viral antigens. Sometimes they will be allergic to the antigen itself. They will swell up, develop hives, have an asthma attack, or even go into anaphylaxis, which could be fatal. Fortunately, vaccines are usually administered in health care settings where these very rare reactions can be treated effectively. These adverse effects happen soon after the vaccine is injected. Allergic reactions have no long term effects, other than having to avoid whatever it is you’re allergic to. An allergic reaction to one antigen does not cause a person to be allergic to any other antigen, though some people tend to be genetically prone to lots of allergies.
This next bit is VERY IMPORTANT:
Vaccines are not the only antigens that children are exposed to. Every time they touch something, antigens can get into their skin. Every time they breathe in, they inhale many antigens. Every time they scrape their knees, lots of antigens get into their blood. Children take antigens into their bodies every day. To say that injecting them with 36 specific antigens (as vaccines) is too much of a burden is to misunderstand how the immune system works. We are constantly making antibodies to the antigens we come in contact with. Constantly. 36 of them is nothing compared to what a body would get from a day at the lake.
BTW, your kids will take in far more mercury from the tuna (or other fish) they eat than they would get from Thimerisol.
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