Posted on 11/29/2005 9:32:46 PM PST by neverdem
I'd like to see a lot more studies go into the relationship between vaccinations and disorders such as autism. I'm not anti-vaccine but I do not support mandatory usage of it either.
No doubt in my mind that doctors are giving too many too close together which I think may compromise a childs health. This also may have cause the Gulf War Syndrome seen in Desert Storm. True it saves lives but also true is X number of kids will be spending lives in wheelchairs from them as well. Even a flu shot has that potential. Notice the show Matlock. Notice they don't show him walking in the later shows. He had Gullian -Barre syndrome. Transverse Myelitis is another possibility as well.
When my wife went quad 20 years ago one of the Neurologist first questions to her was about any recent vaccines.
BTW I take 10 shots a week for allergies :>}
Here are some of the studies from the past 3 years:
"Risk Factors for Autism: Perinatal Factors, Parental Psychiatric History, and Socioeconomic Status"
"The Incidence of Autism in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976-1997"
"No Effect of MMR Withdrawal on the Incidence of Autism: A Total Population Study"
"MMR Vaccination and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: A Case-Control Study"
"Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism"
"Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism"
"Retraction of an Interpretation"
"MMR Vaccine and Autism: An Update of the Scientific Evidence"
"MMR Vaccination and Autism: What Is the Evidence for a Causal Association?"
"Communicating Science to the Public: MMR Vaccine and Autism"
"Association Between Thimerosal-Containing Vaccine and Autism"
"Prevalence of Autism and Parentally Reported Triggers in a North East London Population"
"Autism and Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines. Lack of Consistent Evidence for an Association"
"Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and the Development of Autism"
"Study Fails to Show a Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism"
Plenty more studies here.
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Interesting. It seems consistent with the onset of the problem.
Yeah, but this is different: it's noticeably more prevalent now than even 10 or 20 years ago, when infant mortality is no different from today. Perhaps it's just better screening, but I think there's probably something else afoot.
For example, things like asthma and diabetes are more prevalent as well. I'm guessing they're related.
I wonder if there's a correlation between these increases, and the increased use of things like hormones and antibiotics in our food.
Well, I have severe allergies. I know one of the things about allergies is that some of them take a while to build up in your system. So you can maybe eat shrimp once, and not have a problem. However, if you eat it a few times then you develop a problem.
Many kids in Asian countries are breastfed up to, and in some cases, past 1 year. So maybe Chinese kids get a leg up, so to speak, on stronger immune systems because of breast milk. Soy milk past this age might not affect them at that point. Speculating here...
I also think that more kids are exposed to bad things when their moms are pregnant. There are a lot of crack babies these days. What has that done to young kids?
I don't think this really account for an increase in peanut allergies, but I would imagine it does result in an increase in ADHD and other similar things.
Immunizations are nothing more than exposure to weak strains of diseases. Without them we would be exposed to the real thing.
Peanut allergies are caused by too many lawyers and fearfilled public schools
Yep.
We just don't know what ELSE they might do. And believe me, they contain other ingredients besides weak strains of the disease.
AIDS is also an immune system dysfunction that has arisen since the days of mass innoculations. I'm not drawing any conclusions, just pointing out the coincidences.
Like I said I'm not completely against any of them. But then again it should not be a matter for governments to decide to make mandatory either. It's like Whooping Cough yes it can be fatal. I saw nine kids in one family have it living in primitive conditions. All survived.
Why, these kids today.......
Maybe it's because soy is poisionous before it's processed.
Over-protective parents have destroyed their childrens' health.
The fewer boxes and cans that fill my garbage can at home, the better. Most of my neighbors (only one has kids) have full garbage cans on garbage day, but I usually put my cans out every two weeks unless there's something particularly stinky in there. Most of these households are one or two folks. How the heck can they generate so much garbage especially when they're mostly men. (Yes, women tend to generate more garbage at home - go ahead flame away). My only conclusion is that they all buy a bunch of stuff in boxes and cans from the grocery.
You can easily get waivers for vaccinations for medical reasons or for religious reasons.
Speaking of whooping cough, there is an increase in it in the United States thanks to illegal immigration and people not getting vaccines.
My daughters would likely die if they got whooping cough. However, the DPT shot could also cause problems with kids with neurological problems which one of my daughters also had. We gave her a DPaT shot instead. Now most of the DPT are the DPaT shot and it has been shown to be much safer.
We also had a friend whose daughter died of complications from the DPT shot.
Parents really should become more aware of the risks vs benefits of shots and make educated decisions about vaccines.
I think kids are exposed to things more and earlier because so many kids are in daycare since the were babies.
Another avocado allergy! People look at me like I am nuts when I tell them I am allergic to avocado. Anytime I say I can't have it because of allergies I always get the same response, "Really?" Why would I lie?
Children should be exposed to eggs, peanuts etc early, mine were and have had adverse effects.
Keep dogs and cats in the house, exposure early is the best bet for not developing allergies.(There are exceptions)
Don't vacuum and dust too much.
I got allergy shots from age 7-14 It worked, I was one of the lucky one's. They don't do that anymore as far as I know the treatment I received cured me todays don't.
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