Many in the anti-vaccine community are not against vaccines for the reasons you think. For example, they are for the European measles vaccine, European mumps vaccine and the European Rubella vaccine. These do not have the same correlation with autism. They are just against the 3 in one American MMR vaccine which has a high correlation.
They also have problems with the preservative Thimerosol, which is banned in many other countries. The FDA now advises against its use in the US. It has slowly been replaced. It is only being currently used in multi-dose packages of certain vaccines and flu shots. The slightly more expensive single dose packs do not contain thimerosol.
Alot of it boils down to manufacturing methods and corporate profits.
I know the parents of a couple autistic kids. Kids who were normal until vaccinations. They are very bitter about this. Bitter is not a good word....
“Alot of it boils down to manufacturing methods and corporate profits. I know the parents of a couple autistic kids. Kids who were normal until vaccinations. “
Oh, those big bad evil corporations selling autism causing drugs for corporate profits!
I an not anti vaccine. But anyone thinking that they don't carry risk are not looking at evidences that say otherwise. The MMR vaccine is one that those of us over 50 likely never took. Back in the 1960's and early to mid 1970's Autism was a rarity. Personally I don't think Combo Vaccines are wise and I simply think all vaccines should be spaced out so as to where ones autoimmune system isn't suddenly bombarded with the shots. Can any medical professionals in FR explain to me why the MMR vaccine can not instead be three different vaccines which are spread out?
Any shot can pose a danger of adverse reaction that did not happen before. Just ask an Allergy Doctor. You take a vaccine which is autoimmune in nature BTW and you will sit there 20 minutes in case you go into shock.
The Swine Flu Shots of the mid 1970's were a good idea. But truth is it also put some who took it into wheelchairs for life. Transverse Myelitis is another disorder linked to possible vaccines including possibly MMR and that is according to MAYO. These are seriously disabling and in some cases fatal disorders. I do believe the COMBO Vaccines need to stop if nothing more than a "Hey lets see if this cuts down on unexplainable disorders" experiment. I'm not saying no vaccine I'm saying No Combo vaccines especially in kids.
In my family I have two cousins now at about age 40 or so and are siblings. Both of them by the time they were 5 had some unexplainable form of muscle degeneration hit them. No prior history of that on either side of their family.
COMBO vaccines are pushed for economics of it and getting a three in one shot. But at what cost when the same objective can be achieved by a more spread out program?
Some posters know my wife is a quadriplegic. It happened 30 years ago in a Knoxville mall. One of the first questions the neurologist kept asking us was about any recent vaccines. The Neurologist wasn't a kook he is among the best in the state and is a teaching professor now as well.
If one kid in the family has a believed reaction to a vaccine then why risk the future of the second child? Should a parent in such cases have a right to say NO? Yea I think so. Measles and Chicken Pox were common when I was a kid. The family across the street with nine kids all had Whooping Cough and all lived. There has to be a balance somewhere.
That said yes I take a yearly Flu shot and I also take three shots every three weeks and six shots every six weeks for allergies. Those shots have risk. The sign on the door saying all patients must wait in waiting room twenty minutes after shots before leaving tells me that.