Posted on 12/16/2005 7:19:57 AM PST by agsloss
The Age of Autism: Question of the year By DAN OLMSTED UPI Senior Editor
This was the year Big Media pitted parents against experts over whether vaccines cause autism -- and decided the experts are right. But they may have forgotten to ask an embarrassingly obvious question.
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Good article. I'm already reading up on this before I have children. Parents shouldn't allow their babies to be pumped with all kinds of vaccines without knowing what's in them. Also, diet has a lot to do with it too. I could get more into this but my house needs cleaning *lol*
Is it not possible that autism may have some genetic factors that don't present themselves among the Amish, a very closed society? Perhaps not a good control group.
Does autism present itself in differing rates in different ethnic groups, with differences not explained by a likelihood among said groups to have vaccinations or not?
I don't much knowledge of autism and research, but it seems as if there are, tragically, a lot of conspiracy theories or perhaps legitimate theories which are slandered as "conspiracy theories."
Autism almost exclusively affects boys; do only boys get vaccinated?
Even if vaccinations increase the risk of autism which risk is greater? That is not to say the truth should not be known.
It's sad how parents of children who have some problems are being manipulated by the usual suspects, Robert Kennedy Jr and other manipulators trying to demonize anything they can in terms of environment and health.
The whole issue is unfortunate.
There was a theory about thiomersal preservative in the vaccines being the cause, but that's pretty much been exploded (thiomersal stopped, but autism didn't).
But the double-whammy effect (there's a proper name for it but I can't remember it, sorry) where a child is vaccinated, shows autistic symptoms, recovers, gets vaccinated and AGAIN shows autistic symptoms convinced me that the vaccines are the disease. Iatrogenic disease didn't stop with the infamous Salk vaccine.
I must say I never thought to ask about unvaccinated autism. It just goes to show that there's no such thing as a stupid question.
We do pump our kids with a lot. My sister recently read a report on pesticide levels in children who ate "regular" food as opposed to organic. The difference in the levels in the children's bodies was shocking, even to the people who did the study. I am pretty sure the study was from the EPA, but not positive. I did vaccinate my kids, but did opt out of the prevnar one. We also waited for the 5 week check up to start vaccinating, I think there was a push to start them the first week. We have well water and won't give our children flouride drops after researching that either. I never had the drops and was raised on well water and have never had a cavity. Same goes for my husband.
Hmm, the article seems to think that thimerosal is still being used in pediatric vaccination (in the US). I'm not in a position to judge, but another Freeper must know.
Lol! Oww, you blew me away there :0)
I don't understand putting that stuff into a baby that's only a week old. Good thing with the well water... I use tooth powder that builds my teeth without flouride. I hardly drink tapwater.
Don't know. But autism has spiked in Europe too.
Boys are more prone to genetic diseases and learning disablities than girls in general.
"Hmm, the article seems to think that thimerosal is still being used in pediatric vaccination (in the US). I'm not in a position to judge, but another Freeper must know."
It is still being used. It's also used in flu shots, so if you've had yours, you got some.
"Boys are more prone to genetic diseases and learning disablities than girls in general."
Thanks for the confirmation Mineralman: I must say I'm amazed that a mercury compound is still being used in injections (other than the one Tookie Williams got). But thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for bringing up the Prevnar vaccine. We are having our first baby in April, and I’m very curious about vaccines. I will now do some reading on Prevnar.
I have four children ranging in age from 5 to 12. When our oldest was born, the conventional wisdom said to have all vaccinations completed by 18 months. By the time child #4 came along, it was a 12 month sprint.
Depending upon your views and research, do not hesitate to question your gp/pediatrician re: vaccinations and the scheduling thereof.
I put my foot down when they wanted to give multiple vaccinations at one time. By this I mean that the doctors wanted to give more than one kind of shot to the child (some of the vaccines are "combination" vaccines for more than one disease and are delivered in one shot). The doctors were proposing to deliver two or three of these combos in one visit.
I protested on the grounds that if the child had a reaction to the shots, how was I to tell to what the child reacted? The doctors recognized a tough old broad when they saw one and the old schedule of a completed course of vaccinations by 18 months was re-instituted.
It drove them nuts in terms of their special little charts, but I refused to back down.
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