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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta
No offense to anyone here, but in my humble, yet growing medical opinion, there is (other than religious) ABSOLUTELY no reason not to vaccinate your children on schedule. I say this as current medical student and future pediatrician.
An admittedly cursory search through abstracts on PubMed with the search term "Immunizations AND autism" yielded no studies in any medical journals which could establish a significant link between immunization status and autism spectrum disorders. Until a study can show that the increased incidence of autism isn't due to increased awareness, increased availability of early intervention services, and a broadening of diagnostic categories, the prudent course of action will continue to be the full course of vaccinations.
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I admire your statements and your courage to present your opinion here. I also think we seriously need to examine how we are vaccinating our children from a Public Health perspective.
Like I said, they no longer even make the polio or smallpox vaccines with heat killed viruses containing adjuvants. Most vaccines are nucleic acid based. That doesn't mean we do not follow schedules, that just means we re-examine conventional wisdom with newer technology and better markers.
Autism is a nasty disorder and there is very little understanding as to why there are increased diagnoses of it. Vaccines may be one factor, mythological or not. But Measles, mumps, rubella, diptheria-pertussis and tuberculosis is NOT a myth...
Ultimately, the qualified professionals will be making their best diagnosis based on recommendations by the government and various societies and it is going to be tough.