Medical Journal Retracts Study Linking MMR Vaccine to Autism

[agzg]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

There is one. My kids have had it (with no side effects), so hopefully it works!

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by agzg

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

It just started being required for kids to be in school in the past 10 years or so. You probably missed it because you were too old for it already and don't have kids. In fact, I just heard something on the news last week that now they say kids need two doses of it.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

It just started being required for kids to be in school in the past 10 years or so. You probably missed it because you were too old for it already and don't have kids. In fact, I just heard something on the news last week that now they say kids need two doses of it.

Must be! When I was a kid, we had to get the chicken pox antibodies the hard way. We also had to blow on video games to make them work, walk to school in six feet of snow, up hill both ways, with no shoes!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by agzg

Must be! When I was a kid, we had to get the chicken pox antibodies the hard way. We also had to blow on video games to make them work, walk to school in six feet of snow, up hill both ways, with no shoes!

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

[G-Kue 1911]

I remember getting shut down by my mom at the barbershop cause I wanted a Nike swoosh sign in my head for an additional $4.00....lol!

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

[PhoenixAzul]

Ugh, thank goodness. Hopefully more parents will get their kids vaccinated. In Britain, this "study" has lead to a bunch of outbreaks of measles and mumps!

I also work at a place that attracts a lot of the "granola" crowd...needless to say I got my H1N1 and seasonal flu shots ASAP. I'm diabetic, so one of those germy little buggers can really knock me down for the count. I worry.

Autism is a real challenge for parents, and I really hope that more money will be put towards interventions, treatments and medications that actually HELP these kids, not proving that vaccines cause autism.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

They don't know sufferin' unless they've got chicken pox in unmentionable areas!

This is all Obama's doing, with vaccinating kids from things that are A PART OF LIFE! NOW, pull up your pants and get off my lawn!

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by agzg

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

Like someone else said, it hasn't been around long. The technical vaccine name is varicella. DD just got it at her 15m checkup (along with the MMR vax. No reactions for her from either vax.)