He also was looking at GASTROINTESTINAL issues with the vaccination. Let's be honest when we're discussing credentials.
What do you do with this little factoid? 1 in 166 children are diagnosed with autism (1 in 90 if boys are isolated), in the generally vaccinated public.
1 in 10,000 children are diagnosed with autism in an amish community of about 50/50 vaccinated (look it up, there are tons of references to it online) Less than 10% of the population are giving zero vaccinations (although I am in that camp, and I can tell you how much better my daughter's health is than any - and I mean ANY of her peers).
I personally, don't think it is really legitimate to say because more and more people aren't vaccinating the rates should be going down, until it reaches a higher level and consistent level of nonvaccinated vs. vaccinated kids, and until the pharmaceuticals don't control the studies.
what I find fascinating is the idea that we have no idea what causes it - but we are damn sure it's not the up to THIRTY TWO plus vaccinations a child receives by the time they are six.
Good point. I have thought there is a link between vaccines and autism for a long time. I don't think vaccines necessarily
cause autism but I do think that if a child has a genetic predisposition,
excessive vaccines can trigger it, where it may not have surfaced otherwise.
I also think many other things could trigger it, like serious illnesses.
How sad to witness....imo ...it is not the vaccine itself - it is what they mixed in to extend the Shelf Life, Thimerosal - Mercury.
I do not believe that it is mercury in vaccines in and of itself that triggers autism. From what I understand, the amounts of mercury were trace, not significant enough to cause any kind of mercury poisoning. And, kids exposed to multiple vaccines that do NOT contain mercury, are still showing higher autism rates than children who do not receive vaccines.
Vaccines have saved billions of lives. I am all for vaccines. However, it is the manner in which they are used that disturbs me.
I do not think millions of mothers out there are hysterical when it comes to their belief that their children were normal one moment and a few days after a vaccine, they showed symptoms of autism. Maternal instinct is powerful and much like vaccines, I think it has saved millions of lives.
What disturbs me is the vaccination schedule. I have atopic dermatitis, an immune system skin disorder (which, by the way, I control through ongoing treatment from Europe. In 21 years, no U.S. doctor could help me). Based on my experiences and (limited) knowledge of immune system malfunctions, I have no doubt that the immune system can wreak devastation. If the immune system can attack organs as it does with various illnesses, or fail to adequately protect them, as it has with my condition, why can't it cause a neurological condition like autism? The brain is an organ. It can be affected.
When I was a child, I received 6 vaccines by the time I was 2. Kids today receive 32 and gaining. Vaccines are
meant to and do cause a reaction in the immune system. If there is an overload due to repeated assaults on the immune system by repeated vaccines of young, developing bodies and brains, I can see that something could go very wrong.
I agree that this doctor used unethical methods to support his article. That does not mean that a link has been disproved although some say it has been disproved by other studies.
But, I do not trust the American medical establishment 100% and I do not trust powerful lobbies, American or otherwise, that have a massive financial stake in the outcome of studies. I believe that because our medical industry is based on money, and that companies are making billions off our illnesses, there exists a conflict of interest when it comes to determining whether these treatments, medications and yes, even vaccines, are always warranted or safe.
For gosh's sake, in the 50's and 60's, pregnant women were given an anti-nausea drug called thalidomide. Here's what that caused:
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I'm sure doctors were encouraged to promote the drug with vigor.
Years ago, lobotomies were also popular and electric shock therapy was used indiscriminately and we know what to think of those approaches now.
Further, people with depression were given Halcion or Haldol which was the exact opposite of what should have been given and which had disastrous results.
Even earlier, in the 1800's, doctors "bled" sick patients, or used dangerous mustard plasters as enemas or shoved in other areas which hastened the deaths of people with cholera. Gosh, at that time, doctors completely scoffed at the idea that germs caused illness!
I can go on and on with examples of horrendous mistakes in medical treatment.
Yes, we have come along way with science and technology and I respect the field of medicine tremendously. And
usually, I trust what my doctors have to say. They do have hard earned degrees! But medical science is NOT infallible and when you add a massive financial incentive to the mix which influences what the AMA pushes, I think there is nothing wrong with listening to your gut, doing research, getting second opinions and following your instincts as a parent and a patient when that instinct is telling you something is wrong.
