April 25, 2008 12:11 PM
CDC admits autism vaccination link
We've been talking about the vaccination problem. Here is a brief Katie Couric report on the autism vaccination link - I can only imagine that we will see many, many more of these in the future:
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I wonder if the link is between the vaccinations themselves or the number of vaccinations given at one time. My daughter has never had 9 vaccinations at once. I wonder if we'll ever know the full story.
Posted by: Joani | April 25, 2008 3:58 PM
Hmm. Again and always, we see the very valid, yet dismissive, final conclusion that people should accept vaccines and their administration protocol because vaccines have saved many lives.
I wonder: If autism was contagious like the diseases for which we vaccinate, would we be lulled so easily into complacence by such a statement?
I heard a recent clip of Jenny McCarthy, appearing on Larry King and seated across from three doctors, state strongly that she'd rather her child have polio than autism! (If I recall, polio was the disease she chose to name, anyway.)I know where she's coming from.
Of course laws and public pressure do not allow us to make those choices to select our own child's risks in that way. Those who manage to avoid the consequence of the contagious disease in their child by vaccinating don't want to contract it from those who don't.
But, if people whose children are blessed to have made it through early childhood unaffected by autism could still not feel safe that this Autism could not also affect their child because it was contagious, might they be a little more concerned about the possibility that vaccines contribute to it? I wonder.
Posted by: Marian | April 26, 2008 12:20 AM
That's the problem,Joani information is kept from the CDC. When my 6 month old caught Pertussis from a vaccine (the older version, NOT the acellular they give now) not one of the multitude of doctors who saw her in the ER when she was there would admit it was a reaction to the shot. Therefore, it was not reported to the CDC.
Her pediatrician, however, thought it best not to give her the booster. . . and that form of the DTP shot was discontinued.
My trust in the whole vaccination system has been undermined.
Posted by: Leticia Velasquez | April 27, 2008 10:34 AM
Here is an article from Couric with more info from the research they've done. I haven't been following your thoughts on immus--I'm new here :). But I thought this was interesting. I've done a fair amount of research and its exciting to see mainstream media finally picking up on some of this stuff even if they still aren't actually coming out against them yet.
blessings, Kaylene
Posted by: Kaylene | April 29, 2008 11:22 AM
