Aswad -> RE: Baby monkeys develop autism symptoms after obtaining doses of popular vaccines (11/6/2012 4:29:24 PM)
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ORIGINAL: kitkat105 So I hope the anti vaccination people are happy, knowing baby monkeys are suffering through experiments to justify their feelings. One assumes it's also relevant that the same crowd is responsible for a resurgence of measles, which can be fatal in some cases. At a population level, the MMR vaccine either has no effect, or slightly reduces the prevalence of autism. One Japanese study with a small cohort indicated a reduction, while all other valid studies indicate no change. If there are kids developing autism as a result of vaccines, it follows that an equal number of kids are being prevented from developing autism as a result of vaccines, or else there would have been a change at a population level. If a parent experiences what culareD did, then it is reasonable enough to decline vaccinating the second child on the off chance that there might be a particular disposition with that particular set of genes. For someone with no prior evidence of such susceptibility, the evidence is presently quite clear that vaccination will be the most beneficial choice for that child like any other. Now, I can come up with some theories why individual cases might occur due to vaccination, and most of those would have complementary cases in which the vaccine might prevent autism, but that's purely speculation on my part. Unless one child has already developed autism around the time of the vaccine, there is currently nothing to support not vaccinating future asymptomatic children. More to the point, pursuing vaccination as a cause will detract from the effort to identify causes that actually make an overall difference to more than one parent. If a parent wants to spend time and effort on figuring out why their child turned out a certain way, rather than that time and effort being spent on trying to help the child realize its full potential, then that's their choice. But pushing for other parents not to vaccinate their kids should not be undertaken on the evidence currently available, and is doing real, measurable harm. IWYW, — Aswad.
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