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Originally Posted by kdogg
I have interest in this issue, as I have a 14 month old little one and had to make decisions to vaccinate him. We did decide to give him almost all of the vaccinations, but did things a little differently. We delayed most shots until he was a several months older, and also split up multiple vaccinations is was suppose to receive at one time. We have decided to wait on the MMR until he is older (probably until he goes to daycare or school).
We decided to do this for two reasons:
1 . We have a good friend who works with autistic children. She said that mostly all parents have a common theme claiming vaccinations changed their children.
2. Every doctor who speaks against vaccinations has their medical license taken away.
I do realize it is in the best interest of the world's population that everyone is protected, but my above 2 points give me an uneasy feeling.
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This is the kind of second hand "information" that does nothing but perpetuate a fear that has no scientific support.
The reason parents associate the two is that autistic symptoms appear around the same time you get your kid immunized.
Just because you got your child immunized around the same time that your kid is also old enough to begin exhibiting signs of autism does not mean they are related. Correlation does NOT equal causation.
Science has been testing the bejeebus out of this and nothing has every come to light showing any sort of causation of Autism due to vaccination.