Autism linked to vaccines..??....??....??

@joekid (87)
United States
January 7, 2009 10:56am CST
What is your thought on vaccines causeing autism??? Do you think that is really a cause of autism???? Im not sure what to think.
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21 Jan 09
My little girl is seven now but I can remember when she were due to get her MMR vaccine the news came of links to autism. This scared me so much and I chose not to get my daughter vaccinated at the time it was a huge risk to take but now I am glad I chose this option as a couple of years later they introduced seperate vaccinations and I chose to get her vaccinated then. I do not regret my decisions I chose But I do thank my lucky stars I have a fit and healthy child...
@joekid (87)
• United States
21 Jan 09
My son is 5 and has to have 4 shots at his physical, after reading about the whole autism thing im worried. I don't even know what shots they will be giving him. Also, I have a 1 1/2 yr old, should I hold off on his shots too??
22 Jan 09
Hi Joekid my little girl if I'm righthad the same ine she had 4 vaccinations instead of the one these were the MMR in single jabs Measles, Mumps and Rubella, then she had a fourth at a later day to boost them all. She was fine with all these ones there is no need to worry hun they are a lot more safer as all the ingredients are not mixed.
22 Jan 09
I would suggest you speak to health visitor or doctor they can explain all your worries and fill you in on what the jabs are for as I say I am not sure whether they are the same jabs as my little girl had but she had hers when she were five because i held off the MMR because like yourself it worried me with all the Autism speculations.
@Foxxee (3651)
• United States
22 Feb 09
It's linked... I believe with all my heart & soal that the MMR caused either my sons Autism or triggered it. He was a talkative little boy around 10-15 months up until he got his MMR shot at 15 months then he just stopped talking, stopped playing & so on. We have him in therapy... he was doing good with other things, but never picked up communication... he is now 3... I was told the MMR vaccine wwasnt the cause by one & then by another doctor I was told that the MMR could of caused some kind of trigger or maybe even the cause of his diagnoses... So its so hard to really tell, so many people don't think vaccines are the cause, but I believe they are linked... I have seen the change in my son right before my eyes... If I was to have another son... I wouldn't vaccinate right from the start like they do now a days with babies... I would wait.. spread the vaccines out & so on... they dose these kids way to much... But... if another mother was to ask me what she should do... Like I told my sister.. this is a choice only a mother can make... but I would share my story...
@joekid (87)
• United States
22 Feb 09
Thank you for sharing your story. I hope your son is doing well. God bless and take care. :o)
• United States
7 Jan 09
I think they could anything is possiable. To me you need to be very careful when choosing vaccines I know they help but they can cause major side effects and some people do not take well to germs in their bodies either. I met a women a few years back and she told me her son got autism from a bad vaccine. It scared me a lot and made me think twice about vaccines to give to my children. Do not get me wrong they did get most of them but there were some that i refused as well. I hope that people learn that sometimes what someone said is okay is not always okay. Great post and my hope is more people read this and take heed to be careful when it comes to their kids! :)
@joekid (87)
• United States
7 Jan 09
I hope alot of people read this too. Do you think after a certain age they can't get autism from a vaccine, is it only the young children. I wonder should I stop the flu vaccine for my kids.
14 Jul 11
Please, don't listen to the people who say that vaccines cause autism, it's absolutely false. The author of the study originally linking the two had manipulated evidence and has been struck off the medical register. There is absolutely no evidence for vaccines causing autism, there is plenty of evidence that people not getting vaccinated is allowing the incidence of many diseases with serious complications to rise.