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MMR autism link

Do you think the MMR Vacine causes autism? I had the jab so am starting to get worried. :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=376203&in_page_id=1774&in_page_id=1774&expand=true

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Reply 1

sea tea

in a word, no. don't be silly. the original article was discredited.

Reply 2

ben!

I very much doubt you are going to develop anything now...

As for whether MMR is linked to autism, there are still concerns. Try telling the parent of a child who was given the jab and has developed autism, that there is no link.

Reply 3

allymcb2

Its a bit late. The dangerous one is the booster at 4 years old because this is a key developmental stage.

EDIT: and even then the theory has little evidence to support it.

Reply 4

Rafa

you'll be fine :p:

Reply 5

yossarianlives

Didn't they prove that you are born with autism and it was just pure coincedence that autism begins to be diagnosable at ~4 years old, the age of the booster?

Reply 6

generalebriety

yossarianlives

Didn't they prove that you are born with autism and it was just pure coincedence that autism begins to be diagnosable at ~4 years old, the age of the booster?

Yes they did. Autism can't be diagnosed before around the age of 3/4... plus media coverage has made sure paranoid parents always get their kids tested for autism. But only after the jab, never before it... :smile:

Reply 7

Anonymous #2

My brother had this and he's now severely autistic. It is still debated whether or not the vaccine caused it, but that's my guess since I was told he was normal before that age...

Anyway just something random.

Reply 8

Freezer

No

Its genetic and shouldnt be blown outta proportion

My family had it done and we all turned out fine, my Aunty had 3 kids, 2 sons n a daughter who didnt have it, the two sons are autistic.

Reply 9

gbduo

There is NO Link between MMR and Autism, None, Nadda, Zilch, Bugger all.

The original report was based on NO evidence and after millions of dollars and pounds spent on the original flawed and crap report the conclusive and irrevocable evidence has said that there is NO link between MMR and Autism.

Got it!?

Do people actually know that MMR protects babies and society against fatal diseases? What would you rather have, a baby with Autism (not caused by MMR) or none at all because you didn't take the MMR jab because of a flawed report which has been conclusively proved to be wrong.

There is NO risk of getting autism from MMR. Check out todays news if you don't believe it, but get it from a decent source like CNN or Reuters...not the Daily Mail!

Graham

Reply 10

Eien

I was always sceptical about the link since I wondered how an injection could affect how a brain was hardwired - it is not as if autism is necessarily an impairment of certain functions, it is simply a different variation of brain type (coined by some as the 'extreme of the male brain') which causes inhibition in some areas, but increased ability in others, so I always thought it was genetic.

Reply 11

Chumbaniya

Anonymous

Do you think the MMR Vacine causes autism?

What we think is of absolutely no relevance unless any of us are clinical researchers who have done tests on the MMR vacine, and I doubt any here are (what with us being students and all). The best anyone here can do is direct you to any reputable information available. Medicine is not a democratic subject :rolleyes:

Reply 12

yossarianlives

I had it and I turned out autism-free.

If I had children I would get them MMR.

Reply 13

frost105

People seem to forget that children can still die from measles and think if their children get it, they'll be ok. Personally I dont think there's a link and that its worse not to get your you child immunised.

Reply 14

allymcb2

It hasnt been PROVEN wrong.
But its pretty damn unlikely

Reply 15

HighlyEvolved

My Mum used to date (whiles at medical school) the guy that hypothesised the link between MMR vanccine and autism. It was based literally on nothing.

Anyway, i´d rather take the minute risk of getting autism over the risk of measles, mumps and rubella.

Hereś a good stat for you, did you know 100% of smokers die?

Reply 16

allymcb2

Yes, but the argument isnt for not getting them immunised its for MMR, versus equally effective but more expensive single vaccinations

Reply 17

Bambi

The original study about the link was complete nonsense. The study was extremely small and all but one of the authors has now said that there is no link themselves. The one that hasn't -Dr Andrew Wakefield was fired from the Royal Free Hospital because of it and is being investigated. The original study has been repeated countless times by independent groups and none have found a link. Wakefields behaviour was extremely irresponsible and thankfully he will be paying for it with his licence. His own kids had the MMR so I doubt he even believed it himself in the first place and was just trying to make a name for himself. There is no health authority in the world that recommends single jabs and Japan is the only place that doesn't use the MMR. In Japan there was a problem with the mumps component (nothing to do with autism though) so it was withdrawn and now kids aren't immunised against mumps and the other 2 are still given in a combined jab. The mumps component in the Japanese vaccine was different to the one used here and the MMR in this country is completely safe.

Reply 18

allmyshoes

the whole report that linked MMR to autism was complete crap. it wasnt based on anything solid and basically the guy pulled conclusions out of his ass.
and thanks to him, kids are getting mumps and measles (and i assume polio, somewhere, but i haven't heard of any cases) much more often.

but quite simply, theres no link. don't worry.

Reply 19

Talon

Im sure I read an article recently that said the guys who proposed the link were getting pulled up for misconduct because of it. There is no evidence that there is a link. A friend of mine didnt have the mmr booster. He then contracted mumps and have to go home from uni for a bit.