Comments on: Those Vaccines

By: A Lot of Knowledge Can Be a Harmful Thing

A Lot of Knowledge Can Be a Harmful Thing — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:00:37 +0000

[...] “highly educated parents” who are more likely not to have their children vaccinated with the MMR shot, today’s Daily Mail reports. So what kind of “education” are [...]

By: About This Autism Debate

About This Autism Debate — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:33:29 +0000

[...] autistic children support such hypotheses about what causes autism. While many parents do at least voice concern (despite scientific evidence to the contrary) that there might be something in a vaccine or a [...]

By: Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP

Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:29:42 +0000

[...] link. We know a number of families who have just had babies and the question of “to vaccinate or not” is very much on their minds. When a doctor, Nancy Minshew, the Director of the University of [...]

By: Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP

Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:29:39 +0000

By: 5 Cases of Measles in San Diego

5 Cases of Measles in San Diego — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:38:15 +0000

[...] due to their age, or because their parents did not want them to be vaccinated, perhaps because of fears about a link between vaccines and autism, despite more and more evidence countering such a [...]

By: Thimerasol Exposure Declines, Autism Rates Increase

Thimerasol Exposure Declines, Autism Rates Increase — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:01:06 +0000

[...] in support of research about an alleged vaccine-autism link. Parents of young children routinely express fears about vaccinations; parents of autistic children seek, try, and pay for unproven alternative “treatments” [...]

By: What does your pediatrician know about autism treatments?

What does your pediatrician know about autism treatments? — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:28:28 +0000

[...] It is hard not to think these sorts of thoughts if your child has just been diagnosed with autism and, after hearing the basic rundown of school and speech and OT services, you learn about everything else. “The Brain-Gut connection.” Special diets. Something called “chelation.” Something about a weak immune system. About fungal infections (that gut-brain thing again…..); about heavy metal toxicity (did you eat tuna while you were pregnant?); and, of course, about those vaccines. [...]

By: Immunizations, Children, and Lots of Questions

Immunizations, Children, and Lots of Questions — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:11:03 +0000

[...] are a hot, hot topic in autism discussions because of the continued fear that those vaccines could “damage” or “harm” a child, in contradiction to the very meaning of [...]

By: On the possible fallout from vaccine court

On the possible fallout from vaccine court — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:25:55 +0000

[...] or some loophole; will offer up some new correlation. Concerns about vaccines are very much on the minds of parents of young children—”what causes autism” is listed as a “controversial topic” on Babble, [...]

By: Autism Vox » Theories and Tactics

Autism Vox » Theories and Tactics — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:36:31 +0000

[...] in vaccines”; this mere suggestion is enough to worry parents of young children about any vaccine. And it is not science and knowledge that drives such concern and, indeed fears, but [...]