Do Vaccinations Cause Autism

Do Vaccinations Cause Autism

Susan Dvorin

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April 13, 2013

Maryanne Riley

Do Vaccinations Cause Autism

Once upon a time there were villages and towns were wiped out because diseases ran rampant through these places. Then came modern medicine with (doctors and scientists), who worked to develop cures. With all the new technology and science that has been provided to us did we learned how to help keep our children and families safe? A class of these “cures” was preventive medicine, they were vaccinations. Now, we even have smarter doctors and scientists who have developed more vaccinations and it is with these vaccinations come the questions; Do these specific vaccinations do more harm to these people than help them? The past generations, we have learned to relied on the thinking that the medical community knows what is best for us. However, a large number of 21st century the new free thinking parent’s think immunizations are unnecessary and causes severe problems such as autism for one). In the '80s, children might receive half a dozen thimerosal- containing vaccines in their first two years of life," Wakefield said, but by the early '90s more shots were added and they give in a shorter period of time. (Cedillo, Sept, 2007). The majority vaccinations are given in the first two years of an infant’s life and then only boosters from then1 in 150 children meets the diagnostic criteria for autism, but in an updated report the CDC (2010), said as many as 1 in 80 met the criteria. Nearly all leading health organizations including the CDC and NIH, has said there is no relationship between vaccines and autism. (Rudy, 2010)

In 1990 Andrew Wakefield who is a gastroenologist, published a study linking childhood vaccinations to the development of autism. He was then censored and since 1999 the controversy continues over whether there is a link between thimerosal containing vaccine there is no conclusive evidence,...