Thursday, March 5, 2015

The V-word Debate

I don’t remember when I first started hearing about the controversy regarding whether or not vaccines cause autism.  I know when I heard Jenny McCarthy say she believed vaccines caused her son to develop autism, it seemed plausible to me.  I’ve never been one to trust the media, big corporations, the government or the status quo.  I also already believed that the pesticides, preservatives, antibiotics and dyes that contaminate our food supply cause higher rates of allergies, including my own.  So the theory of vaccines as somehow harmful wasn’t that much of a stretch for me.  I saw this video narrated by Rob Schneider and it just seemed to confirm what I already thought. Big pharmaceutical companies were putting profits before health and being shielded from penalties by the U.S. government.  You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv_IaLHwgAQ

My sister generally shares my political views, and certainly agrees with my views on the environment and our food supply. So when my sister became pregnant, I asked her if she planned to vaccinate the baby.  She looked at me like I was the dumbest person on the planet before informing me that of course she was going to vaccinate her! You see, my sister is also a scientist. She knows that not vaccinating your kids helps spread diseases, many of which have been dormant or close to eradication for years. I’m no scientist and even I know, in fact all doctors and researchers know, that vaccines have saved thousands, perhaps even millions of lives. The National Institute of Health, the Institute for Medicine, and the Center for Disease Control have all stated that there is no link between vaccines and autism.
As I mentioned last week, I’m leaving for Uganda in a few months, and guess what I’ll be doing before I go?  That’s right – getting all the necessary vaccines I need, so I don’t get sick.  Still….the argument against vaccines just sounds compelling.  So, my question to you this week is, “Do you think there is a link between vaccines and autism? Why do you think this has become such a controversy?”  Answers are due no later than Wednesday, March 11th, 2015.  Some of you might have seen Jimmy Kimble speak in favor of vaccines on his show.  Just for fun, check out his response to the hateful backlash he received after he did so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mdwmpLYLY

20 comments:

  1. No, I do not think there is a link between vaccines and autism. I honestly can't say why it's become a controversy. It's just like the Ultrasound thing, the same thing here where parents thought the ultrasound caused autism, study showed, it was false. I think parents like the fight about things. It's just a useless study to give the media something to do. Honest thought.

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  2. Well, I honestly can't decide if i believe that or not. I personally agree with you when you say you don't trust the government, media or big corporations because we all know they lie to make themselves look good. In other words, they cover up the bad to make them look better. I think if autism was linked to vaccines that scientists or doctors would try to keep it a secret even if it's not safe. I think the reason it probably has became such a controversy is because parents think if their kids DID NOT get the vaccines that they could have prevented their child from getting autism so then they would be angry and upset at the fact that it was basically their fault for having their child get the vaccine. That is my person opinion on those two questions asked about autism linked to vaccines.

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  3. No vaccines do not cause autism. Many studies including those found on this webpage show this http://www.autismsciencefoundation.org/autismandvaccines.html so I'm not sure where the controversy is.
    Let's pretend for a moment that vaccines do cause autism. Autism is not a death penalty. Autism doesn't kill you, you know what does? Small pox, polio. typhoid fever! All of which are preventable by vaccines. I personally would much rather have a child with a disability, than a dead child. As a parent you have to be prepared to have a disabled child, if you as a parent can not handle one, then you need to seriously consider if you should have a child.
    My final point is about the people who have to rely on the population as a whole to be vaccinated because they can not be vaccinated. Some people are allergic to the vaccines, or have a disease or disability that does not allow them to be vaccinated. These people rely on herd immunity to stay healthy, this means that if the general population starts to get sick with something like measles, they are now put at risk.
    Vaccines are a wonderful invention. they protect us from diseases that just 100 years ago killed millions of people a year. Believe me, as someone with a severe needle phobia, I understand vaccines are scary, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't get them.

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  4. It is hard to tell if there’s a correlation between vaccine and autism since there is no clear evidence that show that vaccination is the cause for autism. I personally have a friend that her kind is diagnosed with severe autism and she is struggling with what to believe caused her son to become autistic. I think that this topic became so controversy because of the reason that the cause of autism is unclear.

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  5. I can see where many believe vaccines and autism could correlate however there is no real evidence that states its true. Once people find out what is in the need and the make up of the vaccine is when people become alarmed. I can see where it becomes a controversy because of the high rates of autism. One of my friends has a 18 month old son. She took him to the doctors and they wanted to give him like 10 vaccines at once. She told them no only a couple. I feel that a young child is extremely sensitive and all the those vaccines at once could be overwhelming for their bodies. However, vaccines have saved many lives and helped protect numerous people for infectious diseases. Like in all things, I believe vaccines in small doses should be fine. Although scientist and health departments should continue to find the most effective and beneficial vaccines.

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  6. No, I don't believe vaccines are linked to autism. However, I have read studies that try to correlate the two. Anti-vaccinators need to understand that they are putting hundreds of other children at risk by not vaccinating their own. Would you want to save one child from autism or 300 children from the measles, mumps, and rubella? So, even if vaccinations are correlated to autism, I think its an easy choice. I'm not sure why this has become such a controversy, but I know that there has been an anti-vaccination movement before. History repeats itself, so hopefully this round of anti-vaccinators will realize the severity their actions before diseases re-emerge like the last group did.

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  7. I don't believe vaccines cause autism. I believe that autism is one of those diseases that "just happen." However there is a lot to still learn about autism. I believe many diseases are classified under the autism spectrum that don't necessarly belong there. Vaccines save lives and protect others from the spreading of disease. I do believe that it is possible that we often help the development of autism instead of hindering it but I do not believe that vaccines are the cause behind it.

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  8. I never new there is controversy between vaccines and autism. But I don't think vaccine cause autism. I never heard that case. Ans also, even vaccine cause autism, we have to have a vaccine. If you have vaccine, there is few percent of getting autism, but if you don'y have, you will get sick more than got autism with vaccine. It might be fatal to not having vaccine. So what can I do? Vaccine is neccesary to get.
    -Jaeyoung

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  9. I do not believe that vaccines cause autism, Because if you look at all the years very few have cause problems. If you also look there are more boys with autism than girls. Personally I think its like down syndrome a hereditary defect.

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  10. I don't believe that there is a link between vaccines and autism. Even though some vaccines do have some side effects to them, I've never heard of autism being one. Just like what Jimmy said in the link about pancakes making people gay, vaccines don't cause autism so there's really no point arguing over it.

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  11. I really don't think there is a connection. Autism is usually caused by what age you have the child. There are people who are unaffected by it. I think people who think this are neglectful and stupid.

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  12. My initial opinion/thoughts regarding the association of various vaccines and Autism in children, was that there was none. I believe that it is in fact a birth defect. I took the time to read an article published by the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism/) and based on studies, were also unable to find a relationship between the two.

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  13. To be honest i think that it is very foolish that people are starting to believe that taking vaccinations will cause your child to be disabled. That's really silly to me. There is no way for a person to become autistic over a vaccine.

    Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Not by Vaccines. I'm not really sure why they think that autism is caused by vaccines. It seems very irrational. From my personal experience i take care of my severely autistic middle aged uncle who is non-verbal. He was born with mental retardation & Severe autism. Not by Vaccinations. And i really don't think that there is a link between autism, and Vaccinations. but i do think that what started the controversy is because there were a big number of vaccines kids were getting was becoming a lot bigger, and at the same time, the number of kids who were being diagnosed with autism also was starting to go up. probably thats why. I don't mean to judge but those are thoughts on this topic.

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  14. My sister has autism, and I've never believed for a second that vaccinations might have been a cause of her condition. It's a mental issue, far more likely to be due to genetics than anything. I've read that autism is linked to a number of other eccentricities of the brain, such as synesthesia, which I happen to have, so I find this much more believable than being caused by vaccines.
    As to why the idea of vaccines causing autism is so widespread, the fact is that even in the modern age, we don't know how the brain works as well as we ought to. I figure this is nothing more than a false correlation being brought up as part of someone's political agenda, and it works because we don't know enough about autism to be able to back up this reasoning 100%, at least those of us that don't bother to do more digging on the subject. The risk of diseases and deaths that would occur by not using vaccines would be far more devastating than the risk of a child getting autism, so I fully believe in always getting vaccinated.

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  15. I personally believe there could easily be a link between vaccines and autism. Do I think every child who gets their vaccinations is going to undergo this, no. I just believe it's entirely possible. I've witnessed children coincidentally suffer from seizures after being vaccinated, I've witnessed personalities change after children have been vaccinated, I know there isn't solid proof of the two being connected or related, but my personal belief is that the vaccinations were the cause when concerning the two personal situations I've seen. That's not to say I don't think children should ever get vaccinated, I think it's just a tad bit more important to make sure your kids are protected from deadly illnesses than being concerned about the causes it may or may not have, but like I said, I do believe it's possible.

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  16. I see absolutely no correlation between autism and vaccines. I feel like those that don't vaccinate their children or their selves are endangering not on their children but others around them. I've seen news stories of parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids having so called "disease parties" where they try to purposefully infect their kids with illnesses so that they build up a resistance to it.

    Hello? What do you think vaccines do? And the vaccine is worlds safer than what they're doing!

    Not to mention that the entire movement is based on a study that was debunked years ago.

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  17. Why do government health officials claim the right to forcibly vaccinate to protect society when, if such vaccinations were effective, all voluntarily vaccinated people would be protected against unvaccinated people?

    Vaccines do kill. We know for a fact that many have died from HPV and Gardasil vaccinations –
    http://truthaboutgardasil.org/memorial/
    Here are 30 scientific studies showing the link between vaccines and autism
    http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/30-scientific-studies-showing-the-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/

    (FYI: In last 10 years, no one has died of measles, but 108 people have died from MMR vaccine. If you don’t believe me look at all the MERC whistleblowers, and CDC whistleblowers (such as Dr. William Thompson and Dr. Andrew Wakefield, “the father of the anti-vaccine movement) and many more, who have come out about the dangers of vaccines.
    We don’t have epidemics so we don’t need to be ISSUED vaccines. But we do have an epidemic of autism. Within the advent of vaccination there has been a jump in autism from 1 in 2500 to now 1 in 60. )
    There are a lot of places that MANDATE vaccine. You have the RIGHT to refuse. You cannot have substances placed into your personal body without your consent. It is your body. Not the states, not the government, not your workplace, nor the schools. There is no law on the books that state that you have to take this or that to get this job or go to this school. You have choices, do not give away your freedom though inaction and consent!
    I guess science should replace nature since your own immune system is not good enough to constantly keep you healthy and alive.
    I just don’t understand why you have to be injected with all these “preservatives” and adjuvants. Depending on which vaccine you accept, here is what you can expect to be injected STRAIGHT into your body. These abhorrent substances are all rejected by the body:
    thimerosal (aka. mercury), (Mercury is one of the most poisonous substance known to man) aluminum, aluminum hydroxide, boric acid, squalene, formaldehyde, human serum (puss from humans), fetal bovine serum (puss from cows), bovine extract (cow puss extract), monosodium glutamate (the toxin MSG),monkey kidney cells (puss from monkey, aka. Vero), calf serum (more cow puss), ethanol, detergent (with no other description), insect cell, bacterial, and viral protein (no joke, HPV vaccine), potassium chloride (used in lethal injection, death penalty), “modified” egg proteins, chick embryo cell culture (chick puss), human diploid lung fibroblasts, DNA from porcine circoviruses (viruses grown in pig puss), bovine muscle tissue (puss), embryonic guinea pig cells (puss), sorbitol, ect…more chemicals than you could study in a year. Not to mention RNA, or genetically engineered DNA.
    You can check and double check out these and many more here: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/guide/health-guide-vaccine-research

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    1. Also, I find this very interesting: 80% of pediatricians don't inject their own kids with vaccines. 60% of oncologists don't vaccinate their kids, either.
      If you don’t believe, Google it, research, then re-search. Do it again and again, with multiple sources. Please, rid yourself of ignorance.
      If I sound condescending, I have multiple stories, personally, from myself and others that I will gladly tell as a warning. You cannot undo the side effects that could have been preventable in the first place from a little knowledge beforehand. I was forced certain inoculations. When I refused, I was threatened or mocked. When I still refused, I was escorted by guards, strapped to a chair, and forced against my will.
      There is a $50,000 reward for any doctor who will simply drink the vaccine ingredients, without injection, but not one so-called doctor MD, will accept the same drink they frequently inject into you and your kids, even for 50K. Many MDs already know about the cancer viruses in vaccines, coming from all that animal puss of various lab animals, so they won't drink it, OR inject themselves OR inject their kids with it.
      Names say it all. The FDA. The A stands for Administration, not Advisory. CDC. The C stand for Control, not Cure.
      The majority of public safety trials for long term-side effects are done, well, on the unsuspecting public (despite the numerous laws that state testing should be done in controlled environments with voluntary people). In animal tests, when there is big money involved, the results are deemed “inconclusive” when all the animal subjects die.

      Do yourself a favor, save the injections, the MDs, toxic Pharma drugs, hospitals and clinics for what they are, emergency medicine. Wait until you're in an accident or have colon tumor thats blocking your guts, or some life threatening emergency before risking death with US "healthcare" system, or their toxic medicines, drugs. This "healthcare" is No.1 cause of death.
      Doctors do not get extensively trained in prevention, only drugs and care.
      MDs are not trained in health, and know nothing about health, they are emergency medicine only. Indeed, there is nothing healthy about them - all of those hospitals, clinics, and "doctor" offices have antibiotic resistant germs that can kill in just days. Infamous MRSA is just one of many, and every day they create more resistance for multiple microbes with their inferior product, antibiotics. Not to mention you're in a clinic, or room, with sick people, and the germs they left behind, even germs from many days before.
      Once again, US healthcare is NUMBER ONE cause of death in US at 790,000 Americans killed per year by MDs, clinics, hospitals, and Big Pharma drugs, beating cancer and even heart disease for number one spot (read "Death by Medicine"). It appears eating steak and eggs, and deli meats filled with nitrates maybe healthier than US Healthcare system. Hell, US healthcare system (now aka. Obamacare) kills 110,000 EVERY year just from bedsores because they can't find a nurse to roll you over. If that is healthcare, then run away. You're much safer being your own doctor, and will live healthier, longer.
      Take Colloidal silver. When you get a germ, stick with safe, effective colloidal silver, which stops bacteria, virus, and fungus infections. Tests show 10ppm is most effective. The 10 ppm solutions are approx 80-90% ionic, so try to find ionic colloidal silver, aka nano silver. Advanced Silver Company is good. Sovereign Silver is good. Look for any brand with 10ppm. Ionic colloidal silver is so effective at stopping germs, the Air Force Labs "discovered" it also stops deadly Ebola.

      For a good read check out: http://jimmarrs.com/news_events/news/deadly-immunity/

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  18. My little sister and cousin both have autism. Now my little sister was born with autism which apparent.However as a child my cousin seemed pretty normal. Many things can cause autism and vaccines could be one of them. I don't think you shouldn't vaccinate your child over it but autism is definitely not a death sentence. My little sister looks and acts perfectly normal and is only mentally like 2 years behind. However if you are interested in learning more about autism my mother is an advocate.

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  19. I don't believe that there is a link between vaccines and autism. I believe that autism is something that you are born with not from a vaccine. Although I personally do not believe in getting vaccines. I do not trust them.

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