Re: Off the Subject- Immunizations

[Guest guest]

They have discovered recently that it's the mercury used in vaccines as a

preservative that seems to be the cause of autism. Look up " mercury in

vaccines " on the web and you'll get a ton of info. I think they make

mercury-free vaccines now. I guess your best bet would be to check to make sure

your doc is using these. Mostly though, I thik the benefits outweigh the

risks... Of course, I'm sure those with autistic children now would beg to

differ...

jordybirdmum wrote:I am having a really tough time

deciding if I am going to continue

having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1 year shots. He has

not received the MMR yet. My concern is its (immunizations,

particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge... articles, seminars,

communication with dr.s and special needs panels, etc.. were all

leaning towards no relation between autism and immunizations.

However, when it comes to my son and many recent correlations between

the two- I am stuck.

I have read testimonies from parents stating their beliefs are that

the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism) in their small

children. I have also heard that with relation to the Chicken Pox

vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10 years which

corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last decade.

I guess I am just looking for opinions.

Any one with similar experiences to what I have expressed.

Thanks,

Stacie

[Guest guest]

Request a thimerosol free immunization .... I believe they DO have them for the

MMR. Also, you can request that they be broken up instead of all 3 in one shot.

Angel

Off the Subject- Immunizations

I am having a really tough time deciding if I am going to continue

having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1 year shots. He has

not received the MMR yet. My concern is its (immunizations,

particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge... articles, seminars,

communication with dr.s and special needs panels, etc.. were all

leaning towards no relation between autism and immunizations.

However, when it comes to my son and many recent correlations between

the two- I am stuck.

I have read testimonies from parents stating their beliefs are that

the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism) in their small

children. I have also heard that with relation to the Chicken Pox

vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10 years which

corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last decade.

I guess I am just looking for opinions.

Any one with similar experiences to what I have expressed.

Thanks,

Stacie

[Guest guest]

Thermerosol is a composite of mercury, right? Gabe's coming up on his next set

of immunizations... It's been a while since I looked this stuff up.

Angel wrote:Request a thimerosol free immunization .... I

believe they DO have them for the MMR. Also, you can request that they be

broken up instead of all 3 in one shot.

Angel

Off the Subject- Immunizations

I am having a really tough time deciding if I am going to continue

having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1 year shots. He has

not received the MMR yet. My concern is its (immunizations,

particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge... articles, seminars,

communication with dr.s and special needs panels, etc.. were all

leaning towards no relation between autism and immunizations.

However, when it comes to my son and many recent correlations between

the two- I am stuck.

I have read testimonies from parents stating their beliefs are that

the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism) in their small

children. I have also heard that with relation to the Chicken Pox

vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10 years which

corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last decade.

I guess I am just looking for opinions.

Any one with similar experiences to what I have expressed.

Thanks,

Stacie

[Guest guest]

I did some research about the subject and found out the same (it is

the mercury in the vaccines that seems to be the cause of autism). I

asked my peditrician about the dangers of it and he told me that all

vaccines are now free of mercury, except for the MMR. He told me the

reason why some people correlate MMR with autism is because you can

catch up some signs of autism around the time children receive the

MMR and other vaccines (6-24 months). Therefore, in some cases

children that may have already had autism receive the shot and when

parents find out about the autism they blame it on the vaccine.

I copied the following info from pediatrics.about.com

" Among the early signs and symptoms that parents and Pediatricians

look for to alert them that a child needs further evaluation for

autism include

not smiling by six months of age

not babbling, pointing or using other gestures by 12 months

not using single words by age 16 months

not using two word phrases by 24 months

having a regression in development, with any loss of language or

social skills

Infants with autism might also avoid eye contact, and as they get

older, act as if they are unaware of when people come and go around

them.

Keep in mind that autism usually isn't diagnosed until about age 3,

although some experts believe that some children begin to show subtle

signs as early as six months of age "

I plan to do more research about his (my brother has mild autism.

Talk to your peditrician, get a second opinion from a different

doctor.

andra

I am having a really tough

time deciding if I am going to continue

> having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1 year shots. He

has

> not received the MMR yet. My concern is its (immunizations,

> particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

> As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge... articles, seminars,

> communication with dr.s and special needs panels, etc.. were all

> leaning towards no relation between autism and immunizations.

> However, when it comes to my son and many recent correlations

between

> the two- I am stuck.

> I have read testimonies from parents stating their beliefs are that

> the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism) in their small

> children. I have also heard that with relation to the Chicken Pox

> vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10 years which

> corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last decade.

> I guess I am just looking for opinions.

> Any one with similar experiences to what I have expressed.

> Thanks,

> Stacie

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Stacie,

I was worried about this too when it came to the MMR

for my boys. In the end I read the actual article in

the Lancet that started the MMR/autism debate and

decided for myself that he didn't really prove any

relation at all (as he actually stated himself in the

article) and went ahead with the MMR. This is of

course only my personal opinion.

with (*9/02)

and Alister (*9/02, RCF, Ponseti method, UK)

--- jordybirdmum wrote:

> I am having a really tough time deciding if I am

> going to continue

> having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1

> year shots. He has

> not received the MMR yet. My concern is its

> (immunizations,

> particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

> As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge...

> articles, seminars,

> communication with dr.s and special needs panels,

> etc.. were all

> leaning towards no relation between autism and

> immunizations.

> However, when it comes to my son and many recent

> correlations between

> the two- I am stuck.

> I have read testimonies from parents stating their

> beliefs are that

> the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism)

> in their small

> children. I have also heard that with relation to

> the Chicken Pox

> vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10

> years which

> corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last

> decade.

> I guess I am just looking for opinions.

> Any one with similar experiences to what I have

> expressed.

> Thanks,

> Stacie

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Here is a website that I found somewhat helpful and somewhat

informative. The responses are right-it is the mercury or the

preservative " thimerosol " that researchers have not quite agreed

that it is causing the autism epidemic.

http://www.909shot.com/

I take the information with a grain of salt. However, I do like

the " mercury " calculator. In theory-right now, the only thimerosol

vaccines on the market is the flu vaccine-you will see this on the

calculator page. I know that I was only vaccinated for 3 groups of

diseases-mmr, polio, and dtap. Our kids are getting vaccinated for a

whole lot more-however, it is almost 30 years later. I requested

that my child receive each vaccine individually and only 1 at time-

it made for a lot of visits before he was one but it put my mind at

ease. Also-talk to your ped about it. Our ped is waiting until david

is 18 months before he gets his mmr(end of range). I also believe

chicken pox was a right of passage as a kindergartner-gave it to my

two brothers actually-and don't see the need to be vaccinated for it-

own feeling.

Hope this helps!

kathleen

mom to david 14 mo fab 12/7

>

> I am having a really tough time deciding if I am going to continue

> having my son immunized. He has had up to his 1 year shots. He

has

> not received the MMR yet. My concern is its (immunizations,

> particularly the MMR) possible relation to autism.

> As a former Preschool Director, my knowledge... articles,

seminars,

> communication with dr.s and special needs panels, etc.. were all

> leaning towards no relation between autism and immunizations.

> However, when it comes to my son and many recent correlations

between

> the two- I am stuck.

> I have read testimonies from parents stating their beliefs are

that

> the MMR vaccine caused autism (or forms of autism) in their small

> children. I have also heard that with relation to the Chicken Pox

> vaccine, as it's life on the market is about 10 years which

> corresponds to the recent rise in autism in the last decade.

> I guess I am just looking for opinions.

> Any one with similar experiences to what I have expressed.

> Thanks,

> Stacie

>