[TomB]

I'd like to see a lot more studies go into the relationship between vaccinations and disorders such as autism.

Here are some of the studies from the past 3 years:

"Risk Factors for Autism: Perinatal Factors, Parental Psychiatric History, and Socioeconomic Status"

"The Incidence of Autism in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976-1997"

"No Effect of MMR Withdrawal on the Incidence of Autism: A Total Population Study"

"MMR Vaccination and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: A Case-Control Study"

"Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism"

"Vaccine Risk Perception Among Reporters of Autism after Vaccination: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 1990-2001"

"Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism"

"The Genetics of Autism"

"Retraction of an Interpretation"

"The Lessons of MMR"

"MMR Vaccine and Autism: An Update of the Scientific Evidence"

"Age at First Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination in Children with Autism and School-Matched Control Subjects: A Population-Based Study in Metropolitan Atlanta"

"MMR Vaccination and Autism: What Is the Evidence for a Causal Association?"

"Communicating Science to the Public: MMR Vaccine and Autism"

"Association Between Thimerosal-Containing Vaccine and Autism"

"Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence from Danish Population-Based Data"

"Prevalence of Autism and Parentally Reported Triggers in a North East London Population"

"Autism and Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines. Lack of Consistent Evidence for an Association"

"Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and the Development of Autism"

"Study Fails to Show a Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism"

Plenty more studies here.

[cva66snipe]

Something sure boosted up the occurances. In the early 70's I knew most of the kids who had it in a 5 county area on a first name basis from where I was in a physical rehabilitation center/school. I have two cousins that are siblings who are confined to wheelchairs with MD type of disorders. Only recently {past 10-15 years} did their doctors bring their childhood vaccines into question. They are in their early 30's now. When the oldest married and had kids she had good concerns about whether to vaccinate them or not. As such she should as a parent have had the right to refuse them based on the possibility a genetic quirk may have or may still in later life effect the kids.

Like I said I'm not completely against any of them. But then again it should not be a matter for governments to decide to make mandatory either. It's like Whooping Cough yes it can be fatal. I saw nine kids in one family have it living in primitive conditions. All survived.