Posted on 04/12/2009 8:19:47 PM PDT by neverdem
As a kid growing up, the only MMR we had was to actually get the disease.
I had all THREE! My brother had measles and mumps at the same time! My parents were pretty worried about that, but he made it through and is still kicking today.
The only thing I remember about it was that the doctor said it was good we got the mumps before reaching puberty.
I also had scarlet fever and survived that, too. I was about 7 years old.
One of my uncles survived a bout with Typhus, and another survived Rheumatic fever. One is 64 and the other is 76 and they remain in good health.
After WWII, MMR ceased to be “dreaded” diseases here in the States and were almost rites of passage for many of us who were elementary school age in the 50s.
so what’s the cause, I grew up in a big city and went to big schools and a big church and i never heard of anyone with autism. today, it’s one in 150 births.
Yes, I believe in science. I also believe in liberty, which must include the liberty to be wrong.
It wasn’t diagnosed properly back in the day and autistic children usually were classified as having some other disease or just weird or socially in-ept.
i don’t know, we had over 2,500 kids in high school and I’ve never seen one act like some of the kids with autism do today and this was during the 70’s when special ed. was started and they were classifying everyone who didn’t seem average.
And who has mentioned the tons, quite literally tons, of illicit drugs gong into the bloodstreams of Americans every year, women of childbearing age included? How much effect is this having upon the incidence of autism, etc.?
What is the effect of repeated infections with STDs, lack of breast feeding newborns, abortions? And how can the later effects of these be tested for?
So you see it's not just too many environmental chemicals or lack of testing of medicines that may play a role in the incidence of childhood illnesses.
In some states, like NJ, it is around 1 in 60.
ping for later
And the Amish have their own health problems due to dangerous genetic disorders that get amplified when 2 carriers get married and pass it on.
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