mmr jab

zone_tripper said:

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Hello

Apologies if I am posting in the wrong section  but i would like some advice on the MMR jab.  Do you as parents of children feel that there was a definite link between your child getting the MMR jab and being diagnosed / did you notice a difference after your child had the jab.  I am very unsure whether to get the jab for my child due to the possible link.  thanks

There is no link whatsoever.  It is a myth, which has been consistently debunked by study after study, both before and after the Andrew Wakefield scandal.  

A good response to the MMR scare caused by Andrew Wakefield is this article from Ben Goldacre's Bad Science website - www.badscience.net/.../ 

Beat me to it. Good book too.

gettyhoops said:

Hello

Apologies if I am posting in the wrong section  but i would like some advice on the MMR jab.  Do you as parents of children feel that there was a definite link between your child getting the MMR jab and being diagnosed / did you notice a difference after your child had the jab.  I am very unsure whether to get the jab for my child due to the possible link.  thanks

There is no link whatsoever.  It is a myth, which has been consistently debunked by study after study, both before and after the Andrew Wakefield scandal.  

A good response to the MMR scare caused by Andrew Wakefield is this article from Ben Goldacre's Bad Science website - www.badscience.net/.../ 

I have a 80 year old elderly uncle who I am convinced is Autistic (he has never been formally diagnosed, but he has many of the known traits), a father who has anxiety issues, I have had a grandmother who suffered from depression, and I had two uncles who were both alcoholics.  And I was diagnosed with ASD in 2011, aged 34.  I reckon there is more than likely a genetic link to ASD within families, but that is just my own theory; research into the causes of ASD is on-going.  

You should get the MMR . These diseases are really nasty and we want to eradicate them. Smallpox was eradicated in the 70s because everyone was vaccinated!. We thank Jenner for this (a Doctor who pioneered vaccination). Vaccination was an Enlightenment discovery, based on reason. All good Science is based on an application of reason (local thought) to experience (empiricism). Neither can operate in isolation, and Wakefield's study has been empirically and rationally destroyed. There is simply no evidence, and his argument was not rational either.

hi getty hoops.

I understand your dilemma, its confusing isnt it especially when you are scared you may be doing something detrimantal to your child. I admit there was a time where i pondered this too. To be fair there are probably many mums who have the same dilemma.

 Its important to remember that no link has ever been found.

Personally i dont think there is any link, my youngest son didnt have the MMR untill much later than it would usually be given and the signs of Autism were already there before he had the Vaccination.

 My other children are on the spectrum, i dont think the MMR  jab caused it at all. they were born with Autism. I really dont think that autism is caused by MMR jabs, i think its genetic.  As Tylers Mummy Says you must consider potentially very serious illnesses you leave your child open to if you do not get them the vaccine.

Find out as much as you can and look at the Facts, them make an educated decision

You as a parent have to make a choice! 

Yes there is speculation around the MMR, but there is no solid evidence to suggest that the jab causes Autism.  

I have considered the theory myself, when i remember my son being poorly after he had he's, but then i remember back to stuff he did way before then that was different aswell. My son was born with Autism!

You also have to consider the risks of not allowing your child to have the MMR, the illness'es you will be making them vunerable to etc.

At the end of the day, you are going to do what you feel is right, no one can make your mind up for you. All i can suggest is researching the pros and cons and making and educated and informed decision.

there was no mmr jab when my son was due his vaccinations in the mid 80s.  Looking back his autism showed from 3 wks old.  Some of these jabs coincide with milestones in a child's early life.  If something goes wrong + they've recently had the job, some parents blame the jab. Children die of measles or can become disabled in v serious cases.  I had measles, mumps + rubella as a child.  The measles was by far the worst, but the mumps wasn't a barrel of laughs either.  So don't underestimate the consequences of your child contracting measles or of passing it on to other children.  I do understand why you worry about the mmr because of all the publicity in previous yrs.  Dr Wakefield's theory has been discredited.

how do you know this?

No link. Total bollocks.