mmr jab

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.  

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.