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My partner and sons Dad says he resents me for taking Son to get his vaccines.

Nico.K

My Son has speech delay, sensory processing disorder and Autism, my partner has dropped the bombshell that he resents me for getting our Son his vaccinations as he believes having all the vaccines through the NHS cause Autism and he wanted to do it privately. 

This isn't the first time he has judged my parenting, to be honest it is making me miserable and that I can't do anything right. I am.the main carer for my Son, I have give up my career to look after our son which I more than happy to do as he needs me but I don't feel appreciated at all. 

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  • I am a retired biomedical researcher, I actually knew and worked in the same department as one of the former PhD students of Andrew Wakefield. It is Wakefield who fraudulently came up with the disproven autism vaccine link. At the time the original Lancet paper was in preparation, my former colleague refused to allow his name to appear on the paper, as he was so unhappy with its content. I, therefore, have had 'straight from the horse's mouth' confirmation of the fraudulent nature of Wakefield's hypothesis. Wakefield, in essence, distorted his results and conclusions for monetary gain. The paper was later retracted by Lancet, Wakefield was formally investigated (my friend gave evidence during this) and his licence to practice as a medical doctor was revoked by the General Medical Council.

    There is absolutely no causal connection between childhood vaccination and autism. It is merely that signs of autism in young children are noticed at around the same time as they are normally being vaccinated. Around 80% of autism is genetic in origin.

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  • I am a retired biomedical researcher, I actually knew and worked in the same department as one of the former PhD students of Andrew Wakefield. It is Wakefield who fraudulently came up with the disproven autism vaccine link. At the time the original Lancet paper was in preparation, my former colleague refused to allow his name to appear on the paper, as he was so unhappy with its content. I, therefore, have had 'straight from the horse's mouth' confirmation of the fraudulent nature of Wakefield's hypothesis. Wakefield, in essence, distorted his results and conclusions for monetary gain. The paper was later retracted by Lancet, Wakefield was formally investigated (my friend gave evidence during this) and his licence to practice as a medical doctor was revoked by the General Medical Council.

    There is absolutely no causal connection between childhood vaccination and autism. It is merely that signs of autism in young children are noticed at around the same time as they are normally being vaccinated. Around 80% of autism is genetic in origin.

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  • in reply to Martin

    I've read recently it's higher than 80.

    But curious!! If you have links to papers disproving Wakefield. Cannot believe this is still an issue. Gossip is a powerful deluge.