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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was formally investigated (my friend gave evidence during this) and his licence to practice as a medical doctor was revoked by the General Medical Council.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.

  • 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.

  • in reply to JuniperFromGallifrey

    These days many people like to blame an external animus for misfortune. Nothing can either be just a random occurrence or have a complex origin. They think that there has to be a simple explanation for everything and if they are offered it, they cling to it, despite all evidence to the contrary.

    They think that they know better than the medical experts who examined Wakefield's work in minute detail and found that it was so fraudulent that they took away his licence to practise medicine. Against such wilful ignorance there is little that can be done.

  • in reply to Martin

    It reminds me of all the parents who's children weren't a bit slow learning to read or just not academic, they had to be dyslexic, especially if the parents were academic high achievers.

    Nobodies allowed to have an accident any more, there has to be blame and where theres blame theres a claim, or so we're told.

    I think theres to many people around who have such a massive sense of entitlement and that "things like this don't or shouldn't happen to people like us". Stupid, arrogant bottom holes!

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  • in reply to Martin

    It reminds me of all the parents who's children weren't a bit slow learning to read or just not academic, they had to be dyslexic, especially if the parents were academic high achievers.

    Nobodies allowed to have an accident any more, there has to be blame and where theres blame theres a claim, or so we're told.

    I think theres to many people around who have such a massive sense of entitlement and that "things like this don't or shouldn't happen to people like us". Stupid, arrogant bottom holes!

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