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help with pre-school booster

spoons78

Hi all, im new to the community forum so i hope im using it correctly! I am having real problems trying to decide whether or not to give my 4 year old son his pre school booster. He has always shown signs of autism since birth really but after his first mmr injections he lost all his speech and stopped eating, and for years has only eaten a handfull of different foods. Now he is at school and he is coming on so well. He is eating hot food for the first time in years, im starting to hold little converations with him, and he isnt half as frustrated as he used to be. I know people do have strong views on this so any advice or eperience with this i would gladly appreciate and take on board. I personally think there is a link, but i also acept the importance of immunisation but there are many people i know with autistic children that have not opted to give the pre school booster, for fear of regression, and also rightly stating that this is merely a "top up" and its highly likely thats its unnecessary anyway. I am changing my mind daily, so please, any help or advice you can give would be most welcomed.

many thanks for reading

liz :)

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  • Scorpion is right.

    Booster jabs are important because the first round of vaccines do not always confer full protection.

    I am 25, and my generation only received one round of MMR as babies - it was introduced in 1988. Two years ago there was a mumps outbreak at the nearby university because the students were vulnerable, having only had one MMR dose, and quite a few had received no MMR vaccinations. My brother, who attended the university at the time, was lucky; he did not get mumps (he had received one MMR), but his girlfriend did. Mumps, while usually a mild disease of childhood, can be serious for adults. Men can become infertile, it can lead to meningitis, severe abdominal pain, and other nasty complications. My brother's girlfriend had no complications, but it effected her studies because she was bedridden for a long time.

    I got my booster during the mump's outbreak, and am very glad I did so. Vaccination is one of the most important benefits of civilization.

    So when considering, please think about other people too, who do not want to get mumps. Pregnant women can also miscarry if they contract it.

    Measles, on the other hand, can be a very dangerous illness, even for children. The second dose of MMR is very important to ensure that your child is safe. When I was 7 years old, there was a national measles scare, and all the children were offered a measles jab at their school, myself included. The children had only received one dose,  but after the children received the second dose of measles vaccine, the scare was averted.

    I have Aspergers, and would rather have any form of autism than be left scarred by measles or mumps. Autism and Aspergers are genetic conditions, that develop in-utero. There is no evidence that vaccines are responsible.

    Measles can kill!

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  • Scorpion is right.

    Booster jabs are important because the first round of vaccines do not always confer full protection.

    I am 25, and my generation only received one round of MMR as babies - it was introduced in 1988. Two years ago there was a mumps outbreak at the nearby university because the students were vulnerable, having only had one MMR dose, and quite a few had received no MMR vaccinations. My brother, who attended the university at the time, was lucky; he did not get mumps (he had received one MMR), but his girlfriend did. Mumps, while usually a mild disease of childhood, can be serious for adults. Men can become infertile, it can lead to meningitis, severe abdominal pain, and other nasty complications. My brother's girlfriend had no complications, but it effected her studies because she was bedridden for a long time.

    I got my booster during the mump's outbreak, and am very glad I did so. Vaccination is one of the most important benefits of civilization.

    So when considering, please think about other people too, who do not want to get mumps. Pregnant women can also miscarry if they contract it.

    Measles, on the other hand, can be a very dangerous illness, even for children. The second dose of MMR is very important to ensure that your child is safe. When I was 7 years old, there was a national measles scare, and all the children were offered a measles jab at their school, myself included. The children had only received one dose,  but after the children received the second dose of measles vaccine, the scare was averted.

    I have Aspergers, and would rather have any form of autism than be left scarred by measles or mumps. Autism and Aspergers are genetic conditions, that develop in-utero. There is no evidence that vaccines are responsible.

    Measles can kill!

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