Comments on: Vaccinations: Reasonable Doubt

By: Vaccines Are ‘Exonerated’ from Causing Autism? The Monkeys Know Better « The Baby Dust Diaries

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:52:12 +0000

[...] or doctor should be willing to admit that the jury is still out. You may have read previously my problem with the epidemiological studies done to date. We have some actual scientific studies coming out that certainly do not exonerate [...]

By: Vaccinations: DTaP « The Baby Dust Diaries

Vaccinations: DTaP « The Baby Dust Diaries — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:34:13 +0000

[...] my previous posts on vaccinations I covered my concerns with Hep B, polio and to a smaller extent MMR. In general I believe the following illnesses to be normal parts of childhood that actually [...]

By: damona12

damona12 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:16:13 +0000

I agree Katie. I wasn’t clear enough. I’m sure that pediatric psychologists and neurologists take regression of skills seriously. I meant to say that researchers in the field of vaccine safety treat parents’ association that the skill regression began with the MMR as bunk. Sorry for the confusion. I can supply some articles to this point. But, you are right, not all “researchers” as I implied don’t listen to parents.

However, Katie, are you trying to say that a coincidence makes skill regression begin after taking an MMR? If so, once again, to whom are we placing that burden of proof?

By: mom

mom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:53 +0000

So as a parent….is a “delay” of the vaccines in order?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:28:45 +0000

Actually anecdotes are NOT treated as “emotional bunk” by researchers. They are treated as evidence on both sides. Autism, however it is caused, is characterised by a regression in skills. This is probably because for a lot of early skills, there is an easy way to do them and a grownup way to do them, and most kids transition to the grownup way, while autistic kids don’t.

So not only could kids lose skills anyway without having a vaccination, it is EXTREMELY likely that kids who are later diagnosed as autistic would lose skills – it’s one of the striking features of the disorder. Vaccinations are done at just the age these skills are lost.

If a parent comes in to see a physician/clinician/paediatric psychiatrist and says “my child lost some skills” this is something that’s taken very seriously and as a possible indicator of autism. This was a known symptom long before any vaccination debate.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:31:04 +0000

you should certainly look at the somali autism problem in minisota , its very very interesting .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/minneapolis-and-the-somal_b_143967.html