MMR, Vaccines and Autism

Is there a connection or not?

The Danish, Finnish and Japanese studies have been hailed as conclusive proof that no link exists between the MMR vaccine and autism, but on closer examination the 'evidence' is far from conclusive and raises many questions.

References:

The Danish Study:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/347/19/1477.pdf

An Investigation of the association between MMR vaccination and autism in Denmark. G.S. Goldman, Ph.D.
F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P. Journal of Pediatrics and Surgery
http://www.jpands.org/vol9no3/goldman.pdf

National Autism Association critique
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/library/Denmark%20MMR%20Study%20Asse...

The Japanese Study (Honda/Rutter)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118735419/PDFSTART

Additional data omitted by Honda/Rutter:
http://www.nih.go.jp/JJID/55/101.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11974886

Re-examination of Honda study with additional data from Terada and Nakatani:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clifford.g.miller/hondarutter.html

The Finnish studies:
Serious adverse events after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination during a fourteen-year prospective follow-up. Patja, Peltola et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2000; 19:1127-34
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/MMR.pdf

No evidence for measles, mumps,and rubella-associated inflammatory bowel disease or autism in a 14-year prospective study. Peltola, Patja et al. The Lancet, 1998, May 2;1327-1334

Critique from VRAN:
http://www.vran.org/vaccines/mmr/regressive3-mmr.htm

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[skanskar]

the pharmecutical industry is worse than the weapons industry

[NekoMouser]

@tommy605

Because it is easier to look for flaws and attack the opposition than to do the actual research that independently proves your claim. They are going to look for the slightest flaws in the DOZENS of paper that disprove the 1 thoroughly discredited paper because that is the only strategy they have left. Autism of the gaps...

[evilreligion]

@aznphi01

It about 95% effective. If every child is vaccinated then the chances of being exposed to measles is also 95% lower and your kid will have 95% chance of being immune anywa this means that the chances of getting it are 0.25%. At this rate of immunity the disease simply cant replicate and will die out. This how we eliminated small pox. It all fucks up when people don't get their kids vaccinated allowing it to come back. Measles was on its way out in the UK now its coming back.

[aznphi01]

@evilreligion I am in no way pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine, since i don't have kids yet, but looking at your comment, I am curious about the logic of your conclusion. If your child has been vaccinated, should the vaccine does it job and protect your child from measles? and if no vaccine is 100% then even if every kids get vaccinated, there is still a certain % that the kids who are vaccinated will get measles anyway? I am sorry that your child contracted measles btw.

[tommy605]

How about a link to a peer reviewed paper showing the link between Vax and Autism? And a valid peer reviewed paper. Wakefields paper isn't. No blogs, no opinions, no news story. A peer reviewed paper showing a link.

The problem is, the side claiming MMR causes autism hasn't proven any link between them. There are NO peer reviewed studies showing a link. There are several showing no link. But even if there were none, you still have to prove the link.

So, provide a peer reviewed paper.

[paulwady]

@FREECHEESECOMPANYKilling children through not protecting them. Wait and see when the epidemic starts that could have been avoided.

Tick tick...

[paulwady]

@kunkawhiskey Killing children through not protecting them. Wait and see when the epidemic starts that could have been avoided.

Tick tick...

[evilreligion]

@EdwardSkye1

Great response. Your reasoning and logic are amazing.

[EdwardSkye1]

@evilreligion Your a lie.

[EdwardSkye1]

@paulwady AaaaHHHH!!!!! The flu!!!