tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post2948794233384838755..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Blame Game: Health Officials Blame Their Vaccine Program Failures on Autism Concerned ParentsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-75655706530509810992011-04-05T03:35:44.762-03:002011-04-05T03:35:44.762-03:00I strongly disagree with you. Because of my profes...I strongly disagree with you. Because of my profession, I know something about vaccine complications (the real ones, I mean). I also have extensively read the literature about vaccine-autism connection (or lack of it). I do not care much whether Dr. Wakefield had a conflict of interests or just made an honest mistake. What is important for me is that his article was wrong and disastrous, and the blood of children who died of measles and are now agonizing with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is on his hands. I find the scientific evidence about lack of connection between vaccines and autism absolutely decisive for anyone whose opinion is based on data. However, many parents base their opinion on faith, and for them no evidence would ever be enough. When they say they want more studies, they mean they want a study that would confirm the vaccines-autism connection. They remind me of some Bulgarian Gypsies who keep their children unvaccinated because of fears that vaccines are a government conspiracy to make Gypsies infertile. I think the government should use its full repressive power in order not to allow the obsessions of some individuals destroy sound public health programs.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-82017670652888889952011-03-20T20:24:46.687-03:002011-03-20T20:24:46.687-03:00I believe that vaccines can be a trigger in some c...I believe that vaccines can be a trigger in some children and should be looked at much closer. The wakefield incident has made it just a bit harder. There are many triggers that need to be looked at regarding to Autism since it is a spectrum its hard to figure out. I wish everyone would stop fighting and spend the time researching. Have you read about <a href="http://theautismnewswire.com/NewsITems.aspx?newsID=359" rel="nofollow"> brain chemical serotonin </a> plays into this.<br /><br />thanks<br /><br />Curtis MaybinCurtis Maybinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083140194211011893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-38264595500433119582011-03-20T08:52:46.294-03:002011-03-20T08:52:46.294-03:00There is also the whole epilepsy in Autistics issu...There is also the whole epilepsy in Autistics issue. Manufacturers admit DPT & MMR can trigger epileptic seizures in a small percentage of people. 30% of Autistics have epilepsy of some kind. Now this doesn't prove vacccines trigger that epilepsy but in my view it means the issue needs to be looked at, deeply. And it hasn't. Not yet.Autism Mom Risinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233102657448877126noreply@blogger.com