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Are vaccines the major cause of Autism?
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<blockquote data-quote="Senator Cheese" data-source="post: 65776091" data-attributes="member: 346630"><p>Serious studies that have investigated possible links between autism and vaccination programs have found no correlation whatsoever. The very few studies that do claim to have found some evidence for such a correlation make very careful claims and only base their evidence on a macroepidemiological correlation.</p><p></p><p>The argumentation goes along the lines of "Well, in populations in which many vaccines take place, autism is on the rise also" - this fails to account, for example, that in populations that spend money on vaccination programs, diagnostics for psychiatric disorders are also considerably higher. As such, the prevalence of all maladies will seem "higher" in any society that spends a considerable amount of money on primary prevention.</p><p></p><p>The incidence of autism has been on the rise since documentation, which is fairly common due to improved screening and concise diagnostic manuals.</p><p>You will, by the way, find an increase for virtually every psychiatric condition and most physical illnesses as well. (Again, only due to the fact that screening programs have become more prevalent)</p><p></p><p>In fact, a study published in the Lancet in 1999 has shown that there has been a steady increase in autism since 1979 - the rate of this increase did not change <em>at all</em> when the MMR-vaccine was introduced in 1988.</p><p></p><p>Vaccination programs reduce mortality and decrease morbidity. It's as simple as that. And any Christian should get vaccinated to protect those children that <em>can't</em> be vaccinated (i.e. children with immunodeficiencies, cancer, etc.).</p><p></p><p>Since the autism-associated risks of vaccination are so miniscule that they haven't been detected in multiple studies, their existence remains disputed. In either case, even if there were a miniscule increase in risk, the benefit remains.</p><p></p><p>Get vaccinated. There's not much more to say.</p><p>Refusing to get vaccinated means you're partially responsible for the death of those who are dependent on herd immunity. I hope you never forget that fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Senator Cheese, post: 65776091, member: 346630"] Serious studies that have investigated possible links between autism and vaccination programs have found no correlation whatsoever. The very few studies that do claim to have found some evidence for such a correlation make very careful claims and only base their evidence on a macroepidemiological correlation. The argumentation goes along the lines of "Well, in populations in which many vaccines take place, autism is on the rise also" - this fails to account, for example, that in populations that spend money on vaccination programs, diagnostics for psychiatric disorders are also considerably higher. As such, the prevalence of all maladies will seem "higher" in any society that spends a considerable amount of money on primary prevention. The incidence of autism has been on the rise since documentation, which is fairly common due to improved screening and concise diagnostic manuals. You will, by the way, find an increase for virtually every psychiatric condition and most physical illnesses as well. (Again, only due to the fact that screening programs have become more prevalent) In fact, a study published in the Lancet in 1999 has shown that there has been a steady increase in autism since 1979 - the rate of this increase did not change [I]at all[/I] when the MMR-vaccine was introduced in 1988. Vaccination programs reduce mortality and decrease morbidity. It's as simple as that. And any Christian should get vaccinated to protect those children that [I]can't[/I] be vaccinated (i.e. children with immunodeficiencies, cancer, etc.). Since the autism-associated risks of vaccination are so miniscule that they haven't been detected in multiple studies, their existence remains disputed. In either case, even if there were a miniscule increase in risk, the benefit remains. Get vaccinated. There's not much more to say. Refusing to get vaccinated means you're partially responsible for the death of those who are dependent on herd immunity. I hope you never forget that fact. [/QUOTE]
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