catlady
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- Jun 6, 2012
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People have been trying for 20 years to prove that vaccines cause autism. All research has shown NO link whatsoever, no matter how much those doing the study's want it to be true, it has been proven over and over that there is no link.
I had night terrors from about 2-12. I can actually remember the last few episodes I had. While I do believe they are necrologic I don't think they are autism. It feels like something completely different. It is like your brain is trapped between asleep and awake. You KNOW you are dreaming, but cannot seem to snap your brain out of it. When I was little, I never remembered them, but as I got older I became more aware.
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The doctors told me for 10 years (I don't know how long before that) the MMR was not linked to ITP but, research now says "yes" there is a link. The research they are doing now at St. Jude's is on night terrors that do not go away in infants and the possible connection to autism. My point only being that they are still looking into the link between the MMR and autism. They have not stopped and while they have found, in your words, "NO link whatsoever" they continue to look at the connection. It is not necessarily the MMR itself but, they research the MMR with certain genetic dispositions, the MMR at the developmental time they give it, the MMR if taken shortly after a virus, the MMR shelf life, etc. Twenty years is nothing with this type of research.
As I said before, I am a fan of vaccines, death IMO is much worse than a neurological or auto-immune disorder. However, with that said, many of these auto-immune diseases are just as life threatening, debilitating and painful as the actual disease and neurological disorders (as well as, some auto-immune issues) are life sentences. Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to worry about the side effects, as well? I'm hoping for the day when the discussion doesn't come down to a Russian Roulette of our choices being the actual disease, another disease or disorder, or hitting the jackpot of being healthy.
You are so right. However it is not the actual virus they claim causing autism, it is the preservative that organization are blaming. It is mercury, or thimerosal, that "experts" say causes the developmental disability.
They did, and continue to research, thimerosal and neurological issues but, they began taking thimerosal out of most vaccines starting in 1999, see link below. Viruses are a huge cause of neurological and auto-immune issues and that is why they continue to look at live vaccines as a possible cause.
http://www.safeminds.org/mercury/mercury_releases/Thimerosal_content_of_US_vaccines.pdf