Comments on: Original Link Between MMR and Autism Based on False Data

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:10:18 +0000

I disagree with Elisabeth who said “we need to let our kids build up their own immunities” Well that obviously hasn’t worked in the past because most people only lived till the age of 40 if they were lucky and many family would have 8 kids hoping a couple would make it past child hood. And if natural immunites worked how do you explain the Black Plauge? Or the Pollio outbreak? I rest my case.

By: Clifford G. Miller

Clifford G. Miller — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:10:08 +0000

It looks like it was not Wakefield who was fixing the data but journalist Brian Deer:

“Sunday Times Ordered ‘Remove Wakefield MMR “Data Fixing” Story’ ”
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/briandeerdowninflames/

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Dadventure - » The (non)link between MMR vaccine and autism — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:02:55 +0000

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By: Clifford G Miller

Clifford G Miller — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:45:55 +0000

It turns out journalist Brian Deer made it up:-
“Sunday Times Journalist Made Up Wakefield MMR Data Fixing Allegation”:
http://tinyurl.com/djbtzq

And he was helping the US Justice Dept sink 4500 US kids claims for vaccine damage compensation – what kind of normal journalist does that? Ans: none.
“US Federal Court, US Justice Dept & The Sunday Times – More Questions Than Answers”
http://tinyurl.com/ac5xkt

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Failures in Science and Why They are Good | Tangled Up in Blue Guy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:37:55 +0000

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By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:45:00 +0000

Children do not “develop their own immunities” to polio, the measles, meningitis, etc. Vaccines are an important measure to protect our society from epidemics that threaten our health and well-being.

By: Brian Deer Discusses Andrew Wakefield in the Sunday Times: Many Updates « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:42:29 +0000

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By: bensmyson

bensmyson — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:37:00 +0000

Was anyone paid to debunk Wakefield?

Anyone know what, if anything, this has to do with the fact that there is an increase in the number of children suffering brain injuries and in a few cases death, immediately after receiving the MMR,MMRV and HepB vaccines? Did Dr. Wakefield create this epidemic?

I never heard of Wakefield prior to my son’s brain swelling up after his ProQuad, MMRV. (BTW, ProQuad was removed from the market the same month my son got his jab) Am I imaging the GI problems, the loss of speech, all the classical autistic like symptoms that resulted immediately after his vaccines?

Any idea if these vaccines’ manufacturers are required to mention the possible brain damage or injury as a result of the administration of these vaccines to children? If so, did the FDA require the manufacturer to do so based on Wakefield’s study? OR did they do their own study?

What percentage of children vaccinated are 100% safe from the disease? (chicken pox vaccine is 87% effective http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/344/13/955)

If you read the Deer report you’ll know he himself found that one out of the 12 children in the Wakefield study had regressed into exhibiting symptoms of autism immediately after receiving the MMR. That’s one out of 12. Should parents be fed that ALL VACCINES ARE SAFE when they are not? Come on, one out of twelve regressed into autism or so Deer said.

http://www.rescuepost.com/files/deer-response.pdf

By: Tammi

Tammi — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:24:50 +0000

Well that isn’t cool. I shared this with my parenting blog community, I hope you don’t mind that I copy/pasted and linked back.

This doesn’t really change anything for us because we never believed that vaccines caused autism in the first place. We are on a delayed schedule. My boys will have their vaccines, just not while they are so little.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:17:50 +0000

Does this new information change your stance?

Absolutely not. We need to let these kids develop their own immunities. If we are constantly pumping their tiny bodies full of vaccines and antibiotics, they never have time to build a strong immune system.

Further – some of the vaccines they are “requiring” are just unnecessary. Hep A? Chicken Pox? These are common childhood illnesses – and once you have them you are naturally immune.