MMR and other vaccinations..

[Icecub]

I am sure some of u parents are still going to have your children do some vaccinations soon...when it is time to do the MMR, are you worried or are you letting your kids have them??

I was fortunate to have my son have his in SA, before all this stuff hit the fan - and ppl started complaining...

Do you really think that the MMR jab causes problems???

[Tania]

Ja Cubbie

My kids had their MMR jabs, and at the time I thought it was the right thing to do. Since then, I have met up with the parents of a severely autistic boy - who was a normal baby - until he had the MMR jab. He is now 7 years old, and cant speak, cant control bodily functions, is an emotional rolercoaster and completely hyper.

The parents of this child are struggling with authorities & specialists left right and centre, to find answers or someone to take responsibility for the mess, and they have been at it for 5 years. Having seen and heard their story, I thank my lucky stars that my kids were not in that 0,0000000000001% of MMR victims.

I believe the NHS should offer seperate jabs for as an alternative.

[dudette]

Why is it that only here in the UK that there is such an outcry about the MMR when SA uses exactly the same culture that they use here?

This was a very worrying issue for me this year, but after much deliberation I felt that the benefits of the MMR far outweighed the risks.

[Joan]

Originally posted by dudette
Why is it that only here in the UK that there is such an outcry about the MMR when SA uses exactly the same culture that they use here?

This was a very worrying issue for me this year, but after much deliberation I felt that the benefits of the MMR far outweighed the risks.

dudette, one of the secretaries that worked at the Univ where I worked, has an autistic son, he is about 16 now. She always insisted that it was due to the MMR



Both our sons had all their vaccinations without us even thinking about any possible side effect.........



I think that those people who want seperate jabs should pay for them, the NHS is stretched to its limits.........it pays for far too many suits in offices organising all sorts of new schemes and plans...........


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[Cali]

People should also realise that autism often only gets diagnosed at around age 3 when parents realise that their children aren't talking or socialising much.

Connor was 3 when the mmr hit the fan and my doctor called me in a few weeks prior to Connor's jab to discuss any issues I had.

I didn't have any. Connor was going to the jab regardless. I wasn't able to have the jab in when I was younger and I nearly died from (german) measles age 3 and a half. THere was no way I was going to go through what my parents went through.

Besides I don't really believe there is a link at all.

[Pampered]

My girls had theirs no problem, I would have given it to themregardless....

My nephew ended up with meningitis after contracting mumps when my sister in law did not get him his MMR...:mad:

[lols]

Both my children had their mmr and I did not hesitate with the decision.

Considering there is no medical proof of a link between autism and MMR I feel its the right decision.

[Jemlet]

I think that it is just one of those unfortunate co-incidences that the symptoms of autism usually become noticed at the same sort of time as the MMR is given. I think Lols has also hit the nail on the head the medical evidence isn't there. The results that the original scientist found haven't been able to be replicated. The biggest reason that made me feel that there is unlikely to be a link between autism and mmr vaccines is a comparison between the no of vaccines given vs the number of cases of autism diagnosed over time. The curve of the MMR graph has stabalised (perhaps even decreased slightly) whereas the autism graph still continues to rise. One may have expected a delay in the autism graph showing a plateau but it still continues to rise. One possible reason is that diagnostic skills have improved and more children are thus diagnosed with autism than in years gone past - then the child might just have been considered "slow".


I actually agree with the government's stance on not offering the single jabs as the herd immnunity is compromised by the longer time needed to give the vaccines seperately. It would also fuel more hysteria that the MMR is not safe becasue otherwise why are they offering the singe jabs? I think the research has also generally shown that the MMR is more effective as a vaccine than the individual jabs. I do however understand the reaction of many parents feeling they have been denied choice and the risk they feel they consequently have to face.

[Jillibeans]

Both our girls had them done and no problems, I think I would have had them done anyway, even if they didn't have to have them.

[Joan]

Originally posted by Jemlet
I The curve of the MMR graph has stabalised (perhaps even decreased slightly) whereas the autism graph still continues to rise. One may have expected a delay in the autism graph showing a plateau but it still continues to rise. One possible reason is that diagnostic skills have improved and more children are thus diagnosed with autism than in years gone past - then the child might just have been considered "slow".


I actually agree with the government's stance on not offering the single jabs as the herd immnunity is compromised by the longer time needed to give the vaccines seperately. It would also fuel more hysteria that the MMR is not safe becasue otherwise why are they offering the singe jabs? I think the research has also generally shown that the MMR is more effective as a vaccine than the individual jabs. I do however understand the reaction of many parents feeling they have been denied choice and the risk they feel they consequently have to face.

I suppose when one's child is autistic or if anything is wrong with your child, one tends to look for a reason, which is understandable.
Your reply is excellent Jemlet, seeing as it is a scientific reasoning. It was (or still is) blamed on the mercy used as a preservative in the 3 in 1.