tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post114844204406544458..comments2012-02-17T17:07:33.038-08:00Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1149484827424742092006-06-04T22:20:00.000-07:002006-06-04T22:20:00.000-07:00Annie,<BR/><BR/>While I agree that not much research has been done on the issue, studies thus far have generally shown no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines most definitely save lives, and you would have to ask yourself whether the risk of death by a preventable viral disease (pretty low) with the risk of vaccine-caused autism (really low).<BR/><BR/>One reason why I am skeptical of any such link is because the proponents are usually parents that refuse to believe that their genes could be responsible. Another thing is that some blame vaccines because symptoms tend to show up at around the same age that children start to get vaccinated. I actually don't trust cutting edge medical science all that much (something about nearly a third of medical studies end up having their conclusions refuted by further studies) but I'm siding with the majority of doctors on this one.Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1149222525729364522006-06-01T21:28:00.000-07:002006-06-01T21:28:00.000-07:00To answer/point out the first part of this post, about autism. Some of those in medicine still believe that vaccines "can" cause autism. I've worked with autistic kids for at least 3 years now and done research on it. I think that vaccines do play a role in autism. There are theories for both arguments. What I believe is that the child already has a chemical imbalance that isn't shown (dormant) until triggered by vaccinations(MMR). Part of it is bc some ppl still use the vaccines with mercury in it. Full blown austism though does have a lot to do with genetics, even when the parents aren't diagnosed with it. Each parent may have a form of Asperger's which those genes pass to the child to get autism. But anyway, I can go on and on about this stuff. I think I already wrote too much. Oh well, this is what I'll be going to school for and working with kids like this later!anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08166779455379929418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1149046482300816692006-05-30T20:34:00.000-07:002006-05-30T20:34:00.000-07:00wow...as someone who works in the cancer research area, thanks for rectifying this.FUNGtastichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12278046679013289480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1148756099990039312006-05-27T11:54:00.000-07:002006-05-27T11:54:00.000-07:00I just haven't gotten around to critiquing his ridiculous ideas presented as fact. I have several bad ideas in the queue where he makes utterly ridiculous factual claims with no empirical evidence.Shanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1148574906590192332006-05-25T09:35:00.000-07:002006-05-25T09:35:00.000-07:00At least his ridiculous ideas are expressed in the form of a question as opposed to some people who spew forth ridiculous ideas as fact.finnegan*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14397599221726221935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12014593.post-1148497215669544352006-05-24T12:00:00.000-07:002006-05-24T12:00:00.000-07:00come on, that one wasn't that bad, seeing as how step one was having to explain to him what a virus was, thinking cancer is caused by a virus isn't that big of a surprisequad4xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01254916394311394533noreply@blogger.com