Parents in the past read about a medical paper that said children who received vaccinations are prone to become autistic, that it was the mercury (used purely as a preservitive) in one of these vaccinations that caused autism in their children, and this rumor spread like wildfire.
One of the simpler explanations was that, at the time this whole hullabaloo began, the classification for Autism was only 6 types and then became 12. So people or kids who were not diagnosed with autism in the past were still autistic. Also, when this rumor began, the company immediately removed the mercury but kids still turned out to be autistic.
There is no evidence that I am aware of to support the theory that Vaccinations cause autism.
(I am more than happy to receive any conflicting evidence of course, and I'll look into it and talk with my peers about it.)
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
::Quote from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Being autistic myself, I've spent a few hours delving into the subject. I've read several articles and citations stating both sides of the argument, but the reports showing that vaccines do indeed cause autism were the minority, and few actually showed convincing results. The general public knowledge of autism didn't even become 'big' until the mid 90's I believe, and with it came a lot of misinformation. Up until recent years, roughly the last decade or so, most autistics were originally misdiagnosed. I'm sure plenty still are.
It's already been shown that the root of autism is genetics, and it can even run through a family line. At this point, it's mostly argued if vaccines can provoke a very young child to develop the characteristics of autism, which isn't an entirely egregious speculation if you ask me. However, the evidence is still extremely lacking. There has simply been no conclusive results to show or even hint that vaccines cause autism in anyway. As far as I know, any scenarios where a child begins to show autistic-specific straits after being injected with a vaccine is likely coincidental.
True, but not every alleged authistic person is authistic. Sometimes when a child behaves slightly deviant people start shouting "AUTISM! SYNDROM OF DOWN! OTHER SCARY STUFF!"
The supposed link between vaccinations and autism has been pretty conclusively debunked at this point. Some people can't let it go so they managed to perpetuate the controversy to some extent. The problem is this whole thing has actually lead to preventable deaths of children because of parents being scared by the nonsense avoiding important and life-saving vaccinations for their child.
Parents in the past read about a medical paper that said children who received vaccinations are prone to become autistic, that it was the mercury (used purely as a preservitive) in one of these vaccinations that caused autism in their children, and this rumor spread like wildfire.
One of the simpler explanations was that, at the time this whole hullabaloo began, the classification for Autism was only 6 types and then became 12. So people or kids who were not diagnosed with autism in the past were still autistic. Also, when this rumor began, the company immediately removed the mercury but kids still turned out to be autistic.
There is no evidence that I am aware of to support the theory that Vaccinations cause autism.
(I am more than happy to receive any conflicting evidence of course, and I'll look into it and talk with my peers about it.)
::Quote from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
It's already been shown that the root of autism is genetics, and it can even run through a family line. At this point, it's mostly argued if vaccines can provoke a very young child to develop the characteristics of autism, which isn't an entirely egregious speculation if you ask me. However, the evidence is still extremely lacking. There has simply been no conclusive results to show or even hint that vaccines cause autism in anyway. As far as I know, any scenarios where a child begins to show autistic-specific straits after being injected with a vaccine is likely coincidental.