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Study Confirms No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-that-evidence-is-helpful-with-those-people dept.

An anonymous reader sends word of a new study (abstract) into the relationship between the MMR vaccine and kids who develop autism. In short: there is no relationship, even for kids at high risk of developing autism. From the article: [Researchers] examined records from a large health insurer to search for such an association. They checked the status of children continuously enrolled in the health plan from birth to at least 5 years old during 2001 to 2012. The children also had an older brother or sister continuously enrolled for at least six months between 1997 and 2012. "Consistent with studies in other populations, we observed no association between MMR vaccination and increased ASD risk among privately insured children.We also found no evidence that receipt of either 1 or 2 doses of MMR vaccination was associated with an increased risk of ASD among children who had older siblings with ASD." ... [An accompanying editorial said,] "Taken together, some dozen studies have now shown that the age of onset of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, the severity or course of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, and now the risk of ASD recurrence in families does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children."

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  1. The antivaxers will ignore this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... Because this discovery was made by science.

    They will just claim this is
    1) Big pharma conspiracy
    2) Jewish conspiracy
    3) Both of the above

    Antivaxers will only refer to science when it supports their own theories.

    1. Re:The antivaxers will ignore this... by ArylAkamov · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Same thing with any group that has an agenda to push. Support and praise science when it supports your views/goals, discredit it any way possible when it conflicts with your views/goals. Business (Or politics) as usual.

    2. Re:The antivaxers will ignore this... by taustin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      One of the doctors who announced he would no longer accept unvaccinated children as patients nailed it with the question "If you don't trust my judgment on the extensive scientific research on the safety of vaccines, how can you possible trust my judgment on anything to do with your children?"

      If you really believe that the entire medical profession, literally every one of them, is either criminally incompetent or part of some massive conspiracy, then your only rational choice, when your child is sick, is to sit there and watch them die.

  2. How vaccines cause autism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://howdovaccinescauseautism.com/

  3. Re:That's the problem with such studies by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because not everyone can be vaccinated. Infants can't be vaccinated, along with people with certain kinds of immune problems. Those individuals are kept safe by herd immunity.

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