Here is an article from CBS News that reports the controversy surrounding the possibility that Autism is caused by vaccinations. This report misses the issue all together.
One of the problems is that media has misunderstood what parents and researchers have said about the link between autism and vaccinations. Media tends to think researchers are saying vaccines are bad in general when the REAL issue is the mercury preservative, Thimerasol, used in vaccinations. It is gradually being phased out but many children still get massive doses of this neurotoxic chemical right at a time when their brains are developing.
Parents regularly report that their healthy and normally developing child suddenly becomes unresponsive and autistic shortly after receiving several regularly schedule vaccinations from their pediatrician. There are some researchers who suggest that perhaps it is the vaccine bug itself that is the cause of the problem. But the majority point their fingers at Thimerasol. I believe it is the preservative and NOT the vaccine itself. I believe it is unconscionable for the vaccine mfg's to have ever used mercury as a preservative. Especially since the child is receiving 48 vaccinations by time they are 6 with each dose containing more mercury that either the EPA or OSHA says is safe. That is crazy!! Why would the government and doctors EVER do such a thing??
But worse, media reports that we and others are saying that we are against vaccines in general. I think we should spread out the vaccinations over many more years but I and others are generally not against vaccinations as this CBS report suggests.
Here is an article from CBS News that reports the controversy surrounding the possibility that Autism is caused by vaccinations. This report misses the issue all together.
One of the problems is that media has misunderstood what parents and researchers have said about the link between autism and vaccinations. Media tends to think researchers are saying vaccines are bad in general when the REAL issue is the mercury preservative, Thimerasol, used in vaccinations. It is gradually being phased out but many children still get massive doses of this neurotoxic chemical right at a time when their brains are developing.
Parents regularly report that their healthy and normally developing child suddenly becomes unresponsive and autistic shortly after receiving several regularly schedule vaccinations from their pediatrician. There are some researchers who suggest that perhaps it is the vaccine bug itself that is the cause of the problem. But the majority point their fingers at Thimerasol. I believe it is the preservative and NOT the vaccine itself. I believe it is unconscionable for the vaccine mfg's to have ever used mercury as a preservative. Especially since the child is receiving 48 vaccinations by time they are 6 with each dose containing more mercury that either the EPA or OSHA says is safe. That is crazy!! Why would the government and doctors EVER do such a thing??
But worse, media reports that we and others are saying that we are against vaccines in general. I think we should spread out the vaccinations over many more years but I and others are generally not against vaccinations as this CBS report suggests.