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Originally posted by eradown
reply to post by paxnatus
You are more generous than I am. I now assume CDC may have known along about vaccines and Autism. Autism spikes in families that have no history of Autism is probably some Harod's idea of weeding out the competition.
I have no history of autism in my family whatsoever however I have a child with Asperger's and ADHD.
Originally posted by DGFenrir
reply to post by outrageousfortune
I doubt that thimerosal in vaccines has any effect on the human organism. Why? Because ethylmercury, that it is degraded to, doesn't bioaccumulate and is gone from the body in a few days. The amount in the vaccine isn't enough to harm enyone. The maximum safe levels approved by various organisations are much lower than the real safe levels.
You get more methylmercury from fish and that does bioaccumulate.
[edit on 6/12/2009 by DGFenrir]
Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
I dont buy this at all. There has to be another factor unique to those individuals who get autism. I mean all the children get the shots why only a small minorty are coming down with autism?
Easy answer would be that its genetic, right?
It seems to me if anything these vaccines are triggering the already present autism. Does that mean then that the child was bound to get it no matter what, but just that the vaccine hastened it?
Originally posted by paxnatus
reply to post by damn_ummmm
I have no history of autism in my family whatsoever however I have a child with Asperger's and ADHD.
I think you are not seeing the whole picture. Autism is a spectrum disorder.
Severely Autistic like the character Dustin Hoffman portrayed in "Rain Man" is the lower end of the spectrum. Aspergers is on the higher end of the spectrum. They are both Autistic spectrum disorders, under the umbrealla Autism.
ADHD is a classic diagnosis that co exists with Aspergers. So is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder Mood disorders and Sensory disorders Keep in mind none of these symptoms by themselves equal Aspergers. It is also not necessary to have all of these in order to receive a diagnosis of AS. However, 2 or usually co exist with AS.
Thanks,
Pax
Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
reply to post by houman
SO why are only some kids coming down from autism, from these vaccines if that was really the case?
What is the other differentiating factor among them? Its either genetics or it involves something else, and if it involves something else then it can hardly be said that vaccines are the cause.
Also remember this, the number of autistic kids has skyrocketed in the past 15 years or so, meanwhile these vaccines are twice as old as that. IMHO i think it is an environmental issue with the mothers during pregnancy, and certain things the mothers consume. Because if it was the vaccines then why are the vast majority of kids who take them (thankfully) spared this fate of autism?
Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
reply to post by houman
SO why are only some kids coming down from autism, from these vaccines if that was really the case?
What is the other differentiating factor among them? Its either genetics or it involves something else, and if it involves something else then it can hardly be said that vaccines are the cause.
Also remember this, the number of autistic kids has skyrocketed in the past 15 years or so, meanwhile these vaccines are twice as old as that. IMHO i think it is an environmental issue with the mothers during pregnancy, and certain things the mothers consume. Because if it was the vaccines then why are the vast majority of kids who take them (thankfully) spared this fate of autism?
Originally posted by damn_ummmm
Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
reply to post by houman
SO why are only some kids coming down from autism, from these vaccines if that was really the case?
What is the other differentiating factor among them? Its either genetics or it involves something else, and if it involves something else then it can hardly be said that vaccines are the cause.
Also remember this, the number of autistic kids has skyrocketed in the past 15 years or so, meanwhile these vaccines are twice as old as that. IMHO i think it is an environmental issue with the mothers during pregnancy, and certain things the mothers consume. Because if it was the vaccines then why are the vast majority of kids who take them (thankfully) spared this fate of autism?
You make it sound like this is a virus that these children are catching. It isn't.
I would guess that perhaps the reason the numbers have gone up so much recently is because there has been much more research afforded to this condition. In the past autistic children were hidden away, not spoken of.. it is only over the last decade or so that autism is not being seen as a 'shameful' condition anymore.
Autism has always been around, you just didn't hear about it that much.
Originally posted by damn_ummmm
Originally posted by paxnatus
reply to post by damn_ummmm
I have no history of autism in my family whatsoever however I have a child with Asperger's and ADHD.
I think you are not seeing the whole picture. Autism is a spectrum disorder.
Severely Autistic like the character Dustin Hoffman portrayed in "Rain Man" is the lower end of the spectrum. Aspergers is on the higher end of the spectrum. They are both Autistic spectrum disorders, under the umbrealla Autism.
ADHD is a classic diagnosis that co exists with Aspergers. So is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder Mood disorders and Sensory disorders Keep in mind none of these symptoms by themselves equal Aspergers. It is also not necessary to have all of these in order to receive a diagnosis of AS. However, 2 or usually co exist with AS.
Thanks,
Pax
I am seeing the whole picture and I'm pretty sure I know what Asperger's is after living with a child for 8yrs with it.
The point I was trying to make is that even though there is no history of anyone in either my family or my sons family showing any signs of autism (throughout the spectrum) we still had a child with Apserger's and I lay the blame squarely at our individual genetic makeup.
I don't believe that autism can 'lay dormant' until suddenly awoken by a trauma or vaccination.
I do concede that kids will be affected by these vaccines in a negative way (which can be scientifically proven) but that happens not just with vaccines but also with so many common drugs! Where does it end? Do we stop giving our kids paracetamol because the kid down the road had a bad reaction therefore my kid might?
If I had another child it would be immunized without a second thought.
Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
reply to post by houman
So you do agree that it most likely is something genetic that causes some children to become autistic?
I mean because the whole problem I have with this reasoning is that it doesnt take into account why the vast majority of children do not become autistic.
That is why I said that to me it seemed more like the vaccines if anything where nothing more than a catalyst for children who already had the makings of autism in themselves, because again why is it still only a small minority of kids who become autistic?
Originally posted by Kailassa
Would you like a lesson in immunology?
HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is the hormone tested for when checking to see if a woman is pregnant. Administration of hCG to a woman causes her body to mimic the symptoms of pregnancy. So what would you expect to happen if you inject hCG into a woman as part of a vaccine containing substances causing an immune response and inflammation of the injection site?
The combination causes the body to develop an immune reaction to its own hCG, resulting in impaired fertility. It works even better if you combine it with a toxoid such as diphtheria or tetanus.
This is why the inclusion of squalene, (sometimes listed as MF-59 or ASO3,) in vaccines is such a serious matter. Squalene administered this way has been shown to cause Gulf War Syndrome.
Glycine is a naturally occurring chemical in the human body.
Injecting an adjuvanted vaccine containing a naturally occurring body chemical can cause a long-term immune reaction against that chemical.
It would be surprising if injection of glycine did not have a deleterious effect in some patients.
Originally posted by DGFenrir
reply to post by houman
The research published at EHP pretty much confirms what I've learned about ethylmercury and methylmercury. Ethylmercurt is safer than methylmercury.
here's a nice colorful publication of that same research. It's also much more convenient to compare the figures in this one.
[edit on 7/12/2009 by DGFenrir]