What comes to mind when you hear the word “vaccine”? Is it autism, mercury poisoning, or is it life-saving disease prevention? Well, vaccines elicit many different responses from different people. There are some who believe that vaccines cause autism and are overall harmful while others think that they are safe and do not cause autism.
Attorney and writer Michael Snyder wrote a piece in 2014 voicing his opinion on the correlation between autism and vaccines. In his article Snyder calls attention to the statistics from the CDC stating in the years between 2000 and 2002 the estimated number of autism cases in children was about 1 in 150 but in 2004 it was reported that 1 in 125, and in 2006 the ratio dropped to 1 in 110, and in 2008 the ratio was 1 in 88 were diagnosed with autism (Snyder). …show more content…
Which he attributes to the increasing amount of vaccines a child gets throughout their developing years. In most cases of autism symptoms do not become apparent until 12 to 24 months of age (Snyder). Before which time the children develop normally. Another point that Snyder brings up is what exactly is in vaccines that could potentially cause substantial brain damage to a child or a developing fetus. The most common ingredient in vaccines is thimerosal which contains mercury, one of the toxic substances know to mankind. According to Snyder the primary health effect of methylmercury is impaired neurological development for fetuses,infants,and children. Methylmercury exposure in the womb, which can result from a mother's consumption of fish and shellfish that contain may methylmercury, can adversely affect a baby's growing brain and nervous
Attorney and writer Michael Snyder wrote a piece in 2014 voicing his opinion on the correlation between autism and vaccines. In his article Snyder calls attention to the statistics from the CDC stating in the years between 2000 and 2002 the estimated number of autism cases in children was about 1 in 150 but in 2004 it was reported that 1 in 125, and in 2006 the ratio dropped to 1 in 110, and in 2008 the ratio was 1 in 88 were diagnosed with autism (Snyder). …show more content…
Which he attributes to the increasing amount of vaccines a child gets throughout their developing years. In most cases of autism symptoms do not become apparent until 12 to 24 months of age (Snyder). Before which time the children develop normally. Another point that Snyder brings up is what exactly is in vaccines that could potentially cause substantial brain damage to a child or a developing fetus. The most common ingredient in vaccines is thimerosal which contains mercury, one of the toxic substances know to mankind. According to Snyder the primary health effect of methylmercury is impaired neurological development for fetuses,infants,and children. Methylmercury exposure in the womb, which can result from a mother's consumption of fish and shellfish that contain may methylmercury, can adversely affect a baby's growing brain and nervous