Childhood Vaccination Vs Autism

A Shot in the Dark: The Link Between Childhood Vaccinations and Autism Did you receive vaccinations throughout your childhood? If you answer was yes, then your parents or guardians took an intelligent risk to prolong your life. Vaccinations pose a risk just like anything else, but the benefits overshadow the consequences. The linkage between childhood vaccinations and autism is a hot topic today, but through various studies and research the linkage has been proven to not exist. If research has proven this to be false, then why do parents still believe that this is occurring? This is due to a misguided notion based solely on opinions from various journals with no real medical evidence. There are consequences that come with every decision that …show more content…
Three hypotheses have been proposed to support this: the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism by damaging the intestinal lining, allowing the entrance of encephalopathic proteins; thimerosal, an ethylmercury-containing preservative, is toxic to the central nervous system; and the administration of multiple vaccines overwhelms and weakens the immune system. Many researchers along with multiple epidemiological studies have been documented to ensure the safety of vaccinations for parents who will harbor concern for their …show more content…
The notion that children are receiving multiple immunizations and it is leading to autism is flawed in multiple ways. The infant immune system is immediately capable of generating protective responses; vaccinations do not overwhelm the immune system. Vaccinations, although they contain a strain of the disease which aid in the generation of antibodies, do not overpower the immune system. The speculation that an exaggerated or inappropriate immune response to vaccinations precipitates autism is at discrepancy with current scientific data that addresses the pathogenesis of