The Link between the MMR vaccine and Autism: Is there such a thing?
In today’s society, vaccines are a normal thing. We’ve all had them, and we at least know what a vaccine is and what it can do. Vaccines have been around ever since 1796, when Edward Jenner released a smallpox vaccine, and have continued to develop as technology has evolved throughout the years. The 20th century was when vaccines started to blow up and have become more common. But even though they have done so much good to us, people still suspect that they harm us more than they benefit us. About the same time, autism started to get more recognition and was known as a disease. The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (or MMR vaccine) was licensed in 1971 and became a big hit and many people all around the world got the vaccine for themselves and their families. Then on February 28, 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues released an article determining that the MMR vaccine caused autism (ASD). His research composed of the study of eight children who got the MMR vaccine. They all started to show signs of autism about a month later. This article caused a concern all over the world. The anti-vaccination movement erupted. People have truly believed that vaccines cause autism but …show more content…
It caused a disturbance between society, families, the medical field, and the world in general. Families were the most concerned especially because children from age 12 to 15 months received the MMR vaccine “to assure that infants are protected against diseases that occur in early childhood” (Miller). The media was then pressured to conduct many researches to test the theory of the assumption being true. Many researches have been conducted since then, but no correlation was found. In the table below, it shows one of the many graphs between the correlation of the amount of vaccines and the
In today’s society, vaccines are a normal thing. We’ve all had them, and we at least know what a vaccine is and what it can do. Vaccines have been around ever since 1796, when Edward Jenner released a smallpox vaccine, and have continued to develop as technology has evolved throughout the years. The 20th century was when vaccines started to blow up and have become more common. But even though they have done so much good to us, people still suspect that they harm us more than they benefit us. About the same time, autism started to get more recognition and was known as a disease. The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (or MMR vaccine) was licensed in 1971 and became a big hit and many people all around the world got the vaccine for themselves and their families. Then on February 28, 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues released an article determining that the MMR vaccine caused autism (ASD). His research composed of the study of eight children who got the MMR vaccine. They all started to show signs of autism about a month later. This article caused a concern all over the world. The anti-vaccination movement erupted. People have truly believed that vaccines cause autism but …show more content…
It caused a disturbance between society, families, the medical field, and the world in general. Families were the most concerned especially because children from age 12 to 15 months received the MMR vaccine “to assure that infants are protected against diseases that occur in early childhood” (Miller). The media was then pressured to conduct many researches to test the theory of the assumption being true. Many researches have been conducted since then, but no correlation was found. In the table below, it shows one of the many graphs between the correlation of the amount of vaccines and the