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No, there is actually strong evidence against this idea. The MMR vaccine is not linked to autism.
Much of the original controversy was caused by a paper published by Andrew Wakefield (t the time he was a physician) in The Lancet - the prestigious British medical journal. After the publication of Wakefield's paper, other researchers were unable to reproduce Wakefield's findings or confirm his hypothesis of an association between the MMR vaccine and autism, or autism and gastrointestinal disease. After a British Journalist uncovered and published undisclosed financial conflict of interest information (Wakefield was getting money from people suing the vaccine company claiming the vaccine caused autism in their children), the British Governing Medical Council (GMC) - the governing body for physicians in Britain - opened an investigation against Wakefield and two former colleagues. Most of his co-authors withdrew their support for the study's interpretations
On 28 January 2010, a five-member statutory tribunal of the GMC found three dozen charges proved, including four counts of dishonesty and 12 counts involving the abuse of developmentally challenged children. The panel ruled that Wakefield had "failed in his duties as a responsible consultant", acted both against the interests of his patients, and "dishonestly and irresponsibly" in his published research.
Wakefield's study that was used to link MMR to autism was retracted by The Lancet and was subsequently labeled an "elaborate fraud" in an investigation published by the British medical journal BMJ. The investigation concluded the study's author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study -- and that there was "no doubt" Wakefield was responsible.
Three months following The Lancet's retraction, Wakefield was struck off the UK medical register, with a statement identifying deliberate falsification in the research published in The Lancet and was barred from practicing medicine in the UK.
Wakefield's utter failure to conduct valid research does not disprove any possible links between vaccines and autism, but it is pretty obvious his "study" suggesting a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism was worthless.
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∙ 13y agoAutism has no clear etiology or cause at this time. MMR has not been shown to cause Autism. Besides, 12 year old normally do not receive an MMR shot. It's normally given at 1 year old and 4-5 year old.
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∙ 15y agoNo. There is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. In 1998 a well known and respected doctor called Andrew Wakefield published an article in a well known and respected medical journal, claiming that there were links between children having the MMR vaccine and then later developing autism. However, the research was VERY flawed, but people believed it because it was a creditable researcher making the claims and it was published in newspapers. One of the main flaws is that the study was only done on 12 children - not a big enough population to make any real claims. The next year, another, more valid study was done using 500 children and found no link at all between the MMR vaccine and autism. Since then, over 1000 studies have been done, none of which found a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.
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∙ 10y agoThere is no link - full stop.
In 1998 Andrew Wakefield committed fraud by claiming there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism - this has been widely discredited, and a lot of research has gone into proving that there is no link. Even without the scientific proof to prove that there is no link between MMR vaccine and autism, basic common sense tells us that a vaccine given in childhood cannot possibly change a persons entire brain or go back in time to change the fact that person was born autistic.
Unfortunately many people remain willfully ignorant, or will blindly follow other willfully ignorant people such as Jenny McCarthy, thus keep arguing this myth even long after it has been disproven...time and time again.
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∙ 9y agoThe MMR controvacy was that a doctor lied about research findings to claim that MMR vaccines caused Autism. We know that this was absolutely false, unfortunately some ignorant people refuse to believe the truth.
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∙ 10y agoNo, there is no link between MMR and autism.
This idea came about due to a fraudulent paper published in 1998, both that paper and multiple research programs since then have proven that there is no link between the two. Autism is a neurological difference, a vaccine given in toddlers cannot change the brain or go back in time to change the brains development within the womb.
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∙ 8y agoNo, MMR does not cause autism.
Autism is a neurological difference, it starts when the brain is formed in the second trimester of pregnancy and is a result of genetics. A vaccine cannot change a persons entire brain to make someone go from being neurotypical to autistic. The idea that the MMR can cause autism was a fraud and has long since been debunked by science and simple common sense.
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∙ 8y agoMMR cannot cause Autism in anyone of any age.
Autism is a neurological difference, a person starts to become Autistic during the second trimester of pregnancy when the brain starts to develop - a person is born Autistic, it's a result of genetics. A vaccine cannot time-travel to change brain development or your genes. The idea that MMR can cause Autism is a myth based off a long debunked medical fraud.
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∙ 14y agoNo, all credible studies find no link.
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What evidence is there that MMR is unlikely to cause autism?
It's not that MMR is unlikely to cause autism, it cannot cause autism full-stop. Autism is a neurological difference so it occurs within the second trimester of pregnancy when the brain is being formed, no vaccination can cause autism. Billions have been wasted on thousands of research projects to prove that there is absolutely no link between autism and vaccinations.
Does the mmr jab cause autism?
Most definitively NO. The MMR vaccine (and, all other vaccines) have absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH AUTISM. There have been repeated clinical studies, and absolutely no tie between the MMR vaccine and any incidence of autism has been discovered. The scare was caused by bad science and desperate parents, looking for something to blame, and a news media looking for the latest sensational cause. There never was any credible reason to assume there was a tie between MMR and autism, let alone scientific evidence.
Does the mmr vaccine cause autism?
MMR vaccines, as well as other vaccines, do not cause autism. Extensive research has been done into the relationship between autism and vaccines and none has been found. The doctor who originally reported a correlation has since retracted his statements, admitted his results were faked, and lost his medical license.
What possible danger do some connect to the MMR vaccine?
The combined vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) was claimed to cause autism or bowel disorders in some children.
How did the doctors come to the conclusion that MMR causes autism?
MMR does not cause autism, no doctor has come to this conclusion - in fact billions have been wasted proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that vaccines do not cause autism. This is also simple common sense, autism is a neurological condition so it starts within the second trimester of pregnancy, a person is born autistic and a vaccine cannont change a persons brain to make them autistic.
What really was causing autism when the MMR shot controversy was taking place?
The exact same thing that has been causing autism at any other point in history. We don't know the full cause of autism, but primarily it's considered to be a genetic mutation either in one parent or both.
Can you get autism or asperger from vaccination shots?
The child will not get autism from an MMR vaccination. Countries with different vaccination ingredients or different vaccination schedules have increasing rates of autism, too. Research indicates that the MMR vaccination does not cause autism. Videos and descriptions of the children thought to have had autism triggered by the thimerosal-containing MMR vaccines show that they had symptoms of autism prior to the vaccination. Autism is a genetic condition that, in most cases, is assumed to have an environmental trigger in the womb or early infancy. There is the possibility that a very small portion of the people with autism have the condition triggered by a vaccination, but that number is statistically insignificant, so it is too small to be detected in scientific studies. But there is that possibility with other events, too, such as feeding your baby processed baby food or breastfeeding for less than 2 years or eating peanuts while pregnant or any other events that are not associated with autism. Hypothetically, if a child were to have autism triggered by a vaccination, it could be because of the ingredients of the vaccination, the child's stress at receiving a vaccination, the body's immune response being triggered, or some other factor involved in the process of getting a vaccination. Another potential cause for concern is the fact that human DNA is in some of the MMR vaccines. It has not been scientifically proven nor disproven but the dates match up according to what I've read. I would love to know where autism is on the rise and vaccines are not available as someone wrote previously. I wasn't aware of that.
What vaccine was at once time thought to increase the risk of a child developing autism?
The MMR vaccine.
What are the risks of getting mmr?
Common risks associated with vaccines such as swelling, fever and irritation. But NOT AUTISM.
What research has been done on the connection between mumps vaccine and autism?
The current status of the MMR/Autism link is disputed. New beliefs are appearing that bufotenin may be responsible for autism. At the moment, there is little evidence to show that MMR may be linked with autism.More recently, several clinical studies have show no statistical link between any vaccine and the incidence of autism. The MMR does not cause, nor is a contributing factor to, autism.In addition, the bufotenin theory is at this point, just a theory. It is based on the higher-than-normal levels of bufotenin detected in some autistic people, but this has not been thoroughly studied, nor has it been shown this is prevalent in the general autistic population. As of now, we really don't know much about autism, certainly nothing definitive about causes or the mechanisms by which it works.
What is the scandal surronding the MMR vaccine?
The MMR vaccine controvery or scandal centered around the 1998 publication of a fraudulent research paper in the medical journal. This paper claimed that colitis and autism disorders might be caused by MMR vaccine which is not true.
Did Kuwait oil fires cause autism?
no it did not cause autism, birth defects cause autism
