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Vaccines and autism - a parent’s dilemma
Posted By katie allison granju
A science teacher and new mother makes the decision that more and more parents are questioning:
The handyman (who is more anti-vax than me since I am a science nerd) and I both read The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears and decided to wait on the MMR vaccine due to the Bean at her one year check up (my ped was fine with this). We did most of the other vaccines but on a more ‘relaxed’ schedule than suggested by the AMA. And, I have been interested to see how some of the court cases that were recently allowed to go to trial would be decided about the link between autism & vaccines so was interested by this article in the Huffington Post. I know mercury (thimerosal) is supposedly no longer being used in children’s vacccines but I have also read that small traces are still in vaccines and the drug company only has to list it as an ingredient if over a certain amount. Just something to think about I suppose. We plan to wait until the Bean starts daycare or school to get the MMR (required by the state in TN).
Feb 27th, 2008
