Thursday, April 22, 2010

Vaccines

Can vaccines made with fetal cells be causing Autism? In a recent article from Environmental Science and Technology, an EPA study found a marked increase in the incidence in Autism, that began in 1988. There has been much debate that vaccines, or their additives, are one of the primary causes of Autism.
 
Autistic disorder is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder, typically identified in early childhood. Genetic and environmental factors are implicated in the cause. Autism has increased dramatically in recent years. Autism effects 1 in 100 children, with a significantly greater incidence among boys.  
An interesting point, is that vaccines associated with the Autism trend never contained mercury. And some animal produced vaccines, used universally in the US before 1979, contained levels of mercury as high, if not higher, than current levels.
 
Although the debate about the nature of increasing Autism continues, every effort should be made to stem the increasing tide of Autism in our children. Some right to life groups are advocating for informed consent, before vaccines are given, and fair labeling on the vaccine. It is a real possibility that virus laden DNA of aborted babies, could be wreaking havoc on the DNA of healthy children. Just take the pig DNA, recently found in the Rotovix vaccine. Plausible? You bet.
 
There are a few vaccines that have been made with aborted fetal stem-cell lines. Many parents have posed a moral objection to their use. Now the question of vaccine safety is legitimate.
 
Vaccinations should require informed consent. And they should require that parents study the issue, before they give consent for their helpless infants, who if susceptible, may be at risk for Autism. In any event, the EPA study is well worth parents time to read.

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

Thank you for making this point. My primary argument against vaccines has always been philosophical, which is permitted in my state of Washington. I'm just not convinced that the medical establishment is purely altruistic when it comes to giving vaccines to our children. However, my second argument has been ethical - because of the use of aborted fetal tissue in certain vaccines. When I've brought that up, I get blank stares and denials. Interestingly enough, my oldest child, who was fully vaccinated, developed physical delays around 9 months old and was given the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. My other two never received as much as the eye ointment upon birth, let alone a vaccine, and they have had only 4 colds between them (they're ages 3 and 2) and no other problems.