MMR vaccine does not cause autism, another study confirms

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN



By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN

Updated 0141 GMT (0941 HKT) March 5, 2019

(CNN) - The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine does not increase the risk of autism and does not trigger autism in children who are at risk, according to a new study of over 650,000 children.

Researchers used a population registry to evaluate whether the MMR vaccine increased the risk of autism in children born in Denmark between 1999 and 2010. A total of 657,461 children were followed through August 2013, with the researchers documenting diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder as well as known risk factors including age of the parents, diagnosis of autism in a sibling, preterm birth and low weight at birth.

Over 95% of the children received the MMR vaccine, and 6,517 were diagnosed with autism. The MMR vaccine did not increase the risk of autism in children who were not considered at risk for the disorder and did not trigger it in those who were, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

"This idea that vaccines cause autism is still around and is still getting a lot of exposure in social media," noted Anders Hviid, lead study author and senior investigator at Statens Serum Institut in Denmark.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/04/health/mmr-vaccine-autism-study/index.html

[IronLionZion]

1. Anti-vaxxers cause resurgence of previously dormant infectious diseases

[justhanginon]

2. I think I will withhold accepting this study until

I see wnat that noted scientific authority Jenny McCarthy has to say on this matter.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. I have a friend who is convinced vaccines caused her sons' autism

She is an intelligent woman who studied biology and chemistry in college, but on this issue she is decidedly unscientific.

The thing that's sad is that one thing that does seem to be correalated is parental age. Well, she was 44 and her husband was 46 when they had their twin sons. Robert DeNiro was 55 and his wife, Grace Hightower, was 42 when they had their son who is autistic. Of course, correlation is not causation.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Me too...

People are always searching for a why even though it won’t change the what.

[Aristus]

5. Whoa! I see what you tried to do there! Uh-uh. Stop feeding the trolls.

This isn't a case of the drug companies trying to boost the bottom line by marketing high-risk drugs. This isn't Chantix or something. This is a vaccine that prevents deadly diseases. It's unethical to imply that vaccines are harmful.

[Aristus]

8. Thank you, Post Removed.

You are forgiven.

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[jmowreader]

9. Hmm...

Antivaxer: “The MMR vaccine causes autism.”

Antivaxer’s mom: “You had the MMR. All your brothers and sisters had MMR. None of you have autism.”

[Javaman]

10. doesn't matter...

in the face of overwhelming evidence proving no link, anti-vaxxers will still believe a discredited researcher and a has-been playboy model.

[Recursion]

11. In this cohort it actually was correlated with a lower chance of autism

Not a terribly robust result, but kind of fun to point out

[noneof_theabove]

12. The smoking gun is missing...

Scandinavia has much better quality of food, less pollution, etc. compared to total shit for nutrition we get.

This country is genetically miss the 3rd brain cell for critical thinking, and I did not see the money trail "bullet #2".

[Codeine]

13. Meh. You can't logic somebody out of a position

they didn’t logic themselves into.

[Kablooie]

14. Eh, what do they know? They are just scientists.

Get a second rate celebrity to announce this and I'll begin to listen.

[ucrdem]

15. "6,517 were diagnosed with autism"

Houston we have a problem.