Brit Parents Wary Of Vaccine

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A doctor whose research has been seized upon for the last five years by parents opposed to the measles, mumps and rubella combined vaccine has urged them not to fear the childhood immunization, saying lingering concerns over a link with autism are unfounded.

In a letter published this week in The Lancet medical journal, Dr. Simon Murch warned the proportion of toddlers getting the vaccine, known as MMR, has dropped so low in Britain that major measles epidemics are likely this winter.

Measles has resurfaced in Britain over the last few years in areas where MMR use has dipped; more children are getting infected every year.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/31/health/main581192.shtml

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1. Finnish autism increase 4.75/10K to 20.7/10K with MMR in young children

Of course there's a lot of controversy over this issue, but there's much corruption of the database by vaccine makers, so how can we have confidence that the issues are being reviewed properly?

http://www.garynull.com/Documents/AutismFinnishStudy.htm
The Kielinen study included all children born between 1979 and 1994 in the northern Provinces of Oulu and Lapland (which represent 1/8 of the total population of Finland), and who were therefore 3-18 year old on December 31, 1996 when the Peltola study ended.
The authors personally reviewed records from all selected cases of autism, to determine that they fulfilled the present criteria of ICD-10 and DSM-IV. Their careful review revealed a cumulative incidence of autism in Northern Finland of 12.2/10,000 an alarming increase when compared to the previously reported incidence of 4.75/10,000 in 1991. (12)
More concerning is the fact that the increase in younger children, all born in the second half of the MMR campaign, was even more spectacular. The cumulative incidence in the 5-7 age group specifically was 20.7/10,000 or more than 1 in 500 children. It certainly is possible but rather unlikely that such an increase is due to better diagnosis. A label as ominous as autism is not imposed lightly in a country where each and every disability becomes immediately the sole responsibility of the State. In fact, as in the United States, these are probably conservative figures.