When I first got word about the Green Our Vaccines March, I was curious to see just how much media coverage there would be on the issue. ABC News has a front page link to the story, under “Celeb Causes”. There is a video from the morning’s interview on “Good Morning America“.
As of a few minutes ago there was over a 140 comments, and folks are letting their opinion be known. The mainstream medical community keeps saying the same thing.
There has been no scientific link proven between autism and vaccines. The CDC says that measles cases are on the rise. Doctors are scared that the number of parents saying no to vaccines will grow and that will lead to childhood disease breakouts.
That is definitely scary stuff, but is it enough of a reason to declare those who believe there is a connection are just naive or trying to hard to find a cause? Because that is the impression being served through news reports and throughout doctor’s offices around the country. The impression that yes, the medical community does acknowledge that autism is horrible, but all you parents who think there is a connection are wrong and just to need to drop the issue.
Here are the questions that come to mind.
Has this debate been a distraction from finding out conclusive evidence to what causes autism? I don’t see how a debate should keep the medical community from doing research.
The number of vaccines have been growing the past years and autism is growing. Connection? Maybe. Maybe not.
Why do kids get autism? I have not read any report stating a conclusive reason.
So is 19 the magic number? That is how many studies the Institute of Medicine has done so far.
Who determines when to quit? When to give up?
What exactly are all the ingredients in each vaccine?
If you have not watched the video of McCarthy and Carrey on GMA, please do. “Children are not bottomless pits.” -Jim Carrey.
