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Genetic link to autism

I wonder if this will have any impact on the people who believe vaccines caused their child's autism?

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[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Eh, doubtful. It seems to me that those who believe a vax caused autism in their child are just looking for something - anything - to blame.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

And now they have it! They can blame themselves, and their own genetics!

[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Well THAT'S not the answer they want! They want to blame the drug companies so they can SUE someone!

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

yep...they want it to be not their fault, and they want someone to pay for it, and they want someone to FIX it and stop it...::sighs:: oh the vaccine believers. I think they're batshit insane and leading a hell of a lot of people down a very dangerous non-vaxing road. :(

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

And we're already seeing the effects of that in many places - whooping cough in Toronto and London, England, massive mumps outbreaks all over the place, polio in third-world countries where it had been eradicated. It's not good.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

yeah...well, i'm not sure about whooping cough. I mean, the vaccine wears off after not too long. it's just meant to protect babies who could cough themselves to death. I got it when I was 18 and my doctor said that it had nothing to do with not having the vaccine(bad reaction in the family)....but yeah, as for the others...totally the result of this madness.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

You're supposed to get a booster for whooping cough every ten years. If you get it, the chances of getting the disease are much slimmer. It's a good example of herd immunity - the more people have some immunity, the fewer will get sick when they come across it, and the fewer people there will be to spread it, etc, etc.