More on Vaccines...

After reading my classmates blogs regarding autism and watching many videos posted by them, I decided to look into it myself, expecting to find the same results. And I did. Consensus states that there are many cases arguing a risk of autism involved in vaccinations, yielding no scientific proof. This article argues, "...teenage boys vaccinated as children were: Twice as likely to suffer from autism, four times as likely to have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and boys and girls of all ages - vaccinated as children - were more than twice as likely to have developed asthma." This information is credited to "a June survey of more than 10,000 families," and no further information is provided about the survey. What I have not been able to find, is statistics on the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated, and the percentage of autistic children for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients. Why is this information not available, and if it has become such an issue, why are scientists not thoroughly researching the subject to avoid these consistent misconceptions? Many posts about autism cause by vaccines blame mercury levels in some vaccinations, however there are no studies readily available about the relationship between mercury and autism, or the level of mercury it would take to affect a patient regardless of its effects (autism, disease, death, etc). More in this article claims that vaccines cause allergies, depression and other psychological disorders. It becomes hard to decipher what the purpose of the argument is. To attempt to educate the public about the threats of vaccines and demolish all vaccinations, or an attempt to prevent and increase in autistic children and the potential of vaccinations increasing that number? I'm still waiting for the answers to my questions, and don't know why they have yet to be answered after how long this has been an issue.

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/204991.aspx