Vaccines: Do they cause autism?
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield is a former British doctor who got struck off the U.K. medical register in 2010 for unethical behaviour, misconduct and fraud. The former Dr Wakefield started an epidemic in the 1990s when he published a paper making outrageous claims. Published on March 1998 in “The Lancet” he made claims that autism, inflammatory bowl disease and MMR vaccine were connected. This has been debunked by many medical boards. Whilst this may seem like no big deal the former doctor has actually done a lot of damage.
People are afraid of they’re child having autism because of what he stated. Autism isn’t caused by vaccines. Autism - for those of you who don’t know - is a lifelong, developmental disorder that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people. It also effects how they experience the world around them. I should know. I’m autistic and I’m proud of it. Having a neurological disorder isn’t a death sentence. It makes life interesting.
I can’t help but fear for our youths lives as anti vakkers shove dangerous ideologies down people’s throats. I fear that the meazles, mumps and many diseases that haven’t been around in along time will make a comeback. This in itself is terrifying particularly as our bodies have never even encountered most of these illnesses in our system. Our grandparents have more of a chance of surviving an outbreak than we do. I hope that people start thinking about the consequences that would occur.
It disturbs me that celebrities such as Kat Von D, Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey and to some extent President Donald Trump are anti vakkers. It’s better to vaccinate and to know your child is safe than to toy with the fact that they may get dangerous diseases such as polio. Whilst we all want the best for our youth blindly following someone, particularly a celebrity, is dangerous. I myself have many celebrities who I consider my idols, I’d never take they’re extreme standpoint particularly if it goes against your own morals. Sometimes prevention is better than cure.
More research is needed on autism but not by doctors who have been proven to lie. Until such time I’ll just sit my autistic self here and shred Andrew Wakefield apart for his lies. Remember listen to your local doctor and NOT a disgraced one. It’s better to be safe than sorry