LogFAQs > #930795929

That there is no substantiated link between vaccines and autism. I've never suggested anything more than that, aside from saying that the risks of vaccines are far outweighed by the benefits (which we agree on).

Except as I stated the testimonies of thousands of parents, the video evidence which many have of notable changes in behavior, and even a whistleblower complaint from the CDC reporting that data has been manipulated to hide findings of a link.

The whistleblower being a doctor with nothing to gain by making the complaint... but an industry with lots to lose if he isnt shut up or discredited.

Yes. It is significantly more plausible that a couple thousand people (if that) made a retrospective subjective assessment inaccurately than that they actually observed a definite correlation that empirical studies have failed to find. Especially considering the emotional distress of the diagnosis and the fact that they had been primed to suspect the vaccine by the ongoing controversy. Especially also considering that parents will tend to be extra vigilant about any oddities in their child's health after the vaccine because of the flu-like symptoms that tend to follow any vaccine, meaning there's a good chance they'll notice something wrong that they hadn't noticed before.

None of that means anything when everyone has a sophisticated video recording device known as a smart phone. Even if Im willing to concede that these are the most emotional, untrustworthy, noobie parents ever in existence... it doesnt stop professional behavior therapists and doctors from examining video footage of these children before and after their vaccination.

Yes, seizures are included in the list of potential adverse vaccine reactions, which makes a lot of sense to anyone that knows that febrile seizures are a thing. Not sure what seizures are supposed to have to do with autism, though.

A lot of kids with autism also suffer with seizures. And even those that dont have full blown seizures, many of them suffer from petit mal seizures. They are less dramatic and often missed but can be seen with specific medical equipment. Petit mal seizures look as if the child is spacing out but in reality theyre seizing. These seizures are very different than the febrile that you mentioned, as those are only around when a fever spikes and a child usually outgrows them. Febrile are NOT the ones associated with autism.

But seizures do have an effect on development, especially the more they happen.

You starting to make the connection now?

"The virus" being the inactivated virus in the vaccine? Were that the case, the actual disease would also cause autism, making it a pretty moot point. That would also likely have been picked up in one or more of the studies that have searched for a link. I don't think there's much to that theory.

I typed virus but that was suppose to say autism.

My stance is that it seems certain families have a genetic disposition for the virus...

^That was my fuck up.
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