New British Study Shows No Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism; Whats Your Take?
New British Study Shows No Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism; What’s Your Take? Monday February 4, 2008 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)According to a new British study just printed in the Archives of Disease in Childhood: There is no evidence for a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) jab and autism…. MMR has been linked to the development of autism, following the publication in 1998 of research on 12 children, which has since been discredited. The study compared 250 children born in 1990 or 1991. 98 of the children had an autism spectrum disorder: 52 had special educational needs, but no evidence of autism spectrum disorders; and 90 were developing normally. According to the press release, All the children had been vaccinated against MMR, but not all of them had been given both doses. Blood samples were taken, to check for the presence of persistent measles infection, or an abnormal immune response, indicated by circulating measles viru
