Comments on: On vaccines and autism

By: Wade Rankin

Wade Rankin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:41:00 +0000

Although I believe that vaccinations played a role in the development of my son’s ASD, I agree that we all would be far better served by research into the processes by which genes and environment interact before we focus on particular genes and/or particular environmental insults. We’re only beginning to understand what a complex issue this is.

By: mumkeepingsane

mumkeepingsane — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:08:00 +0000

Very interesting. Even before autism I had a curiousity about vaccinations. So, my children were given their thimerisol-free vaccinations one at a time and some a bit later than the schedule suggests. One autistic and one not. I honestly doubt we’ll ever pin down a “cause”.

By: kyra

kyra — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:53:00 +0000

i tend to be in your camp about this. i don’t think vaccines CAUSE autism but the body, the systems within, the role of genetics and environment, etc etc., it’s so very complex. who’s to say what ‘insult’ or combinations thereof, topple the tower?