Time Trends in Autism and in MMR Immunization Coverage in CA
This suspected link has become quite the hot topic lately; with many researchers rapidly producing reviews suggesting no link between autism and MMR vaccination. This study summarizes the results by comparing the increase in autism rates (up 373%) to increase in immunization rates (up 14%). Since autism rates went up much higher than immunizations, then the immunizations could not be to blame. Could it be that all these researchers are viewing the data with the same blinders that we view chronic diseases today? The one cause, one cure syndrome again. It could very well be possible that the development of autism is a multifactorial event, and the administration of the MMR vaccine is merely the final straw on the proverbial camel’s back. For those of you that may think I’m reaching, please look back in the updates and review Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s research into ileonodular hyperplasia. Time Trends in Autism and in MMR Immunization Coverage in California