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Anyone know much about the MMR and that controversy? I'm worried about taking it for my lil' 18-month old. But the Surgery are reminding me that his immunisations aren't up to date.
Also, are there any side-effects like DPT?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I know that the MMR has been linked to autism, but also please remember that more children are now being diagnosed as being autistic as they are moving the 'goal posts' and including children who only a few years ago would not have been included and it used to be only the most severely autistic children who were included.
My daughter had the MMR jab at 13 months and has been fine.
Check out this website:
http://www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk/
The link between the two has been discredited. It was a study of a small number of children who all had autism, and co-incidentally had all had the MMR, it was not a study of children who had the MMR to see how many of them had developed autism.
It was a bit like saying a lot of autistic children wear shoes, therefore wearing shoes may cause autism.
Hi jackie, I really think it is important that your wee one should have the MMR jab. As Hammer points out, the scare about the MMR was caused by research (now discredited) that erroneously linked MMR with autism. The authors of the report have since admitted the flaw in their research but plenty of damage has been done because of it. There have been outbreaks of measles in Scotland and Ireland recently because parents have refused the vaccine and a couple of babies nearly died as a result.
I come from Scotland but live in Sweden now. My husband is an expert in the field of risk psychology and has been involved in this whole debate about MMR and autism. It is a difficult process to encourage parents to have this vaccine for their children because of the scare caused by this report. Our wee girl had the MMR vaccine a few months ago when she was 18 months. The only side-effects she had were that the area of the injection was a wee bit tender afterwards and she was tired. We were told that she might be a little feverish but to give her the Swedish equivalent of Kalpol. She was absolutely fine. All the best to you and your wee one. x