Posts by prosciencemum

Quote:Originally Posted by Viola Some people may believe that vaccines have some efficacy in protecting against disease, but have other side effects that aren't worth the risk.   Or they might believe that vaccines have some side...

Kathymuggle - by your logic not using seat belts or car seats in the car, not looking both ways when crossing the street, not avoiding cigarette smokers all carry no risk. Vaccines do help to lower the risk that a person will catch the...

I would never suggest people blindly cede to authority, although listening to advice from people who have spent much longer studying this stuff than I have time to is I think a good idea. It's a subtle difference I suppose, not as black...

And there's residual human cells in every meal you've ever eat. Do you call that an ingredient? 

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  All these people going agianst the AAP on circumcision certainly puts a dent in the the "you should listen to scientists/doctors/authorities because they are authorities"...

Quote: Originally Posted by emmy526  easy to fix when any link between the two is denied constantly?  i doubt somehow pharma would print a retraction, 'oops, sorry we were wrong, vaccines can cause intestinal...

So I did a bit more reading, and I stand corrected. There's a well documented correlation between autism and bowel disfunction. It seems very unclear which comes first though, which I suppose makes sense, and there are both autistic...

It's been really nice to see the mindful vaccination viewpoint defended on this thread.    As I have repeatedly tried to point out there are very many mindfully vaccinating parents here (myself included) who really see...

He might claim to be. But he mostly talks about reasons why not to vaccinate (at least on his Facebook page) so his actions don't exactly back that up.

Not really. A. I can't see why bowel problems would cause neurological problems. B. There's no good evidence linking vaccines with bowel problems. I do see that life must be horrible for parents of autistic children, and parents of...