No vaccine link to autism
May 20, 2014
VACCINES have no demonstrated
association with autism based on
a recent evidence-based metaanalysis
of case-control and cohort
studies published in the medical
journal Vaccine.
Five cohort studies involving
1,256,407 children and five casecontrol
studies involving 9,920
children were included in this
analysis which clearly dissociated
vaccines with the development of
autism or autism spectrum disorder
(ASD).
The other perceived autism
risks were also evaluated, namely
measles, mumps rubella (MMR)
vaccine and mercury-based
preservative thiomersal.
Paper senior author associate
professor Guy Eslick from the
Sydney Medical School said these
vaccines were the ones which had
received the most attention by antivaccination
groups.
“There has been enormous
debate regarding the possibility of a
link between these commonly-used
and safe childhood vaccinations
and the supposed development of
autism,” Eslick said.
The claimed but not proven link
to childhood vaccinations has led
to both an increased distrust in
the trade between vaccine benefit
outweighing potential risks he
added, creating a major public
health issue.
“This is especially concerning
given the fact that ... NSW also saw
a spike in measles infections from
early 2012 to late 2012.
“Vaccine-preventable diseases
clearly still hold a presence in
modern day society, and the
decision to opt out of vaccination
schedules needed to be urgently
and properly evaluated.”
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