Wall Street Journal logo Wall Street Journal 21 months ago

Father in Autism Case Doesn’t Oppose Vaccines

The father of a girl who developed autism-like symptoms after receiving several vaccinations in a single sitting doesn’t oppose vaccines. “I want to make it clear I am not anti-vaccine,” Jon Poling, who has an MD and a PhD, told WebMD. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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  1. Children who have mitochondrial disorders, even though they may appear normal initially, are actually somewhat pre-destined to have a regression of neurological function when placed under stress
    SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 21 months ago
  2. The government has made absolutely no statement indicating that vaccines are a cause of autism ... This does not represent anything other than a very special situation and a very sad situation for the family and the child.
    Julie Gerberding Julie Gerberding SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 21 months ago
  3. I want to make it clear I am not anti-vaccine ... Vaccines are one of the most important, if not the most important advance, in medicine in at least the past 100 years.
    SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 21 months ago
  4. Suddenly my daughter was no longer there
    SOURCE: Boston Herald 21 months ago
  5. In fact, there'd be a real risk, I believe, that diseases that have been controlled in the United States, which used to cause very high morbidity and mortality — and thousands of deaths every year — could once again become common in the United States
    SOURCE: NPR 21 months ago
  6. Nothing in any of this is going to change our recommendations for childhood immunizations
    Julie Gerberding Julie Gerberding SOURCE: USA Today 21 months ago
  7. Years ago, actually, I had a case, before we understood or knew the implications of autism, that the vaccine injured the child's brain caused an encephalopathy
    SOURCE: Associated Press 21 months ago
  8. Most children with autism do not seem to have a mitochondrial problem, so this association ... is probably relatively rare
    SOURCE: Associated Press 21 months ago
  9. Our message to parents is that immunization is life- saving
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  10. Our message to parents is that immunization is lifesaving ... There's nothing changed.
    SOURCE: The Seattle Times 21 months ago

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