Family Forum / Parenting / Children's Health / June 2006

Measles Vaccine Undeniably Linked to Autism

The vaccine strain of measles virus has been found in the guts of 85
percent of autistic children in a New York University School of Medicine
study.

The finding renews concerns that the triple combination vaccine of
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) given to children may not be entirely
safe.

In the study, biopsies of gut tissue were performed on 82 autistic
children who had serious intestinal inflammation. Seventy of these showed
evidence of the measles virus.

Similar results were found by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who found the measles
virus in the guts of 12 autistic children in 1998, and pathologist John
O'Leary
in 2002.

In the UK, over 2,000 parents say their children were developing normally
until they received the MMR vaccine when they were 12-18 months old.
Afterward,
the children developed autism. Some theorize that the virus may pass
through the
gut and into the bloodstream, from which it is able to attack the brain.

Mainstream scientists maintain that there is no evidence linking the MMR
vaccine to autism, however, in the UK concerns regarding MMR's potential
side
effects have driven vaccination rates to as low as 70 percent.

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons May 30, 2006

Times Online.co.uk May 29, 2006

Telegraph.co.uk May 29, 2006