She actually doesn't say "saved from death by vaccines". Her statement is "saved from death associated with vaccines because of our immunization program".  Which even though she didn't mean for it to sound that way, is basically like saying "he was saved from death by a gun because he was shot".  But there was truth in the statement "DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH VACCINES".

Lubov, I do like your style! I also had all those childhood diseases, except whooping cough, which I was exposed to but never got. No big deal.

Keep holding the doctors' and their medical staff's feet to the fire. I don't go to medical doctors. I see a naturepath and a chiropractor, and sometimes a massage therapist, and am healthier now than I have ever been.

You're tough and we need more like you!

I would run away from doctors who think mercury has nothing to do with anything;

Maybe it is a health supplement ,that is why they adding it to each of the vaccines...

I often wondered are the docs part of the scheme or they brainwashed or they have fast processors but old windows running in their heads...

It seems that you need to do a bit more research on Autism, first of all a "good catch" is seen to be a diagnosis at 3 years of age.  Charities like NAAR are funding research to identify as early as 9 months but they are some way off.

Almost all Autism is regressive; it is the nature of Autism and the brain development.  You can't rely on what parent notice or "indeed any serious illness” what you should consider is the common factor - the immune system.

One of the issues is that the onset of Autism is only detectable using current methods after a certain amount of normal brain development.  We had the MMR scare (which I think is a catalyst in a damaged immune system rather than a cause) and we held off from vaccinating our child for MMR until 19 months.  We were persuaded by a blinded medical professional who was following Government advice about the importance of vaccination.  This advice lost the Government trust and now many people refuse to vaccinate at all.

Our first child showed many changes within a month of the MMR, inability to tolerate being lifted, screaming all the time etc.  Our Doctor who has a child on the spectrum referred us to a behavioural psychologist who dismissed our child’s behaviour as precocious!  

It was only at pre-school that we were advised there may be issues because of social issues like playing with other children.

For our second child we chose to pay privately for separate vaccines a year apart, we did not administer the measles component at all.  Needless to say the second child is neurotypical.

The jury is still out on the role of Vaccines, but there HAS been an increase in the third world where Thimerosal is still used and as I said below we are seeing a drop in EARLY diagnosis since October 2007 (3 years post removal of Thimerosal here).

Of course nobody will admit it anyway, so what I tell parents is that knowing does not help you help your child and anger is part of the bereavement process that comes with diagnosis.

Dr.Dr. Richards, commenting from both sides would mean you have experience in seeing the symptoms of autism clear from following protocols such as a diet restricting grains and sugar, detox from heavy metals, feeding only fresh organic veggies and fruits, raw milk, getting proper exercise, sunlight, good natural sleep, checking vitamin D levels and supplementing as needed.

Are any of these treatments something you have tried? I know they aren't something you were taught in medical school.

The question that remains in my mind is; both sides of what?

You listed cases of tetanus, deaths from pertussis (what us old folk call whooping cough), measles encephelitis, and haemophilis meningitis. How many total cases of each did you actually see? Of those total cases of measles, pertussis, and meningitis, what was the actual death statistic per each disease, given the total number of cases?

Think about this. How many diseases could have been prevented if people had used proper hygiene?

I never saw a case of autism until about 1980, when my son was two years old. A friend had this tragedy occur to her child. I am 56 years old. Let me repeat this; I NEVER SAW A CASE OF AUTISM UNTIL ABOUT 1980. There were no children with these symptoms. Fever-induced brain damage, yes. Mental retardation, yes. Autistic symptoms just were not heard of 30 or more years ago.

My granddaughter will never have a vaccination, EVER.

Why, Dr.Dr Richards, would you need to demonstrate metabolic imbalances and correct them to 'improve' or 'cure' a vaccine damaged patient, when 35 years ago, this 'autism cascade' was virtually non-existent?

Sunshinelover -

you seem to have a very balanced view of this.  Many of us have come to the conclusion that autism & its causes are very complex.  Vaccines are implicated, but so are other environmental toxins, diet of both child & mother, and genetics.  Probably many other factors as well.  But what is clear is that vaccines are dangerous to some individuals, & the CDC seems to be putting their collective heads in the sand (or somewhere darker) about this.  

If they truly believe in their precious vaccines so much, they would be doing research/tests to determine who is at risk.  Instead they continue pushing their current schedule & parents are not given info on the risks of vaccines.

And it is obvious that vaccines are not working very well.  As the CDC & FDA stick to their "gold standard" of research (i've watched some of this done when i worked hospital.  It is not at all the scientific process i was led to believe in when i learned of it in college) they will deny any connection without a "gold standard" study.  They are not likely to do this, so the connection will never be made, not "scientifically."

By the way, people can get heated at this site, but i never feel the vitriolic, ugly hate & name calling i've seen at other sites.  I've visited a couple of others & the things folks say to one another there is just nasty.  I don't return when i find such things.  This site may have its limitations & hang ups, but people here are rarely nasty.

I had pertussis in college, despite having been fully vaccinated in the 70's.

It's turning out that many vaccines don't even give life-long immunity;  they really are NOT the equivalent of getting the actual disease.

My experience with whooping cough is what led me to take a stand against my kids' doctors regarding the chickenpox vaccine (okay, so they got the rest of their shots;  if I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't have done any of them).  Chickenpox is much more fatal in adults than it is in kids;  what if it wears off?  I decided that I would rather have them get it, as kids, under my surveillance, than risk them having it when they are out on their own (possibly college) and may not be able to best care for themselves, especially with a disease that is so fatal in adults.

And then they all caught the chickenpox, so we're golden, as far as the authorities are concerned.  In fact, a lot of their friends who received the varicella vaccine still got the disease (but only mildly), while others did not.  Those parents that vaccinated are now waiting for the other shoe to drop--did the vaccine actually work, or will their child catch chickenpox at some point in the future?

I am not at all surprised that people are passing around the mumps.  Just one more piece of evidence that the entire vaccine paradigm is flawed...