It really annoys me when ignorant people try to link vaccines to autism. I'm autistic, and due to my age, I didn't have any childhood vaccinations. My kids are both autistic too, because there is a genetic factor with autism which was discovered several years ago but, research being what it is, it's still in early stages.
My boys had all their childhood shots - my parents lost friends to measles as children. I'd had 4 miscarriages before my boys arrived, they were so precious. However I'm more circumspect about what they have now, so it's a no to the flu shot etc.
Yes this spurious link is really an affront to people with autism and to the public health vaccination program.
It is very much worth considering the seasonal influenza vaccine for children. In the UK it is offered as a nasal spray of a live, cold attenuated virus. It is extremely low risk and highly effective at attenuating infection, and influenza can be very, very nasty in children (we see huge amounts of it every winter making children very poorly).
Thankfully, my boys are now 12 and 14, extremely robust and athletic. They seem to avoid everything that goes around school (norovirus currently) but of course I'll bear your advice in mind. It's a calculation we make each winter, and so far they've never had so much as a cold.
It really annoys me when ignorant people try to link vaccines to autism. I'm autistic, and due to my age, I didn't have any childhood vaccinations. My kids are both autistic too, because there is a genetic factor with autism which was discovered several years ago but, research being what it is, it's still in early stages.
My boys had all their childhood shots - my parents lost friends to measles as children. I'd had 4 miscarriages before my boys arrived, they were so precious. However I'm more circumspect about what they have now, so it's a no to the flu shot etc.
Yes this spurious link is really an affront to people with autism and to the public health vaccination program.
It is very much worth considering the seasonal influenza vaccine for children. In the UK it is offered as a nasal spray of a live, cold attenuated virus. It is extremely low risk and highly effective at attenuating infection, and influenza can be very, very nasty in children (we see huge amounts of it every winter making children very poorly).
Thankfully, my boys are now 12 and 14, extremely robust and athletic. They seem to avoid everything that goes around school (norovirus currently) but of course I'll bear your advice in mind. It's a calculation we make each winter, and so far they've never had so much as a cold.