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A top quality study showed that children without the MMR vaccine have higher autism rates than those with the MMR. Double blind studies have shown that physicians can diagnose autism by watching 1st birthday party video tapes (before children get MMR vaccine) even when parents swear that their child got autism a year later after the MMR vaccine.

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In response to Jennifer's comments, she demonstrates the lack of information of some parents who refuse to vaccinate. Hepatitis B is not just a sexually transmitted disease, but also a pathogen bourne by other bodily fluids, blood, etc. In addition, there was a recent outbreak of measels begun by the infection San Diego by an unvaccinated child. This incident reminds of us several important points: Some of the children who were then affected were too young to be vaccinated. Some children were not vaccinated at all. Also, the vaccine is only 95% effective. This reminds us the importance of as many children getting vaccinated as possible in order to protect most children. I resent her implication that the vaccine schedule is a result of money hungry pharmaceutical companies or doctors who don't care about children as individuals.

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