In
1999, the Public Health Service and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
recommended that thimerosal be taken out of vaccines. Even though there is no evidence that thimerosal in vaccines is
dangerous, the Public Health Service and the AAP felt that any attempt to
lessen the amount of mercury a child is exposed to early in life is a good
thing. Since 2001, all vaccines made
for American children contain no thimerosal, except for some flu and tetanus
shots. The MMR vaccine, the one that
causes so much concern for some parents, is one of the vaccines that NEVER
contained thimerosal.
Vaccines Prevent Disease
Autism
is a common developmental disability that is often first diagnosed in children
between the ages of 18 months and three years old. The MMR vaccine is given just before that age range, which has
led to the mistaken belief that it causes autism. The true scientific evidence suggests that if people would take
the energy and resources they use to fight vaccines, and instead put them toward
new research toward the cause and cure of autism, their time would be better
spent.