Unrealistic (I think) fear of MMR
Hey everyone.
Starting this off with the fact that I am not anti vax. My two children ( 3 and 1) are up to date on almost everything besides MMR. When I took our older one in to get hers at 1, our provider told me that if it were her child, after all the children she’d seen have regressions, that she’d wait till they were 4 or 5 and get it. She wasn’t against it, just said get it when she’s older. So I listened.
I know most of the research says it’s super safe, but as I read everything from people on both sides of the debate, it seems like even if a child did have a severe regression caused by the MMr, that they make it impossible to prove that’s what caused it.
So how do they really know there isn’t a link to autism?
My friend is super anti vaxx and when I asked why, she said her nephew received his MMr shot and screamed for 2 days straight, and then was never the same again. That just doesn’t seem coincidental.
I’m aware that autism isn’t the end of the world, but I wouldn’t forgive myself if my children were permanently changed and their lives made more difficult afterwards.
I guess I’m just looking for people to talk me off the ledge because I’d rather my children get the vaccine, but I’m a fairly open minded person and take everything into consideration on most topics.
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