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I was wondering...When is this Autism lawsuit supposed to happen because they were saying the Rogame shots they are giving people can be causing Autism? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

http://www.kevinleitch.co.uk/wp/?p=393 that be this story?

Generally I think a case based on something that is nothing more than theory at the moment could set a dangerous precedent.

If they are successful in the case it would lend credence to a theory that may be proven incorrect later and have resources wasted (or not further researched at all) if they are not successful it could provoke dismissal of cases in the future if the theory is proven viable.

Which one are you talking about - the one that is supposed to be next year in the U.S.? There was one lawsuit involving claims about a rhogham shot - but some of the mercury only experts were not allowed to testify because their expertise was questioned. http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/articl ... m-decision

I thought there was only one.

The Omnibus Autism Proceeding http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/OSM/AutismDocket.htm is supposed to be sometime in 2007. I think this focuses not specifically on Rhogam but on thimerisol in vaccines. There has really been alot of talk about it on the curebie boards and recent media articles are priming the public to think this is some sort of vast conspiracy.

Bet it gets thrown out just like the last ones its been around long before these needles where around.

It's more genetic in my opinion... sure someone in the uk was trying to get the mmr out before and it got thrown because he had no fact's...

I did have a bad reaction to my MMR shot when I was two, but I wasn't a snuggly baby even before then.

Anyway, all those "autism and heritability" studies they've done and shown positive correlations for related people and autism have to mean something.

WE KEEP HEARING THAT THE MMR VACCINE IS LINKED WITH AUTISM. IS THIS TRUE?

-- No. This leaflet will give you the facts.

SO WHY HAS MMR BEEN LINKED WITH AUTISM?

-- The speculation over a link between the MMR vaccine and autism started in 1998 when some scientists published a paper on 12 autistic children who also had bowel problems. Although the scientists stated clearly that there was no proven link between autism and the MMR vaccine, the resulting publicity gave the impression that there was a link.

-- The number of children being diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (conditions related to autism) has been increasing for many years. Some people took this as an indication that the increase was caused by the MMR vaccine.

-- Many parents of autistic children know that there is something different about their child very early on. But some babies may appear to develop signs of autism when they are older. This type of autism, called regressive autism, was known about long before the MMR vaccine was introduced.

Symptoms of regressive autism often start around the same time that the first dose of the MMR vaccine is given. So it's understandable that parents worry about there being a connection between the two events.

HOW CAN WE TELL IF THERE IS A LINK?

-- If the MMR vaccine and autism were linked, regressive autism would be far more common in vaccinated children than in unvaccinated ones. But this is not the case.

-- If the MMR vaccine caused autism, there would have been a sudden increase in cases when the vaccine was introduced into Britain. This didn't happen. You would also expect to see a fall in cases of autism if the MMR vaccine was withdrawn. In Japan, that didn't happen when they stopped using the MMR vaccine and used a single measles and a single rubella vaccine instead.

-- Extensive research into the possibility of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, involving hundreds of thousands of children, has been carried out in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the USA and the UK. No link has been found.

-- Experts from around the world, including the World Health Organization, agree that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

WAS THERE A SUDDEN INCREASE IN AUTISM AFTER THE MMR VACCINE WAS INTRODUCED?

No. There has been no sudden increase in autism in any country after the MMR vaccine was introduced. This wouldn't be the case if the MMR vaccine caused autism.

SO WHAT MIGHT BE THE REAL CAUSE OF AUTISM?

Autistic spectrum disorders probably result from a range of causes. The strongest evidence to date points to there being a genetic link.

The chances of a child developing autism are no different if they have the combined MMR vaccine, single measles, single mumps and single rubella vaccines, or no vaccines at all.

All the latest research shows that there is no evidence to say that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Work continues to find out what the real causes are.

Why can't my child have single vaccines?

-- All the evidence shows that the MMR vaccine is the safest way to protect your child against measles, mumps and rubella. -- In the time gaps between the thr

ee vaccines, children would not be protected against the diseases they had not yet been immunised against. So there would be an increase in measles, mumps and rubella leading to illness and possible death. Also, unprotected children can pass on these diseases to other at risk children and pregnant women.

-- Choice is important, but the NHS cannot offer a choice of single vaccines that would put children at risk.

-- Not everybody will be able to finish the course of six injections (initial dose and second dose) and so some children will be left unprotected.

-- The World Health Organization advises against using separate vaccines because they would leave children at risk for no benefit. No other country in the world recommends that children should be immunised against measles, mumps and rubella in three separate vaccines, twice over.