Massive Study Shows There Is No Link Between the MMR Vaccine and Autism

A major new study out of Denmark demonstrates, yet again, that the measles, mumps, and rubella (or, MMR) vaccine, is not associated with an increased risk of developing autism, even “among kids who are at high risk because they have a sibling with the disorder.”

NBC News reports that the study followed an incredible 657,461 children born between 1999 and 2010, 95% of whom received the MMR vaccine through August of 2013. The researchers documented a host of characteristics alongside diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, including proven autism risk factors like the “age of the parents, diagnosis of autism in a sibling, preterm birth and low weight at birth,” according to CNN.

Of the children studied, 6,517 kids developed some form of autism, but, the study found, “the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk of autism in children who were not considered at risk for the disorder and did not trigger it in those who were.”

In fact, the research did uncover some interesting — but yet unstudied — conclusions and correlations pertaining to autism diagnoses. Children with autistic siblings were seven times more likely to receive their own autism diagnosis, boys were more likely to be diagnosed than girls, and — perhaps most shocking of all — “children who had no childhood vaccinations were 17 percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism than kids who did get recommended vaccinations.” . . .

“Parents should not skip the vaccine out of fear for autism,” the study’s lead author told media. “The dangers of not vaccinating includes a resurgence in measles which we are seeing signs of today in the form of outbreaks.” (Read more from “Massive Study Shows There Is No Link Between the MMR Vaccine and Autism” HERE)

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