Comments on: HOLLY ROBINSON-PEETE RESPONDS TO AUTISM CLAIMS

By: Montreal Expos

Montreal Expos — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:05:52 +0000

Just want to say what a great blog you got here!I’ve been around for quite a lot of time, but finally decided to show my appreciation of your work!Thumbs up, and keep it going!Cheers, Christian

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By: BLssd

BLssd — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:48:36 +0000

Isn’t her son with autism a twin? If both children received their shots presumably at the same time, then why is only one afflicted with the condition? I’m just curious.

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By: GUesS wHo, WhAt noW?

GUesS wHo, WhAt noW? — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:00:16 +0000

Dig , if you have children go and blindly vaccinate your own. It’s your right as a parent. If you do not have children, you have absolutely NO RIGHT to be judgemental and dole out condescending advice.

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By: dig

dig — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:01:42 +0000

Yeah great idea lets discard the MMR vaccine because a few famous people noticed their child’s “autism-like” symptoms occurred around the same time as vaccination. Even Jon Poling (who may be more qualified than anyone on the planet to understand the situation) believes that immunization is too important to avoid simple due to a relatively small number of unsubstantiated and circumstantial connections.

If you people take the time to actually learn about autism, rather than just listening to a few “enlightened” celebrities with no medical education, you will realize that it is a disease that manifests at a time in childhood that happens to coincide with many scheduled vaccines… also, their are also autism-like disorders (i.e. Asperger’s or even more subtle symptoms that mimic autism) that, much like some forms of autism, resolve during adolescence or earlier. Misinformed and paranoid parents may think their child “had” autism and was “cured” by special diets, foods, but in fact the kids were just socially awkward and developmentally delayed.

The only answer here is more research into the mechanism of autism, including potential triggers that may unmask an underlying genetic condition during development. Please, for the love of god, don’t stop vaccinating your children based on the fear of autism, but it is wise to learn more about immunity while your kids are at that age.

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By: lilkunta

lilkunta — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:18:49 +0000

I applaud Holly. She is speaking her mind & articulating it very well. Perhaps if Jenny McCarthy did this sshe wouldnt get jumped on.

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By: Erica K

Erica K — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:33:39 +0000

Thank you Holly for speak your mind in an intelligent and respectful manner and not allowing this lady to upset you. I totally understand where you are coming from,Doctors don’t realize that these vaccinations have side effects, My family and I are from the Caribbean and because of the MMR AND DPT polio shots we go there, we can never do a TB test because it will always show up positive or the hepatitist shot because there will be an allergic reaction of either a rash which resembles chicken pox or an high fever. More than once my mother had to adamantly refuse these treatments and put the doctors in their place, many times they do not take the time to read files so they just assume and the assumptions cost us more than I personally and willing to give up our children.

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By: GUesS wHo, WhAt noW?

GUesS wHo, WhAt noW? — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:18:50 +0000

I really respect Holly and Jenny McCarthy for speaking up on such a controversial topic.The medical community wants us to turn a blind eye to the ever-growing list of immunizations and ignore parallels between these shots and astronomical numbers of newly diagnosed autistic children. My heart goes out to Holly and her family in their struggle, and I commend her courage to continually sound the alarm on AMA, FDA and big drug companies alike.

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By: khrish

khrish — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:47:51 +0000

I am so proud to hear Holly speak out and stand up. As a parent of a 38 year old autistic adult; I want to probe every possibility for finding the cause of autism and all ideas can certainly help because there was nothing when my son was born and there was not even talk about what might cause it. Keep speaking out. Thank you.

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By: Carlita L. Smith

Carlita L. Smith — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:20:20 +0000

I admire Holly Robinson Peete tremendously.

God Bless You and your Family Holly.

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By: SUZ

SUZ — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:14:41 +0000

Tell them

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