NY Times Summary #3

Abstract

The article “One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism” by Jan Hoffman written on March 5, 2019 elaborates on why the measles vaccine does not cause autism. These findings coincide with previous research done to prove the lack of correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism.  One study done followed 657,461 Danish children where it was found the the MMR vaccine does not increase the risk of autism, does not trigger autism in susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of autism cases after vaccination. A second study done followed 31,619 children in Denmark who remained unvaccinated where only 6,517 of the children received a diagnosis of autism. This proved no proportional incidence between the MMR vaccine and autism. The myth of the MMR vaccine causing autism must be debunked in a way that people will understand that there is no connection between the MMR vaccine and autism. If brought forward in the right way, then there is hope that the false information which puts many children at risk will be corrected.

Summary and Response Final

There has been a longstanding debate in not only the scientific community but the world in general on whether the measles vaccine can cause autism. In the article “One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism” by Jan Hoffman written on March 5, 2019 further elaborates on why the measles vaccine does not cause autism. The article states that there is no correlation between the measles vaccine and autism. New research coincides with research from 2002 that the MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. The has been research done on over 657,461 Danish children which further proves that the MMR vaccination does not increase the risk of autism. The article states that the myth of the MMR vaccine causing autism needs to be debunked in the right way. There is countless amounts of evidence that proves that the MMR vaccine in fact does not cause autism.

 The debate on whether the MMR vaccine can cause autism or increase one’s odds to develop autism has been a major debate in not only the United States but also the world. Author Jan Hoffman claims the MMR vaccine and autism have no correlation to each other. New research results conducted coincides with previous research results of tests done. The research conducted and the results observed further proves the scientific community’s argument that there is no direct relation between the MMR vaccine and autism. It’s interesting how people will see these results and still ignore facts and evidence. The article states that researchers have stated in Annals of Internal Medicine,” The study strongly supports the MMR vaccination does not increase the risk of autism, does not trigger autism in susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of autism cases after vaccination” (Page 1, Paragraph 4). The quote provides the results of research done following 657,461 Danish children which proves no correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism. The evidence provided clearly states that there is no true connection between the MMR vaccine and autism debunking the conspiracies

There have been many tests and research done in order to find out if there is a connection between the MMR vaccine and autism. The article provides sufficient evidence in proving there is in fact no correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism. One quote provided in the article states, “The researchers found no greater proportional incidence of the diagnosis between the vaccinated and unvaccinated children” (Page 2, Paragraph 7). This quote comes from research done following 31,619 children in Denmark who remained unvaccinated where only 6,517 of the children received a diagnosis of autism. There has also been many other forms of research done which prove the MMR vaccine does not increase the risk of autism.

The myth of the MMR vaccine causing autism in children has been among the biggest conspiracies in the world which still causes debates to this day. However, the evidence present in favor of no correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism is too concrete to be ignored by the general public. The myth must be debunked in a way that people will understand that there is no connection between the MMR vaccine and autism. If brought forward in the right way, then there is hope that the false information which puts many children at risk will be corrected.