And this is why mothers go mad. I quite literally can't count the number of times I've second-guessed myself on every action I took--or didn't take--during the seventeen years of my daughter's life. I know more about the autism/vaccination controversy than I would ever have wished to learn, and right now I'm feeling just sadly, wearily grateful that I don't have to think about it anymore. For the record, the vaccine issue's been raised, discredited, raised again, on and on, for at least the last fifteen years. Add to this the *dozens* of other theories of causation that keep making their way into the public imagination. (Read this:
and you'll get an idea of what I mean; my own personal favorite possible autism cause: "rain".)
And don't get me started on all the various newfound "cures" that make it to the cover of Newsweek every few months. Those stories will kill you faster than anything.
Which is not to say you should stop the debate. Just try to keep in mind, as you're arguing with each other, that we're all doing the best we can with what little we know.
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and you'll get an idea of what I mean; my own personal favorite possible autism cause: "rain".)
And don't get me started on all the various newfound "cures" that make it to the cover of Newsweek every few months. Those stories will kill you faster than anything.
Which is not to say you should stop the debate. Just try to keep in mind, as you're arguing with each other, that we're all doing the best we can with what little we know.