Quote:No good answer yet. Moar research please
For you the ONLY good answer is one that will confirm what you believe. No such answer exists and neither does any research confirm your belief.
And your 'but if.....' also appears a tad pessimistic.
Quote:What are my chances of having an autistic child?
In general, the risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is about 1 in 68 , or 1.5%. But the risk goes up to approximately 20% for families who already have a child with ASD.
If a family has one child with ASD, the chance of the next child having ASD is about 15%.
What is the main cause of autism?
Prenatal viral infection has been called the principal non-genetic cause of autism.
Prenatal exposure to rubella or cytomegalovirus activates the mother's immune response and greatly increases the risk for autism.
Congenital rubella syndrome is the most convincing environmental cause of autism.
Quote:MMR Vaccine Controversy
https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/do-vaccine...e-autism#1
The debate began in 1998 when British researchers published a paper stating that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine caused autism. The study looked at only 12 children, but it received a lot of publicity. At the same time, there was a rapid increase in the number of kids diagnosed with the condition.
The paper’s findings led other doctors to do their own research into the link between the MMR vaccine and autism. At least 12 follow-up studies were done. None found any evidence the vaccine caused autism.
An investigation into the 1998 study also uncovered a number of problems with how it was conducted. The journal that published it eventually retracted it. That meant the publication no longer stood by the results.
There were other problems, too. For example, investigators learned that a lawyer looking for a link between the vaccine and autism had paid the lead researcher more than £435,000 (equal to more than a half-million dollars).
