Dr. Robert Melillo was recently interviewed for the NY Daily News article, “Autism and vaccine link discredited; what parents should know now about vaccinating kids“. In the article, Dr. Melillo discusses the now discredited study by British Doctor Andrew Wakefield that had showed a link between vaccines and autism.
The Journal article “pretty clearly shows that vaccines are safe, and there does not seem to be a clear relationship that vaccines are causing autism,” said Dr. Robert Melillo, autism expert and author of “Disconnected Kids.”
For worried parents, the idea that autism could be prevented by withholding vaccines held a certain appeal since there are no definitively recognized causes for the disorder.
“Some 95% of the research in the past couple of decades has been spent looking for a bad gene or genes,” said Melillo. “There has not been a lot of research looking at environmental factors.”
When Wakefield’s study came out, Melillo said, “It was the smoking gun, and it gave parents the validation they were looking for as a cause for autism.”
With the now-retracted study labeled an “elaborate fraud,” according to CNN, Melillo advised parents to let go of any vaccine worries. But, he said, they also should be aware of early signs of autism, such as a baby being unable to roll over by the age of 5 months or to breastfeed successfully.
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Dr Melillo needs to get the facts right. The facts favors to Dr. Wakefield’s direction. I want Dr. Melillo to confront the facts before before going public stating what the medical status quo dictates. I want him to summarize and substantiate his position. Otherwise, with all respect, he should shut up.