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And vaccines prevent infections. So in other words... :P

• ossworkerrights 7y ago
  My thoughts exactly! That would be a bizarre turn of events.
  • eitland 7y ago
    Not too fast, it goes both ways: > In 2016, they showed that mice born to mothers who experience a severe infection during pregnancy are much more likely to show behavioral symptoms such as deficits in sociability, repetitive behaviors, and abnormal communication.
    • hobbio 7y ago
      If vaccination of the child could prevent some baseline level of IL-17a from developing (in offsprings who already suffered the brain degradation in the womb), it could be interesting. They should look for children who had the risk factor (infected mother) but didn't turn autistic to see if they have the levels elevated. Long shot.
    • ossworkerrights 7y ago
      My comment is a pun, not a show of support for anti vaxx, not sure why am I getting down-votes.
      • DoofusOfDeath 7y ago
        Posts mainly intended as humor are usually downvoted on HN.
• SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  > The researchers began by studying mice that exhibited behavioral symptoms due to exposure to inflammation during gestation. They injected these mice with a bacterial component called LPS, which induces a fever response, and found that the animals’ social interactions were temporarily restored to normal. So if you get your kid sick enough you can temporarily pretend they aren't autistic, and really put to the test the idea that anti-vaxxers think autism is worse than being deathly ill?
  • Filligree 7y ago
    Calling what happened to those mice "autism" is a massive stretch indeed. I don't see that this research tells us much.
    • reportgunner 7y ago
      may or could in the title means won't
• loriverkutya 7y ago
  They are not preventing the infection itself, they are allowing your immune system to kill the infection before it develops into the full blown disease. (No it is not funny, because people and children dying because of this bullshit)
  • umvi 7y ago
    I thought vaccines just contained antigens which are essentially just the receptors; i.e. it's impossible to actually get sick from a vaccine since the actual bacteria/virus is missing. IANAB though, I'm sure there are many kinds of vaccines prepared using many different methods. Also, I thought the joke was funny; I highly doubt there are any genuine anti-vaxxers in HN comments.
    • milankragujevic 7y ago
      It depends on the type, some (not quite a small number) of vaccines contain an attenuated version of the virus. Some are available in multiple forms, like Salk and Sabin polio vaccines. However, the risk of getting sick from the vaccine is small compared to the risk of getting sick without the vaccine. When the risk levels get close to equal, the vaccine type is changed to the less-risky but less-effective type. Attenuated virus vaccines are usually more effective than inactive virus ones.
• dang 7y ago
  "Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html