A lot of people think that autoimmune responses are finally triggered by certain things, environment, an infection, a trauma or perhaps stress. I would not necessarily rule out vaccinations being a possible trigger. To suggest that vaccinations “cause” type 1 would be wrong. But to suggest that parents should “know” this, when the best medical researchers and professionals don’t “know” this is a bit absurd. This type of argument is used by people who are afraid of autism as a reason to avoid vaccinations. It is hard to know how many kids were harmed by not getting their vaccinations. Oh, and in case you don’t know, the autism-vaccination connection study ended up having to be retracted by the Lancet medical journal.
