MMR has a bad rep for sure. An acquaintance has a grandson who is one of a set of triplets that has autism for which vaccinations seem to be suspected trigger. She's big on telling parents to see if they can locate vaccines that don't have the silver nitrate for preservatives because they think it may be the link. Might be worth asking your peditrician about.
Antidotally, I've had the MMR many times, because I didn't develop ammunity to the "German Measles" until I was in my late 30's which is about the time my ITP was diagnosed. Every time there was a measles outbreak, I had a titer and when it showed no immunity had aother shot, since you can't get a isolated version anymore. However, like Sandy, there is an autoimmune predisposition in my family. Both sides have thyroid disease, diabetes and some rhumeatoid arthritis so who know what my trigger really was.
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