Some of the 1,056 Connecticut children vaccination exemptions from last year were related to parental worry that these vaccines could be linked to autism and other health problems in children, according to the Associated Press. Exemptions Increase by 127 Percent

The number of children exempted from vaccines in 2011 is an increase of 127 percent from 2003, when the state recorded 465 such exemptions. Some doctors in Connecticut have expressed concern about the rise in exemptions.

"If you have more and more kids not getting vaccinated, then you have more and more of a pool for illness to take hold," said Dr. Robert Chessin, a pediatrician at Pediatric Healthcare Associates in Bridgeport and Shelton. What do you think?

A number of Milford Patch users weighed in on the topic on our Facebook page: "NO," wrote Shelley Holly Moyher. "People who are not vaccinating their kids are putting other kids and adults at risk..."

Maria Fitzgerald agreed: "No, it has been well documented that there is no connection between vaccines and autism."

'No Difference' According to research findings by Dr. Youta Uno of the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, "Each study demonstrated no differences between ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) cases and controls, failing to support a conclusion that immunization using MMR (Measles, Mumps,. & Rubella vaccines) increases the risk of ASD onset."