Slightly More Than Half of Americans Say Vaccines Don't Cause Autism: Poll

Injecting pregnant women, newborns and infants with large bolus dose's of organic mercury defies commonsense. I find it unbelievable that the medical community has risked their credibility by defending such a sicking practice. What a bunch of morons!

Joe of MN 9:46AM January 21, 2011

Sindilouwho wrote: “So much for YOUR evidence.”

What a strange response.

Let’s see: (1) the increase in ASD in the UK paralleled the increase in the US, although exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines increased in the US but NOT in the UK, where no thimerosal-containing vaccines had been added to the vaccination schedule since the 1950s; (2) case-control and dose-response studies show that thimerosal is not associated with increased risk for ASD; (3) dramatic reduction in exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines following their removal from the pediatric vaccine schedule in Canada, California, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland were NOT followed by any reduction in the prevalence of ASD, even years later (e.g., among children born SIX YEARS after thimerosal was removed [Can J Psychiatry. 2010;55(11):715–720], but you think that somehow alleging that the fourth of seven authors (i.e., not the author primarily responsible for the paper or the study director) on only ONE of these studies (that is, someone who was NOT associated with the studies in Canada, California, Sweden, or Finland, and who was not associated with the case-control or dose-response studies) committed an impropriety somehow supports the failed hypothesis that thimerosal causes ASD?

Try to think this through. It’s just this sort of sloppy thinking that perpetuates the myth.

bpatient of CA 4:09PM January 20, 2011

In response to a request for clarification by the New Challenges in Childhood Immunizations Conference, Andrew Wakefield stated in September, 2000: [T]he widespread use of MMR immunization is a major determinant of the apparent (now substantiated) increase in rates of autism.” [Pediatrics 2001;107(5)] Thus the statements from Wakefield's supporters that Wakefield never said that MMR caused autism are clearly wrong.

In fact, while the first of the children involved in the Lancet investigation was still in the hospital for unnecessary invasive tests, Wakefield was attempting to establish a company to make millions from what the prospectus indicated would be "litigation-driven" testing.

Tony Bateson repeatedly posts his nonsense that there are no unvaccinated people with ASD, despite the evidence to the contrary, which has included it being pointed out to him that, for example, anti-vaccine activist Kim Stagliano (who believes that vaccines, and not genetics, cause autism) has two vaccinated children with ASD and one unvaccinated child with ASD. And, yes, there is ASD among the Amish.

bpatient of CA 2:37PM January 20, 2011

The notion that vaccines do not cause autism is an artificial construct built by pharmaceutical industry dollars. In the real world it would be almost impossible to demonstrate let alone prove. There is absolutely no evidence that autism exists in any person who has not been vaccinated or exposed to vaccine materials. The research industry wholly in thrall to industry dollars will not look at the relationship or association between vaccines and autism nor will the coerced medical establishment. The latter may be thought by many to have been criminally irresponsible, if vaccines are proven to be the cause of autism, in not noticing that only vaccinated persons developed autism. Many thousands of doctors observed their patients so poorly that they failed to notice this anomaly. If the case is proven this will be criminal negligence. Their professional indemnity may take a serious hit.

Tony Bateson, Oxford, UK.

Tony Bateson 12:15PM January 20, 2011