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On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research - New York Times
by dmv at 11:37 am EDT, Jun 26, 2005 |
Public health officials like Ms. Ehresmann, who herself has a son with autism, have been trying for years to convince parents like Ms. Rupp that there is no link between thimerosal - a mercury-containing preservative once used routinely in vaccines - and autism. They have failed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Institute of Medicine, the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all largely dismissed the notion that thimerosal causes or contributes to autism. Five major studies have found no link.
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On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research
by bucy at 5:51 pm EDT, Jun 27, 2005 |
But scientists and public health officials say they are alarmed by the surge of attention to an idea without scientific merit. The anti-thimerosal campaign, they say, is causing some parents to stay away from vaccines, placing their children at risk for illnesses like measles and polio. "It's really terrifying, the scientific illiteracy that supports these suspicions," said Dr. Marie McCormick, chairwoman of an Institute of Medicine panel that examined the controversy in February 2004.
This is classic. People fundamentally don't understand the scientific method or most basic ideas of probability. |
On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research - New York Times
by skullaria at 12:10 am EDT, Jun 28, 2005 |
Public health officials like Ms. Ehresmann, who herself has a son with autism, have been trying for years to convince parents like Ms. Rupp that there is no link between thimerosal - a mercury-containing preservative once used routinely in vaccines - and autism. They have failed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Institute of Medicine, the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all largely dismissed the notion that thimerosal causes or contributes to autism. Five major studies have found no link.
I know more than one lady that swears her child was vas doing well and bright before vaccines, at which time the child seemed to regress. I don't know - I vaccinated my child, but I myself am highly allergic to thimerisol, having experienced a near anaphalactic reaction after a vaccine that I took in my twenties. I don't trust it. |
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