UC DAVIS STUDY: "Autism is Environmental" (Can We Move On Now?)
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My son is autistic. Looking back, I can see the signs of it from his infancy. There is no doubt in my mind that his autism is something he was born with, and not in any way related to his vaccinations. Autism is a neurological condition, not a disease.
Have you experienced regressive autism? I ask this, because you mention that your son exhibited signs from birth. What do you say to those parents who had perfectly normal children until right after a vaccination, when their child suddenly developed a very high fever, horrible screams, brain swelling, and then loses the ability to communicate?
I think there are many possible causes of autism...Blaming it soley on the vaccines (and thus wanting to do away with them) is silly. They're are many people around here screaming against the vaccines because of the high incidence of autism in the area. However, industry dumps tons of mercury as well as other toxic chemicals in Lake Michigan every day. Since the lake is the main source of water in this area, it's a wonder that no one has spoken up about it. So let's do away with vaccines, guess polio isn't so bad afterall. But keep drinking contaminated water and eating contaminated fish.
trinity, very few of us want to get rid of vaccines entirely. We are just asking for the CDC et al to remove the toxins and to develop safer vaccination schedules. I don't disagree with you concerning mercury and toxins in the environment, but injecting these toxins into an immature baby's bloodstream is really not a good idea, is it?
Ah, yes, the antivaccinationist toxic myth about vaccines:
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=9
Try again.
But - we are Americans - we like the EASY answer - we don't want to have be responsible in any way for anything - we want to blame everyone else - assume that THEY are responsible and that if only THEY fix it everything would be fine. People think that they can eat, drink, anything they want prior to reproduction - reproduce and damn it the baby better be just 100% fine or else it is someone else's fault - it could never be the fault of someone who does not eat well, exercise and take care of themselves prior to reproduction - it could never be just shear bad luck - it can never be that the child was exposed at home to crap that went into their system and affected them - NOPE - it can NEVER be anything other than - a shot.
Yup - good Americans - eat, drink and be merry and if something bad happens - well there must be someone to blame and sue for it...
This is the same "lady" who acted like a skank for years. How bout this instance from just three years ago:
http://www.hollywoodrag.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/jenny_mccarthy_wets_her_pants/
http://images.phun.org/phun/galleries/naked_celebrities/jenny_mccarthy.jpg
Or when she did that Candies ad where she's on the toilet w/ her panties on the ground? Very lady like.
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/531/jenny019732135kc8.jpg
And of course she did that show "Singled Out" acting a fool.
"Skank"? Sounds like someone knows he could never get a Jenny McCarthy and hasn't come to grips with it yet...
Not at all. I just remember her from the '90's. And it's amazing what an image makeover will do for people. I'm sorry her kid is sick, but some of you have real short memories about how she came into the public light.
She posed nude and acted like a horse's ass on tv and print. She was the good-looking wacky chick. Remember.
I think the people behind the big Pharm companies have the same people behind them as Defense Contractors, Republicans (Media) systematically brainwashing people that they need drugs for "restless leg" the penis that wears out of natural causes at 70, and every sniff, cough, allergy, headache, and depression known to man. When they see profit potential, it's a little hard to make them change direction and do more research. You think all the Defense Contractors were hoping that The Weapons Inspectors had found the WMD's? Nah. Too much money to be made.