Okay, yesterday's news & I meant to blog on then (but eyes are bloodshot & tearing up like crazy...hard to see!). Anyway...wonder what everyone will think of this study? Will they throw it out the window like others with similar findings? What will certain bloggers say--will they commit further to the fact that docs are pushing prenatal flu shots chock full of mercury in order to increase autism rates to deter from the vaccine-induced cases? Or, whatever insane theories some people have...
A California study finds no link between the increase in autism diagnoses and thimerosal in vaccines. Follow link to read entire article, as featured on the Wired.com blog. Here are the first & last paragraphs, important highlights as I see it.
The CDDS data is considered a gold standard for autism epidemiology, and the study is more convincing than a CDC study published in September. It may be the most conclusive argument yet that thimerosal and autism are not strongly, or even moderately, connected.
The autism-thimerosal link appears, for public health purposes, to be dead. But rather than mocking the understandable anger of confused parents trying to grapple with early and imperfect science, critics ought to be grateful that vaccine carelessness didn't wreak havoc on the mental development of a generation.
Well said. Only time will tell, however, if this study has any impact...
This Way of Life
"Autism is a way of being. It is pervasive; it colors every experience, every sensation, perception, thought, emotion, and encounter, every aspect of existence. It is not possible to separate the autism from the person."
- Jim Sinclair
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