RE: More vaccine doubts
February 9, 2010 at 8:08 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2010 at 8:09 am by Pippy.)
did you read the paper at the HERE hyperlink? It wasn't by Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey. In fact, the list of researchers is as follows:
Laura Hewitson a,c,*, Lisa A. Houser a, Carol Stott c, Gene Sackett b, Jaime L. Tomko a,
David Atwood d, Lisa Blue d, E. Railey White d, Andrew J. Wakefield c
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
b Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
c Thoughtful House Center for Children, Austin, TX 78746, United States
d Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
Where are the film stars? Are the UofK and UofPittMed schools of quackery? I just thought this was an example of a concerned effort, not to scare people into not taking medication, but to try to figure out if there are any risks or unintended consequences from the medicines in question. And the point was well made that the average child in the States gets 36 vaccinations as an infant. 36. Is it possible that any of them are less than necessary? Or do the Drug companies only have our best interests in mind?
Thanks.
"I'll keep this brief, since I'm about to go to bed soon. There is virtually no evidence to suggest that autism is in any way caused by environmental factors."
Well it almost has to be caused by some environmental factor. Where does this one study as an example fall into the "virtually no evidence" paradigm? The "virtually" part?
Laura Hewitson a,c,*, Lisa A. Houser a, Carol Stott c, Gene Sackett b, Jaime L. Tomko a,
David Atwood d, Lisa Blue d, E. Railey White d, Andrew J. Wakefield c
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
b Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
c Thoughtful House Center for Children, Austin, TX 78746, United States
d Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
Where are the film stars? Are the UofK and UofPittMed schools of quackery? I just thought this was an example of a concerned effort, not to scare people into not taking medication, but to try to figure out if there are any risks or unintended consequences from the medicines in question. And the point was well made that the average child in the States gets 36 vaccinations as an infant. 36. Is it possible that any of them are less than necessary? Or do the Drug companies only have our best interests in mind?
Thanks.
"I'll keep this brief, since I'm about to go to bed soon. There is virtually no evidence to suggest that autism is in any way caused by environmental factors."
Well it almost has to be caused by some environmental factor. Where does this one study as an example fall into the "virtually no evidence" paradigm? The "virtually" part?
