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This week in a New York Times article, the debate continued over the cause and treatment of Autism. A family once united is now divided.
A year after their grandson Christian received a diagnosis of autism in 2004, Bob Wright, then chairman of NBC/Universal, and his wife, Suzanne, founded Autism Speaks, a mega-charity dedicated to curing the dreaded neurological disorder that affects one of every 150 children in America today.
The Wrights’ venture was also an effort to end the internecine warfare in the world of autism — where some are convinced that the disorder is genetic and best treated with intensive therapy, and others blame preservatives in vaccinations and swear by supplements and diet to cleanse the body of heavy metals. — read full article,
But for those of us who don’t know too much about autism…What is autism? What are the sypmptoms of autism?
I thought this was very interesting…
Johnson & Johnson Clears Their Own Product of Autism Link
(as you read keep in mind Big Tobacco’s claims of “no link to lung cancerâ€)
I am sure that if you have viewed a news source this week you have seen that mercury in vaccines has once again been cleared of any link to autism. Articles also state, “Shows over, nothing to see here, move along now… the grown ups need to talk.â€
This study was done in 2005. So why the big release two years later? Some have suggested that it is because the Vaccine Omnibus Hearings that will actually look at the link and make a decision as to the veracity of vaccine safety claimes will start next month.
Billions and Billions of dollars will be lost by corporations if a link is established.
So here is the story behind the story by an actual chemist who understands mercury, and the initial response from SafeMinds, who will be releasing a full review of the study later. — Read this full post at Adventures in Autism
More on this debate from David Kirby at the Huffington Post.
June 21st post - Autism in Room 5
Some witnesses for the U.S. Justice Department are expected to testify in Vaccine Court this week that there’s no such thing as an autism epidemic. They will say that autism is genetic in origin, and that its rate is generally static: about 1-in-150 children. A genetic disorder, of course, has no external “cause,†and nothing in the environment — least of all mercury in vaccines — could be driving autism numbers upward.
Better diagnosis and wider reporting, they say, are really to blame.
But there is a pivotal flaw to this argument: As a genetic disorder that seems to affect all races equally, autism rates should be roughly 1-in-150 in every age group, in every country, in every state, virtually in every town. But they are not.
Just ask the special ed teachers at St. Anthony’s school in Northvale, NJ: not about their students, but about their own kids.
So what does this have to do with vaccine court? Nothing directly, though it does provide evidence to refute the “all genetics, all the time†argument being offered up this week.
And, of course, if elevated mercury levels are detected in the air, soil or water around Room 5 at St. Anthony’s, this could be taken into account by local health officials as a genuine risk factor for autism and other disorders. (I will be following and reporting on this developing story closely),
“If mercury from the environment could potentially harm these kids, then what about mercury from other sources, like vaccines?†Dr. Rosen asked. “There is no reason to think that one form of mercury would cause this neurotoxic effect, but not another.â€
See many more posts from David Kirby at Huffington Post.
Immunization rates are rising in many developing countries, but so are the reported rates of autism. In Mexico, for instance, vaccine rates are now about 92%, UN figures show, while reported cases of autism are also moving upward (proof of nothing, but interesting and disturbing nonetheless).
Several well-placed sources have told me that the CDC and FDA will never agree to an outright ban on thimerosal in vaccines, due to pressure from the World Health Organization, and because the message this would send to developing nations would be untenable: “Yes, thimerosal might cause harm, but we are going to give it to you anyway, for your own good. Trust us.
