positive link between autism and vaccines found

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623535

J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2011 Jan;74(14):903-16.
A Positive Association found between Autism Prevalence and Childhood Vaccination uptake across the U.S. Population.
Delong G.
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Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College/City University of New York, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract

The reason for the rapid rise of autism in the United States that began in the 1990s is a mystery. Although individuals probably have a genetic predisposition to develop autism, researchers suspect that one or more environmental triggers are also needed. One of those triggers might be the battery of vaccinations that young children receive. Using regression analysis and controlling for family income and ethnicity, the relationship between the proportion of children who received the recommended vaccines by age 2 years and the prevalence of autism (AUT) or speech or language impairment (SLI) in each U.S. state from 2001 and 2007 was determined. A positive and statistically significant relationship was found: The higher the proportion of children receiving recommended vaccinations, the higher was the prevalence of AUT or SLI. A 1% increase in vaccination was associated with an additional 680 children having AUT or SLI. Neither parental behavior nor access to care affected the results, since vaccination proportions were not significantly related (statistically) to any other disability or to the number of pediatricians in a U.S. state. The results suggest that although mercury has been removed from many vaccines, other culprits may link vaccines to autism. Further study into the relationship between vaccines and autism is warranted.

Hmmm.

A health related paper from the Department of Economics and Finance at Baruch College/City University of New York.

I'll wait until it is vetted by health professionals before I get too excited.

Or,alternately, parents who vaccinate might simply be more vigilant about unusual behavior in their children.

it was most likely a statistical analysis of records made by doctors. ergo an economics department would be just fine for it since they have expertise in statistics. it's not like you had accountants in there diagnosing people you know.

The Yokohama study found no correlation much less a link between vaccines and autism.

Wait a second.. Are you Dr. Andrew Wakefield..Oh sorry, not a doctor any more, former Dr who lost his medical liscense for unethical practices and is banned for life from practicing medicine in the UK?

Thorough studies need to be done - because the "increase" in autism could well simply be because of increased awareness.

"It's the cans - theyre' shooting at the cans. They hate the cans!"

And how many of those mothers took prenatal vitamins, and how many had pitocin in labor, and how many babies were exclusively formula fed, and how many lived downwind of farms, or in buildings subjected to insect spraying...

There is an awful long list of 'if's' in that 'environmental trigger theory. Perhaps more of them should be explored since the vaccine one has been beat to death already...

here's something from NYU law that's rather interesting.

http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/view ... ntext=pelr


Conclusion
While there are likely many routes to “autism,” including prenatal neurological insults and toxic post-natal exposures, this preliminary analysis of VICP-compensated cases suggests that autism is often associated with vaccine induced brain damage. It raises the question if the VICP’s decisions have been fair to reject all claims of vaccine injury that use the term “autism.” This preliminary assessment also suggests the possibility that other contemporary childhood neurological disorders, including attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities, might be less severe after-effects, on the same spectrum of vaccine-induced brain injury.
Based on this preliminary assessment, there may be no meaningful distinction between the cases of encephalopathy and residual seizure disorder that the VICP compensated over the last twenty years and the cases of “autism” that the VICP has denied. If true, this would be a profound injustice to those denied recovery and to all who have invested trust in this system that Congress created. This preliminary study calls for Congress to investigate the VICP and for scientists to investigate all compensated cases of vaccine injury to gain a fuller understanding of the totality of consequences of vaccine injury.

These people have an IQ of about -100.

NYU law school people?

this one is nice


http://het.sagepub.com/content/early/20 ... l.pdf+html


"These findings demonstrate and counterintuitive relationship: nations that require more vaccine doses tend to have higher infant mortality rates."

Agree with many of the posters here. Not sure there is much merit to the study, but here's a hypothetical contributing factor


-Parent(s) refuses to vaccinate kid after hearing autism-vaccine reports. Kid later shows signs like no eye connect, parallel play etc. But parent(s) thinks kid couldn't possibly be autistic, because (s)he wasn't vaccinated. Kid is not brought for diagnosis, or an alternate diagnosis is sought. Repeat time and again.