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Old 02-09-2007, 09:11 AM   #1
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Post Why Is The Autism Rate Rising So Fast?

About one in 150 American children has autism, an urgent public health concern, said U.S. health officials Thursday who reported on the largest study done so far on the troubling disorder.
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Old 02-09-2007, 05:32 PM   #2
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I have been told more than once from parents of children with autism, it's the shots they give the babies/toddlers. I don't have enough knowledge to say which shot it is but apparently there is one that has mercury in it. I have a cousin and 2 friends both that there children have this and all were born normal. This showed up after the baby shots i think around the age of 2.
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Old 02-09-2007, 08:35 PM   #3
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yea,.. I found that stat to be just crazy.. 1 in 150 !!?? that's insane.. i don't know if that was the case when my boys were born, but if it had been, i would have been a wreck just thinking about it.

Glad to have two healthy boys, here to drive me insane on a daily basis
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Old 02-19-2007, 10:18 AM   #4
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USA Today -- Feb 19 2007 10:18 AM
Autistic kids can be helped
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Old 02-19-2007, 11:39 AM   #5
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Parents are generally the worst source of pediatric health information.

There have been countless studies on the affect of pediatric vaccinations with thiomersal (the preservative that contains mercury) and autism, and there has never been a causal link found. It's an old wives' tale. Unfortunately, there are a lot of old wives in this country so the FDA told manufacturers to stop using it even though there was no reason to. Most stopped using it by 1999, and all stopped using it a few years after that. Autism continues.
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I never knew there was a cause of sorts

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Parents are generally the worst source of pediatric health information.

There have been countless studies on the affect of pediatric vaccinations with thiomersal (the preservative that contains mercury) and autism, and there has never been a causal link found. It's an old wives' tale. Unfortunately, there are a lot of old wives in this country so the FDA told manufacturers to stop using it even though there was no reason to. Most stopped using it by 1999, and all stopped using it a few years after that. Autism continues.
I thought that was something that you inherited from your mom or dad. Have they found any links to other sources ?
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Old 02-19-2007, 12:00 PM   #7
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As the number of births increase, so do the number of birth defects.....it's not rocket science folks.
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Old 02-19-2007, 01:28 PM   #8
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The total number of births should not affect the rate at which something like autism appears.
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As the number of births increase, so do the number of birth defects.....it's not rocket science folks.
Incorrect my friend, it is not a percentage on exponential growth. It is a ratio. Just because their are more births does not mean the genetic problems increase.
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A percentage is a specific type of ratio.

Also, autism rates are not increasing exponentially.
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at least agree you agree with 50% of what I was saying. Autism occurs at a specific rate unless factors influence it otherwise. Joepole you sound like a math prof. at a unversity.
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at least agree you agree with 50% of what I was saying. Autism occurs at a specific rate unless factors influence it otherwise. Joepole you sound like a math prof. at a unversity.
You can have highly educated people talking to complete fools that in the real world you would never even give them the time of day. I am not calling you a fool or highly educated but everyone reading these post can tell when someone is talking from the hip and not the brain. I think Joe and Rhertz and you are three of the higher educated people posting. I enjoy your sharpe comments as they fly by

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Autism occurs at a specific rate unless factors influence it otherwise.
Like a significant increase in the population due to delinquent behavior resulting in abnormal family units? Teen pregnancy, single mothers, drug abusers...

Perhaps my general statement of increased population = increased birth defects was over simplifying the problem. More births doesn't necessarily mean an increased ratio of birth defects, but more births to unhealthy/unfit mothers certainly does.
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You can have highly educated people talking to complete fools that in the real world you would never even give them the time of day. I am not calling you a fool or highly educated but everyone reading these post can tell when someone is talking from the hip and not the brain. I think Joe and Rhertz and you are three of the higher educated people posting. I enjoy your sharpe comments as they fly by

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Old 02-19-2007, 04:20 PM   #15
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It is sad that pregnancy has become a choice and not life a changing event of creation. Short of gene manipulation there will always be gentic disorders to some degree.
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