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02-09-2007, 09:11 AM | #1 |
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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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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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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.
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02-19-2007, 10:18 AM | #4 |
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Updated News Story
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USA Today -- Feb 19 2007 10:18 AM Autistic kids can be helped |
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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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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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The total number of births should not affect the rate at which something like autism appears.
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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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This forum is like a Casino
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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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Case and point made
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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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