Jan Drew wrote:
> http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808438,00.html
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From the above article: "In 2001, however, a U.S. Food and Drug
Administration study revealed that a 6-month-old receiving the
recommended complement of childhood vaccinations was exposed to total
levels of vaccine-based mercury twice as high as the amount the epa
considers safe in a diet that includes fish. By the end of that year,
thimerosal-free formulations of the five inoculations that included
it—hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and some versions of
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)—had replaced the older versions. The
result was a drop in mercury exposure in fully immunized 6-month-old
babies from 187.5 micrograms to just trace amounts still found in some
flu vaccines. Yet there's been no effect on autism rates. In the seven
years since the cleaned-up vaccines were introduced, new cases of autism
continue to climb, reaching a rate of 1 in every 150 8-year-olds today.
That trend suggests that other factors, including heightened awareness
of the condition and possible genetic anomalies or environmental
exposures, are behind the climbing rates. What's more, in the decade
since Wakefield's watershed paper, 10 of its 13 authors have retracted
their hypothesis, admitting that the study did not produce solid enough
evidence to sup****t a connection between the measles virus in the MMR
vaccine and autism."
and
"There is also little evidence to sup****t the claim made by antivaccine
activists that the battery of shots kids receive can damage the immune
system rather than strengthen it."
Thanks for bringing us an article that shows that vaccines are safe. I
hope parents finally get the message that there are people out there who
are harming kids by giving parents misleading information suggesting
that vaccines are dangerous. In fact, there is no good evidence that
vaccines cause autism, and this article clearly talks about how vaccines
have virtually (or in the case of polio and smallpox, literally) wiped
several killer diseases out of the US.
Jeff
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