Re: Study links vaccine to autism

Jan Drew wrote:
> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/2/213632.shtml
> 
> A new study shows that autism may be linked after all
> to the use of mercury in childhood vaccines, despite
> government's previous claims to the contrary.

The study is over two years old.

> An article in the March 10, 2006, issue of the Journal
> of American Physicians and Surgeons shows that since
> mercury was removed from childhood vaccines,

Not a well-respected journal. The analysis is suspect, at best. They 
used the slope of lines to determine whether or not there was a change 
in the incidence of autism. I have never seen this methodology before. 
However, the incidence of autism continued to rise through the end of 
2005, after mercury was removed from vaccines. By 2001, vaccines were no 
longer made that had mercury in them, so one would expect to see a 
reduction in autism incidence by 2005.

Further, babies excrete mercury from vaccines more quickly than thought: 
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1848

Jeff

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