Sensationalism at its best. Another quick fix, magic bullet pipe dream. Note their own update (read: pseudo-retraction) at the bottom 10 days after the story published: 1. Both cases were unpublished which means that no-one has full access to what the court decided. 2. In the case of Ryan Mojabi, the court ruled that (on the preponderance of evidence - ie more than 50 per cent likely) the vaccine caused Ryans encephalopathy - not autism. As David Kirby reports in the Huffington post, Whether ... Ryans ... vaccine-induced brain disease led to ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder] is unknown. The concession document is under seal. 3. In the case of Emily Moller, according to David Kirby, HHS [The US Department of Health and Human Services] did not admit that vaccination caused encephalopathy or autism, but merely decided not to dedicate more resources to defending the case. 4. Although it is true that the HHS underwrites autism treatments for children in its vaccine-injury programme, it has never concluded in any case that autism was caused by vaccination. For clarification. The jury is out on whether encephalopathy causes autism. Most children with autism have never had encephalopathy according to the CDC. The overwhelming weight of scientific evidence on the considerable amount of research into a purported link between vaccines and autism shows no such link exists. The preponderance of evidence required to make such a finding in a scientific study is considerably more than the 51%:50% preponderance required in the vaccine court. Notably, a study by the Danish Medical Research Council in 2002 followed more than 500,000 children over 7 years and found no association between MMR and autism. The study was reported in the reputable New England Journal of Medicine. The only study, published in a credible, peer-reviewed, medical journal which has purported to have found a link between MMR and autism is Dr Andrew Wakefields. Wakefields findings could not be replicated by other researchers - a prime requirement to establish proof in science. An investigation showed Wakefield had an undisclosed financial interest in proving a link between MMR and autism. Two of his co-authors withdrew their support for his studys interpretations. Wakefield was found to have undertaken his research on children without ethical approval. An investigation by the British Medical Council into Wakefields autism research found: three dozen charges proved, including four counts of dishonesty and 12 counts involving the abuse of developmentally challenged children. (Wikipedia). The Lancet fully retracted Wakefields 1998 paper. Wakefield was struck off the Medical Register in May 2010, having been found guilty of dishonestly falsifying his research in the interests of financial gain. No-one argues that vaccination does not pose *some* risk. However, considering the millions of vaccines administered each year, serious adverse reactions are extremely rare (less than 1 out of a million doses). Conversely, there is a high risk of children suffering encephalopathy from high temperatures if they contract the diseases the MMR vaccine prevents. According to the CDC, one child in every 1000 with measles will develop encephalopathy - consider this against less than 1 in a million for MMR.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:20:12 +0000
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