Image credit: Photo by timabbott on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A recent NY Times opinion piece on toxins and autism has been making the rounds lately, and well, frankly, the piece bugs the crap out of me, and I can't quite figure out why. After all, it seems like, not just an excellent idea, [...]
Posts under ‘vaccines’
Help! Bill Gates Is Coming!
Image credit: Photo by Stuck in Customs on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Periodically, news stories send me into a panic. Do I need to order a truck load of face masks before that flu pandemic hits? Is that TSA security person going to have to strip search me now that some guy tried to [...]
A Modest Proposal to Drug Companies
Photo credit:Photo by noahwesley on Flickr Dear Drug Companies, I read recently that mom, housewife and blogger Kathleen Seidel was being sued by some advocates of the theory that vaccines cause autism. Apparently, posting research and opinions on her blog that are in opposition to that theory was really naughty of her. Now, that in [...]
Oopsies!
Photo credit:Photo by BigBlonde Numbers seem like concrete things, but they are really surprisingly fluid and open to interpretation based on our own point of view. I was reminded of this today after I posted my haikus on autism and realized that my own perspective on autism and vaccines may not have been clear. When [...]
You Do the Math Haikus
1 in 150One in one fifty:Number of kids diagnosedwith an A.S.D.* #?Unknown numbers say:Thimerosal's mercurycauses autism. 35,000Thirty five thousand:Deaths prevented in U.S.by vaccines each year.250,000!From measles alone,two hundred fifty thousand:Deaths each year worldwide. .01%Point oh one percent:Percentage thimerosalfound in flu vaccines. 49%Forty nine percent:Germicide thimerosal'smercury content. 0Zero (yes, zero):Thimerosal/mercurynow in kids' vaccines. 0Zero mercuryin hepatitis, [...]
Early Signs of Autism
In addition to the musings in this post, a brief list of resources on early signs of autism can be found in my post:Early Detection of Autism My friend Mama over at The Elmo Wallpaper wrote a post a while back about the feeling that she is holding her breath waiting for the MMR shot [...]
I Do Not Ever Want a Child like Yours
I few days ago, I was in an online forum where someone mentioned the possibility of not vaccinating (or changing the vaccination schedule for) a child to avoid having that child become autistic. Whenever I hear something like this, it's very hard for me not to take it personally and not to become angry. Because [...]
Vaccines Did Not Cause my Son’s Autism
Almost inevitably, when I mention to someone unfamiliar with autism that my son is autistic, they begin talking about vaccines. Sometimes they proudly tell me how they have not had their own children vaccinated. Sometimes they go off on a screed against scientists, drug companies, government agencies or the establishment in general. If they do [...]
Autism and Vaccines: A Little Scientific Background
I have hesitated so far to post my thoughts on autism and vaccines because there are so many autism bloggers out there who already do an admirable job on this subject. However, I want to blog about a recent incident in my own life, in which I overheard yet another conversation about autism and vaccines, [...]
