Sedaka wrote:
so if they stopped using those vaccines containing the mercury preservatives back in 2001.... why is autism STILL on the increase?
1. There is no proof that autism rates are increasing. Even if rates were increasing, it still wouldn't rule out mercury as one of the causes. It would just mean other non-mercury causes were increasing.
2. The study this is based on looked at autism rates in 3 year olds. They found that autism increased 333% during the past 12 years. The reason autism increased in 3 year olds, based on the results of scientific studies, is because children are being diagnosed earlier. This can't possibly be used to rule out mercury as a cause.
3. It is illogical to claim that thimerosal isn't involved because autism is increasing and then turn around and claim that autism is soley caused by genetics. Genetic disorders don't increase 300% in one decade. If autism is genetic, and therefore it doesn't increase, then this study is meaningless because the increase would be due to more cases being diagnosed and nothing to do with thimerosal.
2ukenkerl wrote:
Yeah, AND, when I was a little kid, they had mercurachrome!! ! It apparently isn't sold anymore, and many say it, like the name implies, contains mercury! But kids got lots of scrapes, etc.... and mercurachrome was one of the things often used to disinfect them! So WHY didn't I see autistic kids on every corner?
Totally irrelevent. Unless they were giving massive doses of mercurachrome to 1 year old or younger babies, the information you provided is meaningless. No one believes that exposing a 5 year old kid to a small amount of mercury will cause him to suddenly regress into autism. Also, no one believes that mercury causes autism in every person exposed to it.