RE: “VACCINES Can and Do Cause AUTISM” Declares Criminal D.A. in Texas, Nico LaHood
Have you ever taken a science class before? A class in logic where they reviewed logical fallacies? Statistics? Biology? Do you even know how research is done?
If you have, you need to retake them and actually pay attention.
With all due respect (very little)- your post perfectly illustrates the problem with many people in general especially in the U.S.
Uneducated. Scientifically illiterate. Probably stupid. They don't know what facts are but far worse, worse than all the aforementioned- they don't know HOW to think. They don't know the DEPTH of their ignorance. Combine this with the arrogance and self-confidence they post this kind of drivel with and you have yourself something called, "Powerfully Stupid."
Stupid so powerful that it is literally killing children.
This person has absolutely no idea. We need more honesty and frankness in our dialogue. It's not enough to overcome the educational and intellectual deficit of this poster, but it'll at least bring some honesty.
If you don't respect the brain power of the D.A. in Texas being interviewed than perhaps you didnt even watch the video or only people who believe the same as you get respect. For myself, yes I did take Probability and Statistics in Grade 12. I got 105% grade and received a plaque at grad, while most of the class failed or got C's. It came 2nd nature to me - the answers were immediately apparent while others had lots of problems grasping the concepts. So, for me again it is apparent that all these similar stories of healthy child before vaccine and changed child after, is definitely not probable as a coincidence. And it sure would be nice if a study was funded and done putting the statistics together of health outcomes for the vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated. Then we would see clearly which approach produces healthier children.
Like this study?
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/03/11/for-the-anti-vaccinationists-out-there-t/
As for clinical research in this country, it would not be ethically possible to do the type of study you suggest, because to do a randomized, controlled clinical trial of a “vaxed versus unvaxed” group would leave the control group of children unprotected against vaccine-preventable diseases. Or didn't you grasp that problem?
That is not an ethical problem as there are already plenty of completely unvaccinated children and even some adults who would volunteer to be a part of the study. My 3 children could join and I know many others who would too. The unvaccinated population and vaccine-damaged families really, really want to put this to rest and show our kids are healthier. Lots of families have the oldest child(ren) vaccine damaged but have younger healthy unvaccinated siblings. That is a very poor excuse to not do the study.
What you seem to require has already been done:
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/still-no-association-between-mmr-and-autism/
You might also consider this:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/01/growing_up_unvaccinated_a_healthy_lifestyle_couldn_t_prevent_many_childhood.html
Actually, it's kind of been done with the Amish, who pretty much never vaccinate. Only 2 or 3 of their children ever had polio and two of those children caught it right after they were vaccinated. There was some reason why these particular kids were vaccinated, like they were adopted or something. I don't know if they have autistic kids but I doubt it.
I wouldn't bother to go on the defensive with someone who is being rude to you (Truthmd), clearly he is projecting. Average I.Q. became a scientist (probs a doctor) to prove something, regurgitated all those text books, to pass tests and can't deviate from anything that he read because he doesn't have the ability to decide which info he should keep and which he should chuck out-hence all the name calling-sad really, inside he must feel like the same spotty teenager that he always was but he thinks that arrogance and a piece of paper is a good veneer.
It's the same old bullying tactics. I hate bullying and I always stand up to bullies. The more someone bullies me the more I push back. Instead of taking the time to make their case and really listening the other side and trying to understand where the other person is coming from, the bully will just say something like "You are stupid."
You know, I can take some bullying since I have healthy children and am confident that my decisions are working out the best for them, but what I REALLY hate to see is when someone who already has a Vaccine-Injured Child gets bullied -- I mean these parents were pro-vaccine and did what they were told, and then they saw their healthy child change before their eyes after the vaccine so they stopped giving them more and stopped giving any other children vaccines. And then they get bullied?? That is despicable behaviour.
(truthmd is doing the bullying)
His statement that people that refuse to vaccinate their kids are literally killing them is ridiculous too. Common childhood illnesses like measles, chicken pox etc. never kill strong healthy children: they kill children that have other health problems or that are malnourished or that live in bad conditions. People that are pro-vaccine pretend that their motivation is saving every life when it comes to promoting vaccines but when it comes to the odd few being killed by vaccine side-effects, suddenly they'll talk about the greater good. Very hypocritical.
Even viruses that start out very virulent end up mutating to become less virulent, because any strains that kill their host quickly, are unsuccessful and die out along with the host. It's sad when nature produces an epidemic that kills lots of people but not as sad as people dying in wars, or dying of starvation.