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Old 16th December 2012, 06:00 PM   #3121
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
Let me edit that to less than 2 days.
Thimerosal in Vaccines
The children died in less than 2 days.
The Royal Commission said that they died of infection.
Thus the children died of infection in less than 2 days. Duh !
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Old 17th December 2012, 09:16 AM   #3122
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Originally Posted by Estellea View Post
Actually, this has been done as a result of MMR withdrawal in Japan and autism rates actually increased after MMR was no longer given.

Tough luck Clay.
I read the entire study, and was shocked to find out why they stopped giving the MMR vaccine.
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Also, I did not realize the MMR vaccine was all live virus. So no mercury as as an antispetic agent. Why is MMR associated with mercury in this case?
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Old 17th December 2012, 10:28 AM   #3124
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Originally Posted by r-j View Post
... Why is MMR associated with mercury in this case?
It is only by those who are ignorant about the issues. Almost ten years ago I was on a listserv for my son's disability. Someone asked a question about the MMR vaccine, and another person replied with a warning on thimerosal. I then replied saying: "For clarification, the MMR vaccine has never contained thimerosal."

Then the person who had posted a warning on thimerosal emailed the moderator telling her to ban me from the listserv for not being up on the science. I replied that all she had to do was provide the evidence the MMR contained thimerosal, while providing CDC links explaining why it never contained it. They backed down.

Then on any online discussion I would note that you can tell the level of knowledge someone had on vaccines was in the basement when they said this phrase: "the thimerosal in the MMR vaccine." It is somewhere up there with "vaccines being directly injected in the bloodstream."
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Old 17th December 2012, 10:45 AM   #3125
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Originally Posted by r-j View Post
I read the entire study, and was shocked to find out why they stopped giving the MMR vaccine.
Why? The Urabe mumps vaccine strain was associated with an increased risk of asceptic meningitis. Unfortunately, the Japanese government is too stubborn and nationalistic to import MMR-II and will not implement a vaccine programme to provide adequate measles, mumps and rubella coverage.

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Also, I did not realize the MMR vaccine was all live virus. So no mercury as as an antispetic agent. Why is MMR associated with mercury in this case?
Clay stated that MMR and MMR-V contained "heavy metals" and as Chris explained is the hallmark of ignorant anti-vaxx rhetoric. Clay refuses to either provide substantiation or admit he made a mistake.

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Old 17th December 2012, 11:04 AM   #3126
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Originally Posted by Estellea View Post
No Clay, there is no evidence of "hundreds of thousands" of parents claiming that. There were only a handful in the UK GSK suit and 5K in the US NVICP OAP. And if you would bother to read the OAP transcripts (which I know you won't do) it is obvious the tenuous grasp on reality that the parents and the "experts" actually had. I'm still waiting for you to tell me how "heavy metals" are in MMR and MMR-V. Can't you answer this Clay?


I've pointed out your offence before and I will do it just one more time. Autists aren't as good as dead; autism isn't a death sentence. There are quite a few autists on this board and your statements are very offensive and wrong. Having worked with adult autists and having child autists in my life, you are clearly ignorant on the subject so just stop trying to characterise autism.

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Really? Take the time to view this.

We as humans have no way to process Mercury.
See 15 minutes into the video.
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Old 17th December 2012, 11:15 AM   #3127
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxAsrAK2hw


Really? Take the time to view this.

We as humans have no way to process Mercury.
See 15 minutes into the video.
But we do have a way to excrete it from the body. You do it daily (at least, most people do)
Thiomersal halflife in a mammal is well studied.
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Old 17th December 2012, 11:57 AM   #3128
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxAsrAK2hw


Really? Take the time to view this.

We as humans have no way to process Mercury.
See 15 minutes into the video.
What about some real evidence instead of YooToob?
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What about some real evidence instead of YooToob?
There's evidence outside of Youtube? What, you mean like yahoo video, vimeo, or metacafe?
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Old 17th December 2012, 12:29 PM   #3130
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There's evidence outside of Youtube? What, you mean like yahoo video, vimeo, or metacafe?
I was thinking along the lines of real studies carried out by people who actually know what they are talking about.
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Old 17th December 2012, 12:36 PM   #3131
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Originally Posted by dafydd View Post
I was thinking along the lines of real studies carried out by people who actually know what they are talking about.


I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
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Old 17th December 2012, 12:44 PM   #3132
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
Because they have a degree in medicine/biochemistry/genetics and did an extensive study with controls, double blinds and everything else required to actually rise above and beyond mere conjecture?
I'd love to see their papers with data.
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
Individual data points can show up all over the map. What do the aggregates show, Clayton?

By the way, why aren't you answering Bram Kaandorp regarding your little "Death Sentence" dramatic tootsie roll you left on the carpet? Left speechless? Are you afraid to touch it?
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I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
After they ruled out all other causes? My youngest brother has four daughters, one of whom is severely autistic. They were all vaccinated with MMR, and he doesn't blame the vaccines.
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Old 17th December 2012, 12:58 PM   #3135
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But we do have a way to excrete it from the body. You do it daily (at least, most people do)
Thiomersal halflife in a mammal is well studied.
I pointed out to Clayton (several pages ago, with references) that we excrete ethylmercury (I even told him how we did so).

He seems to have completely ignored that. No doubt he will do so again.
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Old 17th December 2012, 01:21 PM   #3136
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I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
I'm sure that the parents of the millions of children who did not became autistic after MMR vaccinations know what they are talking about too.
So what?
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Actually, this has been done as a result of MMR withdrawal in Japan and autism rates actually increased after MMR was no longer given.

Tough luck Clay.

ETA: Eventually the monovalent vaccines were used and mumps and rubella incidence has gone up steadily since the withdrawal of MMR due to changes in vaccine recommendations.

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There's also the studies discussed here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908388/ which address both rates of autism and age of onset.

"...investigators did not observe a clustering of autism diagnoses relative to the time that children received MMR vaccine, nor did they observe a difference in age at autism diagnosis between those vaccinated and not vaccinated or between those vaccinated before or after 18 months of age"

"...an increase in autism diagnoses despite stable MMR vaccination rates"

"...the increase in the number of autism diagnoses did not correlate with MMR vaccination rates"

"Autism rates increased coincident with a decrease in MMR vaccination rates."

"Of 309 children hospitalized for autistic disorders, no clustering occurred relative to the time of MMR vaccination."

"The authors observed no differences in the relative risk of autism between those who did and those who did not receive MMR vaccine. Among autistic children, no relationship between date of vaccination and development of autism was observed."

"The authors observed no differences in age at vaccination between autistic and nonautistic children, which suggests that early age of MMR vaccine exposure was not a risk factor for autism."

Clayton doesn't seem to understand the the questions he's seeking answers to have already been asked and answered by researchers. If he bothered to actually look at the evidence which is constantly spoon-fed to him on this thread he'd be well-aware of the research that has already been conducted: research that renders his proposed study redundant. He probably won't read what I'm about to post, either.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...rse-of-autism/

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Prior studies using home movies have shown that signs of autism can be detected between 8-12 months. A study looking at head circumference found statistical differences prior to 12 months. And one study looking at movements found differences between 4-6 months. So it seems the consensus of current evidence is that objective and detectable signs of autism emerge between 6-12 months. This study does not support detection prior to 6 months, but other studies do suggest this might be possible.
I do wonder what Clayton might make of the claim that "the consensus of current evidence is that objective and detectable signs of autism emerge between 6-12 months" in light of the US vaccination schedule. I won't expect him to click on any links I provide, but I will point out that MMR, according to the schedule, should be given at 12-15 months. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/...-iz-babies.pdf
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Old 17th December 2012, 01:46 PM   #3138
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxAsrAK2hw


Really? Take the time to view this.

We as humans have no way to process Mercury.
See 15 minutes into the video.
No Clayton; I don't watch YooToob videos to obtain scientific data. I've read the OAP transcripts; I've read a good deal of Wakefield's GMC FTP transcripts and you simply do not have any data to support your claim that MMR causes autism nor that hundreds of thousands of parents claim so nor that heavy metals are in MMR. Come up with studies Clayton; I'm not interested in silly videos.

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I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
Actually they don't. A well known "autism mum" has three daughters who are autistic; the first two were vaccinated; the third was not. Mum still blames vaccines. Better than blaming their own genes in their minds.

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Actually they don't. A well known "autism mum" has three daughters who are autistic; the first two were vaccinated; the third was not. Mum still blames vaccines. Better than blaming their own genes in their minds.

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Link?
While you're killing time waiting for that link, there are some in #3085 for you to take a look at.
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By the way, why aren't you answering Bram Kaandorp regarding your little "Death Sentence" dramatic tootsie roll you left on the carpet? Left speechless? Are you afraid to touch it?
Thank you. Someone notices.

Got an answer, Clayton?
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Originally Posted by Bram Kaandorp View Post
Thank you. Someone notices.

Got an answer, Clayton?
More than one. I await CM's response with interest.
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I'm sure the parent's whose two of three triplets became autistic after mmr vaccinations know what they are talking about..
There are many parents in the world who are convinced their children became ill due to witchcraft. Do they know what they are talking about?

Honestly Clayton, you've returned to this argument over and over again: some tiny percent of parents believe vaccines caused autism in their children. Why would their anedoctal opinion have any validity, given their lack of knowledge of medicine, disease, and statistics, compared to the conclusions of doctors and scientists who have actually done detailed, large studies?? Having that pointed out to you over and over again, how on earth can you believe this is such a convincing point that you bother to repeat it?
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Originally Posted by Clayton Moore View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxAsrAK2hw


Really? Take the time to view this.

We as humans have no way to process Mercury.
See 15 minutes into the video.
Wrong- we process and excrete mercury in many different ways that help remove it from the body. See the past hundred years of scientific study. Here's one summary:

http://enhs.umn.edu/current/5103_spr.../mercdose.html

You would easily have found this information if you bothered to actually research the question rather than wasting your time watching a biased YouTube video.

As I've warned you before, the websites you cite are lying to you.
Remember the old saying, "Fool me once shame on you...?"
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Link?
http://kimstagliano.blogspot.com/200...07-versus.html
And Ms. Stagliano did not have a flu jab when she was pregnant; she was speaking in general. She is blaming her childhood vaccines on the unvaccinated child's autism. Anti-vaxx ignorance knows no depths.

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Originally Posted by Bram Kaandorp View Post
Thank you. Someone notices.

Got an answer, Clayton?
Don't hold your breath. Clayton doesn't correct his errors nor apologise for insulting an entire population of people and their families.

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Don't hold your breath. Clayton doesn't correct his errors nor apologise for insulting an entire population of people and their families.

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Maybe Clayton thinks that my brother should just strangle his daughter?
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Originally Posted by Estellea View Post
http://kimstagliano.blogspot.com/200...07-versus.html
And Ms. Stagliano did not have a flu jab when she was pregnant; she was speaking in general. She is blaming her childhood vaccines on the unvaccinated child's autism. Anti-vaxx ignorance knows no depths.

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OK, I'll let you think about this. Below is the recommended vaccination schedule for babies born in 2007 versus babies born in 1983. Each vaccine is tested individually for safety. The vaccines are not tested as a sum introduction to developing immune systems over a period of mere months. Too much water will screw up your system. You'd never take a Tylenol with a Motrin and an aspirin, although on their own, each pill works well.

How about too many vaccines? Autism rates are now at 1 in 150 from 1 in 10,000 a few decades ago. And don't forget peanut allergies, asthma, ADHD, severe mental illness like 5 year olds with bi-polar have risen dramatically too.
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Check out page 56 of the December 2012 issue of Scientific American. Is Drug Research Trustworthy?

I'm sure Vaccine Research is also behaving just as badly or worse.
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Do you think an argument made from incredulity is reason enough to put children and infants at risk of serious harm or death acceptable, Clayton? If so, why?
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Clayton, why aren't you responding to polite, relevant posts that have been addressed to you? Don't you want to engage in honest debate? You might find the evidence you've been pointed to and the questions you've been asked inconvenient but I think it's rather rude to ignore them - and it makes it harder to have a proper discussion if people pick and choose which posts to respond to and which to ignore. (Particularly when those posts being ignored contain important evidence that is relevant to one or more strands of the discussion, or questions that would, if answered, make a viewpoint clear.)
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Check out page 56 of the December 2012 issue of Scientific American. Is Drug Research Trustworthy?

I'm sure Vaccine Research is also behaving just as badly or worse.
Why?
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Old 19th December 2012, 12:27 PM   #3153
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Why?
I think what Clayton is doing is referring to the problems with drug company-funded research (the kind of thing documented in Ben Goldacre's Bad Pharma) and insinuating that because there are issues with research sponsored by Big Pharma there must be issues with the research people cite in this thread on vaccination. Which, as far as I can tell, tends to be work conducted by independent researchers (e.g. the research on MMR and autism that we keep posting and Clayton keeps ignoring).

I think there was some fairly detailed discussion of this earlier in the thread, where the nature of the research demonstrating that there was no link between MMR and autism was covered. Of course, that won't stop Clayton repeating canards that have already been debunked. There appears to be nothing that will.
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Old 19th December 2012, 12:36 PM   #3154
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Thanks, jdc324.
At the end of the day, CM's arguments seem based more on rumour and innuendo than anything else, don't they?
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Old 19th December 2012, 12:38 PM   #3155
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Originally Posted by pakeha View Post
Thanks, jdc324.
At the end of the day, CM's arguments seem based more on rumour and innuendo than anything else, don't they?
Well, to be fair, what else could they be based on?

It's not like there's any evidence supporting his position.
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Old 19th December 2012, 01:53 PM   #3156
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Surely the only way to progress this is to find out why it is that Clayton believes vaccines cause autism? The arguments in favor of a link appear to me to be justifications after the fact using any anecdotes and quotes that can be found. I take it this isn't Clayton's only fringe belief?
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Old 19th December 2012, 02:08 PM   #3157
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Surely the only way to progress this is to find out why it is that Clayton believes vaccines cause autism? The arguments in favor of a link appear to me to be justifications after the fact using any anecdotes and quotes that can be found. I take it this isn't Clayton's only fringe belief?
Correct. Holocaust denial too.
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That's atypical. Normally anti-vaxers are coiming from a more new-age/homeopathy/electric fields kind of place. Holocaust denial is a new one on me. Presumably the link is the victim/conspiracy angle.

If you ask me, which you haven't, lots of the fringe posters enjoy dramatizing their lives with some narrative involving secret knowledge, magic, and conspiracies etc. Does Clayton actually want to be convinced by something less exciting?
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Old 19th December 2012, 02:23 PM   #3159
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Originally Posted by shuttlt View Post
That's atypical. Normally anti-vaxers are coiming from a more new-age/homeopathy/electric fields kind of place. Holocaust denial is a new one on me. Presumably the link is the victim/conspiracy angle.

If you ask me, which you haven't, lots of the fringe posters enjoy dramatizing their lives with some narrative involving secret knowledge, magic, and conspiracies etc. Does Clayton actually want to be convinced by something less exciting?
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.p...33904&page=141
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Originally Posted by dafydd View Post
Correct. Holocaust denial too.
Also 9/11 truther.
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