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originally posted by: Gryphon66
Isn't this old news dating from 2014?
Further, this is anything but uncontested: Forbes Magazine Aug 6, 2015
Now becoming widely known as the “garbage can quote,” the scenario it describes appears intended to conjure a group of people closeted in a windowless room stopping just short of building a trash fire to destroy evidence. The alleged “hard copies” in this case are related to a study published in 2004 showing no link between autism and the MMR vaccine in a population of Atlanta schoolchildren.
The person to whom the quote is attributed, William W. Thompson, is one of the authors on that study. Thompson has since said that the study showed an increased risk for autism among African-American boys who received the MMR but that the study authors decided not to publish that information.
Recent analyses of the data—which seem to have survived the garbage can—do not suggest this conclusion. As Jim Frost, the statistician who evaluated the 2004 paper and reanalyzed the data in the above links, noted:
The criticism that the study discarded data from African American subjects just doesn’t hold water. No data was discarded. For the subjects who were linked to birth certificates, the researchers performed additional analyses. In this light, I see a careful observational study that assessed the role of potential confounders.
Even if these guys did "burn data" back in 2002(!) this is a few cases in one sample from one study.
There are hundreds of other studies.
Worst case scenario, this is bad science on one study (it isn't, but, let's go with that) ... but it certainly DOES NOT PROVE that all the anti-vax accusations, conspriacy theories, wild exaggerations of data are verified by this one incident.
It's stunning that any one would make that claim.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: MotherMayEye
I have no idea how you have concluded that. I am saying: The dosage makes the poison.
So I ask again: At what dose is aluminium a neurotoxin?
People don't just get exposed to aluminum through vaccines.
You can be exposed to aluminum from all kinds of things. Antacids, for one, and if you've ever been pregnant, you understand the heartburn. I was told to stick to Tums or Zantac, but perhaps socioeconomic and education barriers leave some women without a clear understanding on why those are the recommended antacids.
Aluminum can be ingested and absorbed through antiperspirants, cookware, breath mints, etc...
EDIT: So to answer your question again, I don't know what level is safe for ALL people. What's safe for one person may not be safe for another.
originally posted by: ManFromEurope
Oh, another round of "vaccines are from the DEVIL!"?
Polio was the devil.
Don't believe everything the internet tells you. Those people are not the wardens of knowledge. Everyone here has his/her own agenda.
Mine would be to deny ignorance about science.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: MRuss
This recent push to force all types of mystery solutions into our bodies on the pretense that it is best for us and the entire community is fairly recent. We didn't get all those shots when I was a child and we turned out darn well considering the only antibacterials we had back then was soap and water, and it was well water and spring water.
Of course we only had one common antibiotic at that time. If we got an infection our own bodies couldn't handle. Penicillin worked just fine, and few people were allergic to it back then.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
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I think the point is that protocol was not followed because the conclusions were controversial. This is one example that we know about. Are there others we don't know about?
There are/have been quite a few more.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Thu Jun 4, 2015 10:06am EDT
By Brendan Pierson
Two former Merck & Co Inc scientists accusing the drugmaker of falsifying tests of its exclusive mumps vaccine said in a court filing on Monday that Merck is refusing to respond to questions about the efficacy of the vaccine.
Attorneys at Constantine Cannon, who represent the scientists, asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne Sitarski of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to compel Merck to respond to their discovery request, which asks the company to give the efficacy of the vaccine as a percentage.
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www.reuters.com...
And...
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Central Figure in CDC Vaccine Cover-Up Absconds With $2M
Posted: 05/11/2010 5:12 am EDT
A central figure behind the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism and other neurological disorders has disappeared after officials discovered massive fraud involving the theft of millions in taxpayer dollars. Danish police are investigating Dr. Poul Thorsen, who has vanished along with almost $2 million that he had supposedly spent on research.
Thorsen was a leading member of a Danish research group that wrote several key studies supporting CDC's claims that the MMR vaccine and mercury-laden vaccines were safe for children. Thorsen's 2003 Danish study reported a 20-fold increase in autism in Denmark after that country banned mercury based preservatives in its vaccines. His study concluded that mercury could therefore not be the culprit behind the autism epidemic.
His study has long been criticized as fraudulent since it failed to disclose that the increase was an artifact of new mandates requiring, for the first time, that autism cases be reported on the national registry. This new law and the opening of a clinic dedicated to autism treatment in Copenhagen accounted for the sudden rise in reported cases rather than, as Thorsen seemed to suggest, the removal of mercury from vaccines. Despite this obvious chicanery, CDC has long touted the study as the principal proof that mercury-laced vaccines are safe for infants and young children. Mainstream media, particularly the New York Times, has relied on this study as the basis for its public assurances that it is safe to inject young children with mercury -- a potent neurotoxin -- at concentrations hundreds of times over the U.S. safety limits.
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www.huffingtonpost.com...
Among many others.
You cannot compare water to aluminum.
Science doesn't even claim to have all the answers with regard to the toxic effects of aluminum
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Thank you for your thread, but I am afraid I have to leave now. It happens often; when people have an agenda or feel overly passionate about a subject, their ability to read, think and reason becomes impaired and the thread suffers.
See you around the boards.
originally posted by: VP740
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Nobody said consuming a bucket full of aluminum wouldn't be harmful. Were you to consume a bucket full of say, sugar or salt, it would be lethal. You can live a long and healthy life consuming a small amount of each every day though.
I'm with you on the CDC covering evidence though. I always thought the answer to ignorance and lies was facts and truth. It's disturbing to me that people think otherwise when it comes to government.
When you eat aluminum in your food or drink it in liquids, very little goes from your stomach into your bloodstream. Most aluminum leaves your body quickly in the feces. The small amount of aluminum that does enter the bloodstream leaves in the urine. You breathe in very little aluminum from the air, and very little can enter your body through the skin.
www.eoearth.org...