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I know there was a HUGE thread a few months back about the topic of vaccinations and some very insightful and educated pricescope members chimed in with very valuable information regarding the science of the topic. I was attacked a few times since I refused to participate much in the thread and assumptions were made about me and my personal beliefs without any info from me and I'd prefer to keep this not about me and my families choices because they really have no baring on this thread or this topic.
However there has been a new development on the studies front and I am curious about PSers thoughts/feelings on the matter. Here is the article
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1164794
Snip from the article
A top researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a key role in helping uncover data manipulation by the CDC. This fraud obscured a higher incidence of autism in African-American boys. The whistleblower, Dr. William Thompson, came forward after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for original data on an autism study was filed and these highly sensitive documents were received with the assistance of U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The CDC documents and discussions with the whistleblower reveal widespread manipulation of scientific data and top-down pressure on CDC scientists to suppress a causal link between the MMR vaccine and later autism diagnosis, particularly in a subset of African-American males who received their immunization “on-time” in accordance with the recommended CDC schedule.
The received documents from the CDC show that in 2003 a 340% increase in autism in African American boys related to the MMR vaccine was discovered and then hidden due to pressure from senior officials. The CDC researchers then recalculated their results by removing a population to get the results that were desired.
I do not plan on participating much in this thread other than reading the posts. Just figured I'd share since it was posted all over facebook and interesting discussions are always known to be had here on the boards especially when it comes to conversational topics such as this one.
However there has been a new development on the studies front and I am curious about PSers thoughts/feelings on the matter. Here is the article
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1164794
Snip from the article
A top researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a key role in helping uncover data manipulation by the CDC. This fraud obscured a higher incidence of autism in African-American boys. The whistleblower, Dr. William Thompson, came forward after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for original data on an autism study was filed and these highly sensitive documents were received with the assistance of U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The CDC documents and discussions with the whistleblower reveal widespread manipulation of scientific data and top-down pressure on CDC scientists to suppress a causal link between the MMR vaccine and later autism diagnosis, particularly in a subset of African-American males who received their immunization “on-time” in accordance with the recommended CDC schedule.
The received documents from the CDC show that in 2003 a 340% increase in autism in African American boys related to the MMR vaccine was discovered and then hidden due to pressure from senior officials. The CDC researchers then recalculated their results by removing a population to get the results that were desired.
I do not plan on participating much in this thread other than reading the posts. Just figured I'd share since it was posted all over facebook and interesting discussions are always known to be had here on the boards especially when it comes to conversational topics such as this one.