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Yet another 'wide ranging study' that simply rehashes the same old
arguments and papers. Unfortunately any damage being done to children
through vaccination procedures will continue apace with or without this
study until government wises up to parental observations. Neither
environmental nor pathogenic causes have been identified so Occam's Razor
surely supports parents' observations as identifying the most likely
causes - vaccines.
Bryan Christie states that the Scottish Expert Group found 'no link'
between MMR and autism - is this surprising when the group took the same
evidence to reach its conclusion that government did?
There are several LINKS between MMR and autism, not least parental
observations, and perhaps the most damning is Dr. VK Singh's unpublished
study (1) which followed closely on the heels his other, published, major
piece of evidence (2); one must ask why (1) has been continually refused
publication - is it too hot to handle as it shows clear evidence of a link
between MMR and the brains of autistic persons? It has been quoted in the
media and in eBMJ debates on this subject so any scientist worth his/her
salt who is involved in autism/vaccine research will certainly know of it.
Why no clamour for rapid publication so the facts can be opened to public
and scientific debate?
Like the negative findings of the Scottish study, refusing
publication of such vital information may simply force more children
unnecessarily into autism; studies purporting to provide useful evidence
such as Peltola et al (3), Gillberg et al (4), Kaye et al, which are so
easily discredited in their support for the myth that MMR vaccines do not
cause autism, are referenced by the Scottish group. Peltola, partly funded
ny Merck Reserach Labs. whose vaccines had been used, conveniently could
not find any autism amongst millions of children vaccinated when at least
5 per 10,000 were statistically present - the original study was never
designed to answer the questions later posed! Gillberg et al conveniently
ignored measles vaccines available for children prior to MMR, and only
looked at MMR-vaccinated children under 8 years of age when, at that time,
it was unusual to receive a diagnosis of autism before the age of 8! Kaye
et al, in a relatively small study which was totally dependent on a
computer generated database in its infancy, ignored at least two obvious
hikes (doubling) in the numbers of autism cases diagnosed which coincide
very well with the MR campaign of 1994 and MMRII introduction of 1996.
These studies are again paraded in public as some sort of circumstantial
evidence for the safety of MMR. They all avoid statistical consideration
of the single antigen measles vaccines which were available long before
MMR and during the period that autism emerged as a major threat to modern
children.
VK Singh's study (2) identified a link between measles and autism,
then study (1) between MMR and autism; his team suggest that measles
viruses - wild or attenuated - are involved in an autoimmune process that
causes demyelination in the brain leading to autism spectrum problems.
This would not surprise those scientists who have already speculated that
measles vaccine virus, as well as wild measles, is implicated in the
development of multiple sclerosis - another disorder of demyleination. How
many clues does one need before Occam's Razor counts?
Regards
John H.
References
1. "Positive titre of measles and MMR antibody are related to myelin
basic protein autoantibody in autism" VK Singh, University of Michigan,
College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; abstract provided to American
Association of Immunologists, 1998.
2. "Serological Association of Measles Virus and HHV-6 with Brain
Autoantibodies in Autism", VK Singh et al,Clinical Immunology and
Immunopathology, October 1998; 89(1): ISSN: 0090-1229.
3. Peltola H et al "No evidence for MMR vaccine associated IBD or
autism in a 14 year prospective study" lancet 1998; 351: 1327-28
4. Gillberg et al "MMR and Autism" The International Journal of
Research and Practice, 1998; 2(4): 423-4
Competing interests:
No competing interests
13 May 2002
John P Heptonstall
Director of the Morley Acupuncture Clinic and Complementary Therapy Centre
this is one among the examples which clearly tells us about immature
discisions taken by scientific community.here people defend themselves
that drug discoveries are essential,which is infact true.but before
producing any drug,the pathology as well as impact of a drug on individual
has to be properly assesd.most of drugs are released into market without
proper health risk assesment research.scientific community should first
concentrate on basics of pathology.medicine should provide ease to
people,but people are not experimental animals to medical research
thanking you
m.s.chaitra
mysore
Competing interests:
No competing interests
10 May 2002
ms chaitra
student(post graduate)
dos in zoology,university of mysore,manasa gangotri-mysore 570006--india
No link??
Sir
Yet another 'wide ranging study' that simply rehashes the same old
arguments and papers. Unfortunately any damage being done to children
through vaccination procedures will continue apace with or without this
study until government wises up to parental observations. Neither
environmental nor pathogenic causes have been identified so Occam's Razor
surely supports parents' observations as identifying the most likely
causes - vaccines.
Bryan Christie states that the Scottish Expert Group found 'no link'
between MMR and autism - is this surprising when the group took the same
evidence to reach its conclusion that government did?
There are several LINKS between MMR and autism, not least parental
observations, and perhaps the most damning is Dr. VK Singh's unpublished
study (1) which followed closely on the heels his other, published, major
piece of evidence (2); one must ask why (1) has been continually refused
publication - is it too hot to handle as it shows clear evidence of a link
between MMR and the brains of autistic persons? It has been quoted in the
media and in eBMJ debates on this subject so any scientist worth his/her
salt who is involved in autism/vaccine research will certainly know of it.
Why no clamour for rapid publication so the facts can be opened to public
and scientific debate?
Like the negative findings of the Scottish study, refusing
publication of such vital information may simply force more children
unnecessarily into autism; studies purporting to provide useful evidence
such as Peltola et al (3), Gillberg et al (4), Kaye et al, which are so
easily discredited in their support for the myth that MMR vaccines do not
cause autism, are referenced by the Scottish group. Peltola, partly funded
ny Merck Reserach Labs. whose vaccines had been used, conveniently could
not find any autism amongst millions of children vaccinated when at least
5 per 10,000 were statistically present - the original study was never
designed to answer the questions later posed! Gillberg et al conveniently
ignored measles vaccines available for children prior to MMR, and only
looked at MMR-vaccinated children under 8 years of age when, at that time,
it was unusual to receive a diagnosis of autism before the age of 8! Kaye
et al, in a relatively small study which was totally dependent on a
computer generated database in its infancy, ignored at least two obvious
hikes (doubling) in the numbers of autism cases diagnosed which coincide
very well with the MR campaign of 1994 and MMRII introduction of 1996.
These studies are again paraded in public as some sort of circumstantial
evidence for the safety of MMR. They all avoid statistical consideration
of the single antigen measles vaccines which were available long before
MMR and during the period that autism emerged as a major threat to modern
children.
VK Singh's study (2) identified a link between measles and autism,
then study (1) between MMR and autism; his team suggest that measles
viruses - wild or attenuated - are involved in an autoimmune process that
causes demyelination in the brain leading to autism spectrum problems.
This would not surprise those scientists who have already speculated that
measles vaccine virus, as well as wild measles, is implicated in the
development of multiple sclerosis - another disorder of demyleination. How
many clues does one need before Occam's Razor counts?
Regards
John H.
References
1. "Positive titre of measles and MMR antibody are related to myelin
basic protein autoantibody in autism" VK Singh, University of Michigan,
College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; abstract provided to American
Association of Immunologists, 1998.
2. "Serological Association of Measles Virus and HHV-6 with Brain
Autoantibodies in Autism", VK Singh et al,Clinical Immunology and
Immunopathology, October 1998; 89(1): ISSN: 0090-1229.
3. Peltola H et al "No evidence for MMR vaccine associated IBD or
autism in a 14 year prospective study" lancet 1998; 351: 1327-28
4. Gillberg et al "MMR and Autism" The International Journal of
Research and Practice, 1998; 2(4): 423-4
Competing interests: No competing interests