2011-01-29, 09:58 PM
I do love Kool-aid, actually. I think cherry is best. How about you? Got a favorite? Did you ever have those sugar drinks that came in the funky plastic bottle with the twist off top when you were little? Those were awesome.
The original article that sparked the bullshitstorm in 1998 was retracted by the editors of the medical journal that published it and 10 of the 12 authors for being fraudulent.
http://who.int/vaccine_safety/topics/thi...stions/en/
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...Toxicology
Clears out from adult blood in 18 days and baby monkey brains in 14 days. I'd say the risks beat the ever-loving pomegranate out of having smallpox, measles, etc.
Oh, and vaccine producers removed thiomersal/mercury from every vaccine but tetanus and flu between 1999 and 2001.
Bad news though, autism rates continue to rise despite the fact thiomersal is no longer a common vaccine ingredient
I read up on this New York mumps outbreak through the CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5905a1.htm
This outbreak is a great time to bring up HERD IMMUNITY!
Yes, vaccines aren't perfect. This is why it's so crazy important to have as close to 100% of the population vaccinated as possible. The strength of some vaccines is not in the individual, but the community as a whole to resist an infectious disease. The fact that this kid brought back Mumps from England highlights this importance in an era when an outbreak in one area can be spread anywhere in the world in a matter of hours by one unsuspecting traveler. When one person is not vaccinated, they endanger the community around them, especially those who are unvaccinated. I am rather alarmed that so many vaccinated people caught mumps, I will admit that. At the same time, the fact that less than two thousand were infected in New York City-population density center of America- and most were all within the same community of people who spent substantial time together (larger than average household size and the majority of cases were in younger boys who went to school together) is testament to the importance of immunization. To compare, check out the graph here. I'd call that pretty damn effective.
I'd also like to point out your Natural News article's-I'll just call it-"questionable" source quality
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...l_Blaylock
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...Criticisms
AIDS denialism? I lol'd.
Science is built on peer review. That article was built on books written for the purpose of profit by individuals.
Quote:What did you say about no scientific connection to autism?I say there is no connection between Thiomersal and autism. And the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Medical Toxicology, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the European Medicines Agency agree.
The original article that sparked the bullshitstorm in 1998 was retracted by the editors of the medical journal that published it and 10 of the 12 authors for being fraudulent.
Quote:Mercury bioaccumulates in the body, and direct injection is the absolute worst method of exposure to mercury. Its far worse than touching a broken themometer, and far worse than consumption.I'll let the World Health Organization handle this one.
http://who.int/vaccine_safety/topics/thi...stions/en/
Quote:Is thiomersal the same as methyl mercury?Yeah, it's dangerous. It's mercury. But it isn't thermometer or fish mercury.
No, there are several forms of mercury occurring in the environment, however by far the most common organic mercury compound is methyl mercury. The main hazard for methyl mercury is its ability to accumulate in the body and to remain there for a long time. The exposure to this naturally-occurring compound and its toxic effects on humans have been well studied. As most humans are exposed to mercury in some form, WHO and some national regulatory authorities defined safe levels for exposure to mercury and the values reflect exposure mainly to methyl mercury. Thiomersal contains a different form of mercury i.e. ethyl mercury which does not accumulate and is metabolized and removed from the body much faster than is methyl mercury.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...Toxicology
Clears out from adult blood in 18 days and baby monkey brains in 14 days. I'd say the risks beat the ever-loving pomegranate out of having smallpox, measles, etc.
Oh, and vaccine producers removed thiomersal/mercury from every vaccine but tetanus and flu between 1999 and 2001.
Bad news though, autism rates continue to rise despite the fact thiomersal is no longer a common vaccine ingredient
I read up on this New York mumps outbreak through the CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5905a1.htm
This outbreak is a great time to bring up HERD IMMUNITY!
Yes, vaccines aren't perfect. This is why it's so crazy important to have as close to 100% of the population vaccinated as possible. The strength of some vaccines is not in the individual, but the community as a whole to resist an infectious disease. The fact that this kid brought back Mumps from England highlights this importance in an era when an outbreak in one area can be spread anywhere in the world in a matter of hours by one unsuspecting traveler. When one person is not vaccinated, they endanger the community around them, especially those who are unvaccinated. I am rather alarmed that so many vaccinated people caught mumps, I will admit that. At the same time, the fact that less than two thousand were infected in New York City-population density center of America- and most were all within the same community of people who spent substantial time together (larger than average household size and the majority of cases were in younger boys who went to school together) is testament to the importance of immunization. To compare, check out the graph here. I'd call that pretty damn effective.
I'd also like to point out your Natural News article's-I'll just call it-"questionable" source quality
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...l_Blaylock
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...Criticisms
AIDS denialism? I lol'd.
Science is built on peer review. That article was built on books written for the purpose of profit by individuals.