It has been asked "Is there any downside to getting a flu shot". Well, it is the usual "absolutely not" from the medical folks, and people out there, viewed by most as loons, suggesting there my indeed be some serious negatives at least for some small %. I certainly do not know the answer to that question.
However, as a general principle, I am against injecting any amount of mercury, aluminum or formaldehyde into my body on a regular basis. If I am going to do that, I want to see some really strong benefits for my health, probably more than a 10% lower chance of getting the flu.
/www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htmThough I don't know if those small amounts of injected toxins every year are actually harmful to any one, I do know that autism has increased in this country(and the world?) at an alarming rate.
/www.webmd.com/brain/autism/searching-for-answers/autism-riseSomebody said...
The number of children diagnosed with autism or related disorders has grown at what many call an alarming rate. In the 1970s and 1980s, about one out of every 2,000 children had autism.
Today, the CDC estimates that one in 150 8-year-olds in the U.S. has an autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. This expanded definition refers not only to autism but also to a collection of brain development disorders such as Asperger's syndrome.................The jump in autism cases has spawned not only alarm but also debate about whether the number of children with autism could have increased that much in a relatively brief time.
"There's a lot of controversy about that," says Jeff Milunsky, MD, director of clinical genetics and associate director of the Center for Human Genetics at Boston University.
Two researchers who tracked the rate of autism in children born in the same area of England from 1992 to 1995 and then from 1996 to 1998 found that the rates were comparable, and concluded that the incidence of autism was stable. The study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2005.
But, Milunsky says, several studies have documented an increase in the U.S.
In a recent report in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, Milunsky and his colleagues point to several studies finding an increase in autism rates. In 2003, for instance, a large study conducted in Atlanta found that one in 166 to one in 250 children had autism, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.....................The debate about whether the reported increase in autism is affected by factors such as more awareness misses the point, says Isaac Pessah, PhD, a professor of toxicology, director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health Sciences, and a member of the MIND Institute at the University of California Davis. Rather than argue about whether the increase is because of some children being reclassified or other factors, he says, "We need to understand why it's one in 150..........."
So it appears to me that even if the #s are jacked up a bit, even a good bit, by reclassification, from 1 in 2000 to 1 in 150 in 30 years is pretty darn impressive. It is impressive even if it has only jumped to 1 in 300. And for me, just as I have been asking this question in regards to the increase of younger folks dying from Alzheimer's, I wish someone could and would tell us unequivocally why. And one thing that has also dramatically increased since my childhood is the number of vaccinations that both children and adults get. I have read from 7 in 1950 before age 6 to 36 now, but I don't know if that is correct. Plus all the additional vaccinations we adults get through out life. And it may well be this save a lot of lives. Still, it is possible all of these vaccines also have various negative health effects. At least it seems worthy of discussion.
I thought this article was, while certainly not proof of anything, interesting:
/www.ecowatch.com/mercury-linked-autism-kennedy-2116850430.html Somebody said...
New Study Confirms That Mercury Is Linked to Autism
Two new studies by international teams, including Egyptian scientists, have validated the link between autism and mercury.
In an article published in the journal Metabolic Brain Disease, a team of nine scientists from leading Egyptian universities and medical schools confirmed the causal role of mercury in the onset of autism.............The scientists determined the extent of mercury poisoning in children by measuring urinary excretion of organic compounds called porphyrins, which act as biomarkers for mercury toxicity. The researchers also measured blood levels of mercury and lead. The researchers found a strong relationship between mercury toxicity and the presence of autism and a direct correlation between levels of mercury toxicity and the severity of autism symptoms.
The scientists studied 100 children; 40 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 40 healthy individuals and 20 healthy siblings of ASD children. The results showed that the children with ASD had significantly higher mercury levels than healthy children and healthy siblings. Children with the highest mercury levels had the most severe autism symptoms.
At least six American studies have linked autism presence or severity to mercury exposure as determined by measuring urinary porphyrins. The first study, completed by Heyer et al. in 2012 (Autism Res 5:84) showed a correlation between the presence of autism and specific urinary porphyrins associated with mercury toxicity. This affirmed an earlier study by Kern et al. (2011, Pediatr Int 53:147) where specific porphyrins associated with mercury toxicity were significantly higher in ASD children as compared to non-autistic controls. Woods et al. (2010, Environ Health Perspect 118:1450) also saw disordered porphyrin metabolism in autistic kids which was not observed in non-autistic control children. This again suggested increased mercury toxicity associated with autism and autism spectrum disorder.
So, as usual there is no hard core proof of anything, no RCTs, and there won't be. Still, I prefer to not inject even minuscule amounts of mercury, aluminum or formaldehyde into my body unless absolutely necessary, unless the benefit way outweighs the risk. And if necessary, certainly no more frequently than absolutely necessary. But others no doubt feel differently.
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