Posts by prosciencemum

Quote: Originally Posted by Taximom5      The 2012 autism rate is based on data from 2008--on EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS.  Yes, they were born in 2000, and most of the vaccines they received that year...

Quote: Originally Posted by dinahx  You know, you can trust your child's health to Thoreson science & use Thimerisol some of us just choose not to. The entire non-vax case does not rest on Wakefield. For many years I...

It you can make it through some of the insulting language about choices to not vaccinate, you will notice that Phil Plait (the "Bad Astronomer") who writes this blog, is very angry about the death of Dana McCaffery (died of whooping...

If it's genuinely a plan to do an unbiased study of this then I welcome it - as I do with all continuing checks of vaccine safety which are ongoing. I do have concerns that it'll be self reported from the mothers (so what's to stop...

What a great thread. Here's a couple of ideas from me. My main passion is empowering girls to realise that they can be scientists and/or get involved in science careers, so sorry for the bias towards that!    Science -...

Taxi - so I'm curious, do you think GM foods eaten daily or vaccines given a handful of times mostly in childhood are more likely to cause the apparent rise in chronic allergies and other conditions?

Taxi - I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this as on so many things related to vaccines. However, since there's no metallic mercury in vaccines (and never has been) that last comment (and the related link) seems to me to be...

No, the point is that 21 years ago there had ot been any safety testing of the two together, so this doctor was being cautious. In the meantime that safety testing has happened and shown its actually fine to give both vaccines together....

I'm intesrested to know if there's anything scientifically wrong with his work. Yes he appears to be a scumbag, but you don't have to be an angel to do correct science.....

The general consensus of science (before someone asks I'm not going to link a single report here because I mean the summary of many many reports) is that vaccinating your child will not make them any more likely to develop autism than...