• 2 Posts
  • 642 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: July 15th, 2023

help-circle



  • You’re right, it is bad data. But- if this scares some one who’s hesitant into keeping their kids safe, I’m not gonna apologize. She had five kids. Lost one because of a stupid fucking decision, and as this goes on, it’s only going to get worse.

    I checked the rate of autism, not very authoritatively, mind, 1 in 36 are diagnosed. So if you have a better rate on that, I’d be happy to update.

    As for if it’s the vaccine causing autism? The study they all sight used 12 kids that all had autism and all had the then-modern MMR vax. Pretty sure they all wore clothes. Also pretty sure they all ate pb&js.







  • what’s hilarious is, if you read the actual study from '94, that suggested there might be a link… a middleschool-level of science is needed to refute it.

    Remember, correlation is not causation, and that’s all they really had. worse, they looked at 12 kids and zoomed in on the MMR vaccine. Which was incredibly common. Pretty much everyone between like the fifties or sixties until the 90’s had vaccines.

    if correlation is causation, and 12 kids is enough to establish correlation… then have more to consider there. I presume they were all, you know, wearing clothes, for example. Or shoes. Or had hair. They all probably spent time outside, too, in the sunlight. They all probably slept at night. OOO I know. They all probably ate food. and drank water, and not-water-stuffs. PB&J sandwiches.

    edit to add: pluto was discovered the same year the diagnostic rules for autism were established, too. so pluto, the planet, causes autism.