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Deirdre Imus: "Spins" of Omission

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Regan said it best, "There you go again." Last week, while all the "experts" were predicting Barack Obama's big win in the New Hampshire primary, yet another study claiming to disprove an association between vaccines and autism graced the front pages and headline news around the country One problem, the "experts" got it wrong...both in New Hampshire and California

The study entitled, "Continuing increases in autism reported to California's Developmental Services System" published in the Archives of General Psychiatry (January 7,2008), used data from the California Developmental Services System (DSS) and compared autism trends with decreasing amounts of mercury (thimerosal) exposureAccording to the authors, "the DDS data do not support the hypothesis that exposure to thimerosal during childhood is a primary cause of autism."

Never have I witnessed such a collective chorus of celebratory reporting by the press while at the same time proclaiming the continuation of a public health disaster ...

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