CNN's Gupta - California data Not the final word

[Guest guest]

I just got this in a google news alert, for some reason. It

is from last January. It is Dr. Sanjay Gupta talking about the California data on CNN.

He is basically saying it might be a little too early to

tell.

This was in January, 2008. That month, California DDS opened up its

autism program to children with PDD-NOS and other milder forms of ASD. So we

can no longer compare children in the system before Jan

1, 2008 and after. We will never know if the case numbers fell in the younger

children in the California system.

Here is the link, and a transcript of the quote. This is

important because when people say “the rates are still going up,”

this is the study they are talking about:

http://versprill.com/thimerosal/gupta-this-is-not-the-final-word-on-mercury-free-vaccines

Q: They removed mercury from the vaccines in California, and autism rates are still on the rise.

Can you explain that for us?

A: “I think it’s probably not that easy. I think

this is not the final word…a couple of things to keep in mind. All

vaccines did not lose the Thimerosal up until 2002-2003, meaning people were

still probably getting some of these mercury derivatives even a few years ago. Also

the particular study did not look at children under the age of three, and as

you know Kiran , and I know sometimes autism symptoms can present earlier

than age three, so this is not the final word.”