Comments on: Amanda Peet Says Something Sensible

By: Autism Vox 2008 in Review: August-December

Autism Vox 2008 in Review: August-December — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:55:28 +0000

[...] weeks at the beach, at the Jersey Shore. Not surprisingly, it was still impossible to avoid talk about vaccines. A new clinical trial of the GFCF diet was announced. While people have strong disagreements about [...]

By: “I get a lot of hate mail”: Autism’s False Prophets by Paul Offit

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:32:24 +0000

[...] 2008 press conference on vaccines sponsored by Every Child By Two at which Dr. Offit and actress Amanda Peet were present, June Johnson (director of Defeat Autism Now!), wrote this on Age of Autism: “I [...]

By: Britney Spears Worried About Her 2-year-old

Britney Spears Worried About Her 2-year-old — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:16:57 +0000

[...] Not that this is becoming the autism celebrity blog or anything—–but just read that Britney Spears is worried her 2-year-old son, Jeyden James, has autism. The source is via Spears’ ex-husband, Kevin Federline; according to a “Federline insider,” Jeyden is “very calm and hard to get through to” and that he “does not mix with other children, and prefers to keep away from the crowd.” YellMalta notes that the “news comes after People Magazine reported that the singer attended a fund raiser for Generation Rescue.” A little competition for Jenny (not that she didn’t already have some from Amanda). [...]

By: Autism, Representation, and the Case of Hannah Poling

Autism, Representation, and the Case of Hannah Poling — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:38:55 +0000

[...] to the claim that vaccines or something in vaccines can be linked to autism—the source of much discussion and dissent for most of my son’s life—-autistic persons are “damaged” and [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:11:54 +0000

@Brett, I await your post and do think there’s a reason that so much emotion and so many words get devoted to this topic.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:23:12 +0000

I personally would not conclude that vaccines cause autism , but…… for clarification I certainly would not conclude there is no connection.
I would be happy to listen to the experts , as they say, but only if honesty were a consistancy.
I have experienced, and heard more stories of parents trying to get single shot vaccines for their child , instead of the multi vaccine in one shot.
More times parents have been lied to saying the single vaccines don’t exist.
They DO exist, some places simply don’t want to take the time to order them or the expense.
A little bit of simple give and take in honesty and complying with parent’s needs , would prevent a ton of suspicion.
I remember when there was no admittance to the first pertussis vaccines causing serious reactions. This has resulted in no trust .
There are tons of stories such as these , that “listening to the experts” for good reason false on deaf ears.

By: MAría Luján

MAría Luján — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:33:49 +0000

Hi brstpathdoc
What kind of information do you want to analyze and on what vaccines ? Flu, MMR, multiple, other? From Cochrane reviews, experts opinions or metaanalysis-other?

lack of a statistically proven clinical implication to the entities cited

But how are confounders considered in the safety trials of vaccines-in terms of not weeks or 1 months but in at least 1 year- with clinical information included?I am talking about clinical studies , you are talking about statistics? Please clarify because I (possibly) misunderstood you

Please be also more specific because there is very specific literature to mention on the topics I presented, but I did not know about your potential (or not) interest on the topic

By: brstpathdoc

brstpathdoc — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:21:53 +0000

@MAria and pD: the common theme in the (numerous) studies cited above is the lack of a statistically proven clinical implication to the entities cited. The key word there is proven, as opposed to “may have, could have, might”, etc. Maybe in the future some rigorously controlled, properly conceived prospective / case control studies will show some sort of clinical implications to shifts in inflammatory mediators in the contexts cited. Until then, any alterations as noted above are of unproven clinical significance. This is in contrast to “speculative”. For instance, attributing a described rise in childhood asthma as being secondary to cytokine shifts caused by DPT is purely speculative. I can’t say this isn’t the case, but I am unfamiliar with a study where this is controlled for against other confounding variables (say, something obvious like decreasing air quality over the years). Maybe one exists. I don’t know. As to indolent and long term sequelae which fly below or above the radar of the parameters for reporting adverse reactions, the data are lacking, to my knowledge. I’m open to citation of good studies on this matter, but ones such as those noted above leave me unmoved…..

@Chuck: I don’t know the answer to your question. The CDC website might say, but I don’t know.

@liquid zeolite: is the crap you’re peddling on that website not for profit? Begone, foul troll and woo-monger.

By: The Number One Health Hazard in America?

The Number One Health Hazard in America? — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:21:02 +0000

[...] light of this discussion, consider statement from Bad Astronomy (a blog for Discover Magazine): …….antivaxxers [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:22:26 +0000

Getting back to Peet’s statement about leaving the medical advice to the medical professionals—-how much of the “Amanda vs. Jenny” show is not of their making, but of (the too easy to blame) media?