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The Amish don't get autism and they don't get vaccinations
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[quote:Reality420:MV8yNjYzNTUyXzQ2NzQxNjUzX0UwNUJGMjhB] Another anti-vaccine lie rises zombie-like from the grave. This moldy old fable was a lie promoted by not-a-scientist Dan Olmsted - former editor for United Press International, owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and now owner and editor of the loony anti-vaccine site - Age of Autism. It has been refuted over and over yet the anti-vaccinationists will not let a good lie die and continue to resurrect it. As others have posted earlier, this article by Seth Mnookin gives a general refutation: http://blogs.plos.org/thepanicvirus/2011/06/28/anecdotal-amish-dont-vaccinate-claims-disproved-by-fact-based-study/ More details: http://autism-news-beat.com/archives/29 "But Olmsted never visited the cryptically-named [b]Clinic for Special Children[/b] in Strasburg, where doctors treat dozens of children who exhibit autistic behavior." "[b]“The idea that the Amish do not vaccinate their children is untrue,” says Dr. Kevin Strauss, MD, a pediatrician at the CSC.[/b] “We run a weekly vaccination clinic and it’s very busy.”" "Strauss also sees plenty of Amish children showing symptoms of autism. “Autism isn’t a diagnosis – it’s a description of behavior. We see autistic behaviors along with seizure disorders or mental retardation or a genetic disorder, where the autism is part of a more complicated clinical spectrum.” " More information: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/1/79 Underimmunization in Ohio's Amish: Parental Fears Are a Greater Obstacle Than Access to Care "[b]RESULTS:[/b] ... Among the 359 respondents, [b]68% stated that all of their children had received at least 1 immunization, and 17% reported that some of their children had received at least 1 immunization.[/b] Only 14% of the parents reported that none of their children had received immunizations." The largest measles outbreak this year in the Ohio Amish community, note the Measles MMR Vaccination Clinic all the Amish are going to: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/01/measles-amish-ohio/11933033/ "Health officials believe the outbreak is slowing in Ohio thanks to vaccination clinics, ..." "[b]Most of its Amish were already vaccinated before the outbreak, McFadden said.[/b]" Gee, it looks like the anti-vaccine loons are lying again. The reader should ask why it is that they seem to constantly lie and misrepresent the facts treating the readers as if they were ignorant fools. Let the furious feeble begin to foam at the mouth but it doesn't change the fact that the Amish obviously do vaccinate and this trope is a blatant lie. R. kOOks lie. Constantly. It's part of the job description. [/quote]
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