The Amish don't get autism and they don't get vaccinations

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:
[link to blogs.plos.org]

More details:
[link to autism-news-beat.com]
"But Olmsted never visited the cryptically-named Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, where doctors treat dozens of children who exhibit autistic behavior."

"“The idea that the Amish do not vaccinate their children is untrue,” says Dr. Kevin Strauss, MD, a pediatrician at the CSC. “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:
[link to pediatrics.aappublications.org]
Underimmunization in Ohio's Amish: Parental Fears Are a Greater Obstacle Than Access to Care

"RESULTS: ... Among the 359 respondents, 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. 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:
[link to www.usatoday.com]
"Health officials believe the outbreak is slowing in Ohio thanks to vaccination clinics, ..."
"Most of its Amish were already vaccinated before the outbreak, McFadden said."


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.

Wow, lots of ignorance around.

Some Amish do:
Get vaccines
Get cancer (my neighbors father has it right now)
Have heart problems/disease (my other neighbors mom just died from heart issues, she was 80)
Eat GMO foods
Have children on the Autism spectrum. I know of one adult who is definitely on the spectrum!
Get sonograms. My neighbor learned that her last son most likely had Down's syndrome via a sonogram. She also delivered all of her babies in a hospital, and had C sections.

Didnt see this mentioned, but they also pay income and property taxes!

Can they prove whether or not they were following the CDC schedule? Do their 2 month old infants go in for 6 shots at one time?

Any level headed parent has to question the risk of 6 shots at once, since there is no way to know which one could cause the reaction, if a reaction takes place. Sadly, it is too late for some.

Another anti-vaccine lie rises zombie-like from the grave.

<snip a lot of good stuff showing this to be a lie.>

R.
kOOks lie. Constantly. It's part of the job description.

Can they prove whether or not they were following the CDC schedule? Do their 2 month old infants go in for 6 shots at one time?

Any level headed parent has to question the risk of 6 shots at once, since there is no way to know which one could cause the reaction, if a reaction takes place. Sadly, it is too late for some.

the Amish don't do lots of stuff the general population does including tattoos, drugs, junk food, store bought synthetic room scents, cosmetics, screw alot of partners, sit in front of a tv, etc.

generally they are healthier. I do believe vaccines have crap in them we do not want and it is really stupid to dose up babies especially the heavy rates the gov wants too.

Also, injecting that crap right into the blood? Screw the us govt. not everything they do is in the individual's best interest.

Lmao