tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post8367806291493653689..comments2023-04-23T00:16:48.148+01:00Comments on Questioning Answers: "The MMR Vaccine Is Not Associated With Risk for Autism"Paul Whiteleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14288851488012254897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-47724825259780657752019-05-08T09:48:08.269+01:002019-05-08T09:48:08.269+01:00Both the control group and the study have previous...Both the control group and the study have previously received a cocktail of vaccines: DTaP-IPV/Hib by 12 months of age. Obviously, if some or all of the vaccines in the cocktail caused autism in susceptible kids, by the time the 1st MMR dose is adminsitered (14 months) all the susceptible kids would already be autistic and the extra MMR wouldn't affect much the incidence in the study group relative to the control group. Therefore the correct conclusion would be that "Later MMR vaccination does not increase the risk in comparison to a cocktail of previously administered vaccines". By omitting this last point from the conclusion the reader is misled into believing that the MMR vaccine has been proven safe in absolute terms, that is, compared to lack of vaccination. By making a grand universal statement that "MMR vaccination does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger autism in susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of autism cases after vaccination" the authors unduly extapolate their observations to unvaccinated subjects. Lawmakers maybe mislead into taking wrong decisions negatively affecting public health.kreosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09679529122285346619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-40979640936224325272019-03-14T16:45:37.053+00:002019-03-14T16:45:37.053+00:00I'm sad to find that there is a conflict of in...I'm sad to find that there is a conflict of interests in that: <br /><br />Financial Support: By the ***Novo Nordisk Foundation and the<br />Danish Ministry of Health.<br /><br />***Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in eight countries, and affiliates or offices in 75 countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder Novo Holdings A/S which holds approximately 25% of its shares and a supermajority (75%) of its voting shares.Fábiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791944391695241674noreply@blogger.com