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RE: Vaccines didn't cause GWS (or autism, or ___, or ...)

Comment a comment by Mike Forbes (mikeforbes), published on 11 November 2009
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I didn’t say the door is conclusively closed, just that there is no convincing evidence to support the hypothesis that it might be open. Especially when there is clear empirical evidence for an actual causal relationship between GWS and exposure to PB tablets and pesticides. Why so much emphasis on what has repeatedly and consistently been shown to be an extremely low-probability theory?

Here’s a little bit more info on squalene. Actually, that entire site has some good information and links: http://www.anthrax.mil/

What really seals it for me, though, is the fact that DoD has been vaccinating troops like crazy for the past 8 years for anthrax, smallpox, and everything else they can think of … and there is no comparable “OIF Syndrome” or “Afghanistan Syndrome.” What part of the vaccines given to troops changed between 1991 and 2001? Answer: nothing. It is likely that they give even more now than they did then. Every other exposure associated with deployment to that part of the world is pretty close to the same also … except, as I mentioned already, PB tablets and pesticides. To me, that is an impressive stack of evidence.

Is this post and discussion really about GWS and the anthrax vaccine, or are you more concerned about vaccines in general—that is, those available for you and your kid(s)?

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RE: Vaccines didn't cause GWS (or autism, or ___, or ...) by Brandon :: NR9

The report concluded more research was needed to confirm or refute the Asa/Tulane claim of an association between antibodies to squalene and GWS. In my opinion, the door is open until we have that.

I guess in your view we already already do – it just wasn’t considered in the report or wasn’t given the swing it was due. Possible, I guess, but I didn’t see any evidence of it (in my quick read-through).

What changed: I think the theory is the inclusion of squalene changed.

How the post came to be: I ran across a bunch of information on squalene and GWS while I was reading up on the possible inclusion of squalene in other vaccines – like the H1N1 vaccine – and I thought it’d be interesting to write-up and discuss. So, my interest is mostly about vaccines in general, but the post is about squalene and GWS.

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