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Why do the Amish not get autism
Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted
Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United Press International (UPI), and wrote The Age of Autism report series about autism. His columns on health and medicine appeared regularly in the Washington Times and were syndicated nationally from UPI's Washington D.C. bureau. From January 2005 through July 2007, Olmsted wrote about his investigative findings concerning the possibility that autism's incidence rate has risen throughout the United States and elsewhere in a series of columns titled The Age of Autism. Though most mainstream experts think autism is a genetic disorder and that reported increases are due to changes in diagnostic practices, Olmsted thinks the increases are due to environmental factors and that the genetics is mostly secondary.[1] ""By April, 2005, Olmsted had begun searching for children who had not been exposed to mercury in vaccines, the kind of population that scientists typically use as a 'control' in experiments. Because of the unlikelihood of finding a large enough group of unvaccinated children to compare with those who have been vaccinated, Olmsted learned, government medical officials have not yet conducted an epidemiological study with such a control group -- despite the urging of many parents and some medical professionals who suspect a link between autism and vaccines. While the federal government has worked to prevent scientists from studying the adverse effects of vaccines, recommending research dollars should be spent elsewhere, journalists like Olmsted and others have stepped in to study the link to autism.[1]'' Let me repeat that for emphasis "While the federal government has worked to prevent scientists from studying the adverse effects of vaccines, recommending research dollars should be spent elsewhere, journalists like Olmsted and others have stepped in to study the link to autism.[1]'' More from the article "Olmsted looked for such a group that might establish demonstrative evidence of whether a link exists, and caught wind of scattered reports that autism was virtually unheard of among the Amish, prompting him to begin investigating what has come to be known as the 'Amish anomaly'. The Amish rarely vaccinate children, and Olmsted found a family doctor in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who had treated thousands of Amish patients. The doctor indicated he had never seen an Amish person with autism. Based on the national rate of autism, Olmsted determined there should be 130 Amish children with autistic syndrome around Lancaster County. After an exhaustive search, he found four. One had been exposed to high levels of mercury from a power plant and the others had been vaccinated.[citation needed] Olmsted then traveled to Amish communities in Ohio and Indiana, with similar results. In the Amish community around Middlefield, Ohio, the autism rate was one in 15,000, according to the medical director at a clinic for special needs children there. In contrast, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has estimated the nationwide prevalence rate at one in 166.[citation needed] Olmsted later discovered another large unvaccinated group, thousands of children cared for by Homefirst Health Services in and around Chicago, Illinois; according to Homefirst doctors, none of these children has autism. "We have about 30,000 or 35,000 children that we've taken care of over the years, and I don't think we have a single case of autism in children delivered by us who never received vaccines," said Homefirst's medical director, Dr. Mayer Eisenstein. [citation needed" Thanks Vince |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
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Why do the Amish not get autism
"Vaccine-man" wrote in message ... Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls eyes.... Yeah, that sounds a dead cert "A specter is haunting the medical and journalism establishments of the United States: Where are the unvaccinated people with autism?" ---Dan Olmsted http://www.whale.to/vaccine/olmsted_h.html I would also be particularly interested to learn of any documented cases of completely unvaccinated children who have later dramatically and inexplicably regressed into autism after a normal infancy. To date, no such case has ever been identified to me.--David Thrower http://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
bigvince wrote:
Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United Press International (UPI), OOPS! Out of date! He was fired by UPI. I guess they have standards. and wrote The Age of Autism report series about autism. Olmsted was such a good investigator he overlooked a major treatment and research center right in the middle of Amish Country. He could not find his ass even if he had diarrhea. |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
On Dec 20, 4:11 am, "JOHN" wrote:
"Vaccine-man" wrote in message ... Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls eyes.... Yeah, that sounds a dead cert "A specter is haunting the medical and journalism establishments of the United States: Where are the unvaccinated people with autism?" ---Dan Olmstedhttp://www.whale.to/vaccine/olmsted_h.html I would also be particularly interested to learn of any documented cases of completely unvaccinated children who have later dramatically and inexplicably regressed into autism after a normal infancy. To date, no such case has ever been identified to me.--David Throwerhttp://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html Dan Olmsted Presented with PAVE's 2008 "Truth in Journalism" Award Dan Olmsted wrote "The Age of Autism" column for United Press International for two years and is now an independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who continues to focus on autism and related issues. He has reported on a lower prevalence of autism amongst unvaccinated children, leading to a bill now in Congress to force the government to do a full-scale study. He has also reported on signs of mercury exposure in the very first cases of autism reported at Johns Hopkins in 1943, a possible link between multiple live-virus vaccinations at an early age, and a higher risk of autism in genetically susceptible children. Olmsted has also written critically about the mainstream media's failure to aggressively pursue the story and pay equal attention to what parents say, rather than relying on "experts" and public health officials, many of whom have conflicts of interest. Olmsted, a graduate of Yale, was an original staff member for USA Today before joining UPI in 1999. He lives in Falls Church, VA." Thanks Vince |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
On Dec 20, 8:43 am, bigvince wrote:
Olmsted, a graduate of Yale, was an original staff member for USA Today before joining UPI in 1999. He lives in Falls Church, VA." Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin won for best wire/Internet reporting in the National Mental Health Association's annual contest. The judges cited their ongoing articles on the impact of the drug, called Lariam, on the mental health of soldiers serving in Iraq. UPI honored for reporting on Lariam UPI honored for GI malaria-drug reporting Washington, DC, Jun. 13 (UPI) -- The nation's leading mental-health group has honored United Press International's reporting on the military's use of a controversial anti-malaria drug. Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin won for best wire/Internet reporting in the National Mental Health Association's annual contest. The judges cited their ongoing articles on the impact of the drug, called Lariam, on the mental health of soldiers serving in Iraq. "In 2004, UPI documented the military's unwillingness to face the problem, triggered investigations and warnings by the military and the Veterans Administration, discovered bad data given to Congress about Lariam and suicides in Iraq, and revealed a startling pattern of violence and suicide among the military's elite Special Forces soldiers after taking the drug," said the NMHA. "Editor & Publisher and other sources credited UPI's work for a subsequent drop in suicide rates in Iraq. A charge of cowardice against a soldier who suffered a panic attack after taking the drug -- a charge punishable by death and not seen since the Vietnam War -- was dropped. CNN invited UPI to report its findings in a televised segment, which the network has nominated for an Emmy." The award was presented at a luncheon in Washington on Friday. Olmsted is a senior editor at UPI. Benjamin is now a national correspondent at the daily Web magazine Salon........" Seems to be a very credible source. http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages...9/2032994.html |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
"Mark Probert" wrote in message news:vUtaj.7930$7I.4221@trndny09... bigvince wrote: Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United Press International (UPI), OOPS! Out of date! He was fired by UPI. I guess they have standards. and wrote The Age of Autism report series about autism. Olmsted was such a good investigator he overlooked a major treatment and research center right in the middle of Amish Country. He could not find his ass even if he had diarrhea. So how many Amish kids with autism are there? I asked you before, but you never answered... Yuri. "My own personal view is that vaccines are unsafe and worthless... I no longer believe that vaccines have any role to play in the protection of the community or the individual. -- Dr Vernon Coleman MB http://www.vernoncoleman.com/vaccines.htm |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
On Dec 20, 6:03 pm, "Yuri Kuchinsky" wrote:
So how many Amish kids with autism are there? I asked you before, but you never answered... Yuri. So, why is it that only people who receive the improperly inactivated polio vaccine got polio, while those that got the vaccine with sufficient formaldehyde didn't? I asked you before, but you never answered... |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
"Vaccine-man" wrote in message ... On Dec 20, 6:03 pm, "Yuri Kuchinsky" wrote: So how many Amish kids with autism are there? I asked you before, but you never answered... Yuri. So, why is it that only people who receive the improperly inactivated polio vaccine got polio, while those that got the vaccine with sufficient formaldehyde didn't? I asked you before, but you never answered... Your question is not very clear. I recall that there was some sort of a big failure of corporate medicine, and then you tried to turn it into an argument in favour of corporate medicine... Yuri. Yuri Kuchinsky -=O=- http://www.globalserve.net/~yuku Believe it or not, but the American medical system is actually the leading cause of death and injury! Total number of iatrogenic deaths in the US is over 780,000 per year. This is equivalent to SIX JUMBO JETS falling out of the sky each and every day. -- DEATH BY MEDICINE, 2004, by Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, Martin Feldman, MD, Gary Null, PhD, Debora Rasio, MD. http://www.whale.to/a/dean.html |
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Why do the Amish not get autism
Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes.... That was one of the biggest Pharma flops! ) On Dec 19, 12:59*pm, Vaccine-man wrote: Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls eyes.... |
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