Bobby has a theory — a conspiracy theory — about how the presence of thimerosal as a preservative in vaccines and the increasing numbers of shots that youngsters have been taking this past 30 years have caused high levels of autism, Asberger's syndrome and attention deficit disorder in children in the US. He's on a crusade to expose the links between vaccines and autism. And Joe Scarborough, who has a son with Asberger's syndrome, is giving him a fair hearing.
Mercury-containing thimerosal has been reduced to "trace amounts" in vaccines recommended for use on children aged 6 or younger according to the US FDA, and it's use in vaccines has been prohibited by some US states. But it's making a comeback with the H1N1 vaccine, for which California has suspended its ban, along with some other dubious ingredients. I don't like the sound of these here "adjuvants"!
Anyway, the Aussies seem to have survived their flu season quite well without access to the magic potion, and the Cochrane Collaboration found "no evidence whatsoever that season influenza vaccines have any effect" in reducing numbers of cases, deaths or complications from flu. While I survived my own course of childhood vaccinations with little more than a BCG scar on the arm and some residual jerkiness, I would be very wary about giving carte blanche for today's medical industrial complex to inject anything they want into the bodies of unsuspecting adults and innocent babes alike. And President Obama's recent alarmism in declaring swine flu a national emergency has pushed my personal incredulity past breaking point. As far as I'm concerned, Big Pharma is guilty until proven innocent and Big Government is their bitch, as Hitch would put it.
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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