You know, I could in two months turn Evan completely autistic again. I could do it completely through diet. And maybe getting some vaccine boosters. Through diet, I could load him up again with all the things that will aggravate the damage that was done. Right now, what happened now was that I healed him to the point where he got everything back to this baseline level and it stays there like this. But I mess with it at all–boom!

(from: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/11/postholiday_the_stupid_it_burns_part_1_j.php)

Sadly, the original interview that I cited is no longer available on the web page I linked to, which is why I consider it very fortunate that I transcribed her words. In any case, consider the colossal arrogance of that statement. McCarthy now thinks that she has the power over whether Evan is autistic or not.

Is it politically correct to say that this Mother known as Jenny McCarthy is probably nuts and her poor kid probably is too? Yeah…. that’s offside. I’m sure a few people have thought it! She actually runs around saying that she CURED autism. That is a pretty serious thing to say.

In the litigious United States it would be great if someone could sue her for her unfounded advice. If a guy can sue McDonald’s for making him fat, or someone can sue for spilling a hot coffee on their crotch (I drink my coffee hot too) then someone could certainly make a case for an illness arising because of a lack of vaccination.

I’d be really interested in seeing what a great writer (like Phil Plait) would write about the over-prescription of medication for all the ADD, ADHD kids….. whom I suspect of not having anything more than an abundance of energy. Forgive my bias, I am a schoolteacher and I see the board and parents looking for medication as the FIRST technique when it comes to behavior problems. That really concerns me.

Thanks to Phil and the intelligent posters on this site. I learned a lot and I have a lot more to learn if I want to continue helping students that fall in the Autism Spectrum.

off course when you have a bigger pool of kids, more number of kids are bound to be autistic. Back before vaccines are available, most of the autistic kids are just hidden in the basement, which is why you see a lot of them.

2 some kids are more vulnerable

off course some kids are more vulnerable but autism was there before the vaccines. Blaming the vaccines is easier than blaming god, or Jebus, or magic dust or Darwin or that night of lovemaking.

The death rate is eight times greater than normal within only three days of receiving a DPT shot. The dreaded Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) clusters very strongly around the typical time frame of DPT shot administration.

DPT vaccinations are usually given at age’s two months, four months, and six months. SIDS occurs mostly during the same time frame (85% from one to six months), with the largest incidence occurring at two and four months, in a bimodal fashion. This means that most of the SIDS cases actually cluster directly after the injections, and not in smooth fashion over the entire time period. One study showed that of 103 infants who died of SIDS, 70% had received the DPT vaccine within three weeks.

As of 1975, Japan began deferring pertussis vaccinations until two years of age. A significant drop in serious reactions to the vaccine (of which there are many, the worst of which is SIDS) was noted immediately. The United States has refused to be deterred by such data, however, and some DPT shots are administered here as early as six weeks of age. Often this earlier injection occurs only because it better meshes with the pediatrician’s schedule for a ”well-baby” check-up.

http://www.whale.to/m/levy1.html