Dr Paul Thomas has an interesting retrospective analysis on vaccinated vs unvaccinated children in his pediatric practice over a decade. He looks at allergies, asthma, autism and ADHD rates. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7709050/
"Remarkably, zero of the 561 unvaccinated patients in the study had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to 0.063% of the (partially and fully) vaccinated. The implications of these results for the net public health effects of whole-population vaccination and with respect for informed consent on human health are compelling. Our results give agency to calls for research conducted by individuals who are independent of any funding sources related to the vaccine industry. While the low rates of developmental disorders prevented sufficiently powered hypothesis testing, it is notable that the overall rate of autism spectrum disorder (0.84%) in the cohort is half that of the US national rate (1.69%). The practice-wide rate of ADHD was roughly half of the national rate. The data indicate that unvaccinated children in the practice are not unhealthier than the vaccinated and indeed the overall results may indicate that the unvaccinated pediatric patients in this practice are healthier overall than the vaccinated."
As Del Bigtree says, that study is like giving 10 shots of vodka to both groups, but one group also gets a shot of tequila. Then you say both groups are equally drunk so it can’t be the tequila. So this study cannot prove vaccines don’t cause autism
Great point. Study of any single vaxx in isolation will fail to reveal an association between vaxx and ASD for the reasons you describe.
And Del Bigtree is great. I felt fortunate to be on The Highwire in 2020 to talk about the futility of lockdowns, before his entire show got scrubbed off YouTube
Dr Paul Thomas has an interesting retrospective analysis on vaccinated vs unvaccinated children in his pediatric practice over a decade. He looks at allergies, asthma, autism and ADHD rates. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7709050/
"Remarkably, zero of the 561 unvaccinated patients in the study had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to 0.063% of the (partially and fully) vaccinated. The implications of these results for the net public health effects of whole-population vaccination and with respect for informed consent on human health are compelling. Our results give agency to calls for research conducted by individuals who are independent of any funding sources related to the vaccine industry. While the low rates of developmental disorders prevented sufficiently powered hypothesis testing, it is notable that the overall rate of autism spectrum disorder (0.84%) in the cohort is half that of the US national rate (1.69%). The practice-wide rate of ADHD was roughly half of the national rate. The data indicate that unvaccinated children in the practice are not unhealthier than the vaccinated and indeed the overall results may indicate that the unvaccinated pediatric patients in this practice are healthier overall than the vaccinated."
Yeah... that sounds right.
As Del Bigtree says, that study is like giving 10 shots of vodka to both groups, but one group also gets a shot of tequila. Then you say both groups are equally drunk so it can’t be the tequila. So this study cannot prove vaccines don’t cause autism
Great point. Study of any single vaxx in isolation will fail to reveal an association between vaxx and ASD for the reasons you describe.
And Del Bigtree is great. I felt fortunate to be on The Highwire in 2020 to talk about the futility of lockdowns, before his entire show got scrubbed off YouTube