London Day seminar on vacinations and autism

[Guest guest]

HI all,

this got sent to my mailbox. there may be some amongs you who may find

it of interest.

 

salvador

 

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MMR & AUTISM SEMINAR - SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2004 AT

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON GOWER STREET LONDON WC1

 

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Are we being told the whole truth?

 

 

Two of the UK's leading researchers into the link between MMR and

autism are

set to reveal their latest findings at a major public seminar in London

organized by consumer health watchdog What Doctors Don't Tell You.

 

Dr Carol Stott from the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge

University and

Paul Shattock, Director of the Autism Research Unit at the University of

Sunderland ­ both of whom continue to work closely with Dr Andrew

Wakefield,

the man at the center of the MMR controversy - will be presenting

scientific research which confirms the link between MMR and autism.

http://www.wddty.co.uk/factsheet/MMR/index.asp

 

The seminar provides a timely counterpoint in the wake of recent press

coverage trumpeting a study involving 5,763 children which found no link

between MMR and autism.

 

However, another study involving 537,304 children found that the MMR

vaccine

increases the risk of autism by 850 per cent ­ or nearly 500 per cent

if we

allow for greater diagnostic awareness, one of the major arguments put

forward for the sudden increase in autism. This study has received no

media

attention whatsoever which has heightened concerns that the public is

still

not being told the whole truth.

 

The new study has confirmed a definite causal link between the MMR

(measles,

mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism - and it has used the same data

employed

by an earlier study that governments have relied on to deny the link.

 

The vaccine increases the risk of autism by 850 per cent, or nearly

500 per

cent if we allow for greater diagnostic awareness, one of the major

arguments put forward for the sudden increase in autism.

This conclusion contradicts that of the Madsen study carried out in 2002,

which found no link, and which governments have gratefully clung to ever

since.

So why the enormous discrepancy between the two trials? Autism is usually

diagnosed only at age 5 or older, or it is in Denmark from where the data

for both studies has been gleaned. The Madsen study monitored the

progress

of vaccinated children in Denmark only for four years, so it's hardly

surprising that few, if any, cases of autism were established. Less

severe

cases, which might have become apparent even later, were certainly not

included in the findings.

 

The new study, carried out by American paediatrician Dr Fouad Yazbak

and Dr

G S Goldman, tracks levels of autism in Denmark from 1980 - seven years

before the MMR vaccine was introduced in Denmark - until 2002. Prevalence

of autism among children aged from 5 to 9 stood at 8.38 cases per

100,000 in

the pre-vaccine years of 1980 to 1986, and then rose to 71.43 cases by the

year 2000.

 

Dr Samy Suissa of McGill University had similar problems with the Madsen

study. When he analysed the statistics he discovered that the rate of

autism increases to a high of 27.3 cases per 100,000 two years after

vaccination compared with just 1.45 cases in non-vaccinated children.

 

No doubt in the spirit of the public's right to know, government officials

will be broadcasting the latest findings as loudly as they did the Madsen

conclusions. Strangely, they have been silent thus far.

(Sources: Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, 2004; 3: 70-5; New

England Journal of Medicine, 2002; 347: 1477-82).

 

For any concerned parent, grandparent or prospective parent, this is a

golden opportunity to discover the truth about the link between autism and

MMR from the people at the forefront of scientific research into this

area.

 

Places for the seminar are strictly limited, and demand is likely to be

high, so make sure you reserve your place today.

 

Tickets are priced at £39-95 (inc. VAT) in advance or £45-00 on the door.

 

Click here to book online at

http://www.wddty.co.uk/factsheet/MMR/index.asp

 

Alternatively, call 0870 444 9886 or visit www.wddty.co.uk

 

MMR & Autism Seminar - SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2004 AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

LONDON GOWER STREET LONDON WC1

 

 

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ANDREW MILLER

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