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This is appallingly stupid.

Does anyone else grasp it?

“environmental factors”

Ok, then prove it.

Holy cow. What happened to the scientific method? The paper fails to analyze the difference between children born Caesarian vs. natural birth. If this has any validity whatsoever - and I care not for their whack-a-mole results - then they might find some valid data & move closer to causation vs mere correlation.

Food for thought (no conclusions):

https://www.longdom.org/open-access/gabr-genes-autism-spectrum-disorder-and-epilepsy-2165-7890-1000131.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268144514_Prevalence_Rates_of_Autism_Spectrum_Disorders_Among_the_Old_Order_Amish

“Conclusions: Preliminary data have identified the presence of ASD in the Amish community at a rate of approximately 1 in 271 children using standard ASD screening and diagnostic tools...”

For the record, the incidence of ASD in the US - non-Amish - is 1-in-36 for the year 2000.

3 posted on 08/01/2023 9:03:38 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)

I mistyped:

The incidence of ASD in the US - non-Amish - is 1 in 36 for the year 2020, not 2000.

(1 in 271 for the Amish)

8 posted on 08/02/2023 5:18:09 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)

The paper fails to analyze the difference between children born Caesarian vs. natural birth.

I'm not following your line of reasoning here regarding the gut. How does the birth method affect that?

12 posted on 08/02/2023 7:39:44 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)

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