The incidence of reported spectrum disorders and schizophrenia has nothing to do with the topic of this article or the underlying publication. The news here is indicia that inflammation during critical developmental periods may be an efficient cause, which is contrary to established thought that “genetics” plays nearly a determinative role. Very interesting.
It is NOT ‘news’.
Those of us accused of wearing ‘tin hats’ have been parroting inflammation for decades. Past researchers have reached the same conclusion but were professionally persecuted for daring to mention any relation to vaccines.
Frankly, my research has concluded that medical orthodoxy - including psychology - is largely at fault, coupled with the cattle mentality of doctors’ visits in this era (and it’s getting worse every year).
The problem I’ve cited is the lack of $$ for hard research, i.e., the fact that - aside from genetic causes (a distinct minority imho) - the inflammation has an external cause.
Personally, I believe there are a handful of synergistic causes - INCLUDING the vaccine SCHEDULE - but we’ll never know how parents can avoid the landmines without removing bias from the research grant approval process.
If this study paves the way for more research dollars toward infant inflammation causes, I’ll concede a ‘news’ aspect.
But I have good reason to be highly skeptical.