The sad thing is that there has never been a properly done study that showed any kind of relationship of MMR to autism.
SEC. 1714. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURER.
Section 2133(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa-33(3)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking `under its label any vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table' and inserting `any vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury table, including any component or ingredient of any such vaccine'; and
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting `including any component or ingredient of any such vaccine' before the period.
For purposes of this part:
(1) The term ''health care provider'' means any licensed health care professional, organization, or institution, whether public or private (including Federal, State, and local departments, agencies, and instrumentalities) under whose authority a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table is administered.
(2) The term ''legal representative'' means a parent or an individual who qualifies as a legal guardian under State law.
(3) The term ''manufacturer'' means any corporation, organization, or institution, whether public or private (including Federal, State, and local departments, agencies, andinstrumentalities), which manufactures, imports, processes, or distributes under its label any vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table, except that, for purposes of section 300aa-28 of this title, such term shall include the manufacturer of any other vaccine covered by that section. The term ''manufacture'' means to manufacture, import, process, or distribute a vaccine.
(4) The term ''significant aggravation'' means any change for the worse in a preexisting condition which results in markedly greater disability, pain, or illness accompanied by substantialdeterioration of health.
(5) The term ''vaccine-related injury or death'' means an illness, injury, condition, or death associated with one or more of the vaccines set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table, except that the term does not include an illness, injury, condition, or death associated with an adulterant or contaminant intentionally added to such a vaccine.
I caught him on tv. It sounded like he was presenting a paper. I came across it in the middle and didn't always understand what he was talking about. But when he spoke about his research methods, from what I know, they sounded pretty good.
For example, there were complaints about an original study, that the data was unreliable. So they went back through and threw out all cases (of autism showing up after an MMR) which were based solely upon parental input and also those in which the medical records reflected the parent's input written down by the Dr. The cases that they used were parents backed up by educators (I'm assuming day care? This was in England, I think) or parents backed up by videotape evidence. Some did use photos as evidence, which I don't like nearly as well. I have a few pictures of my own children with vacant expressions.
I do know that this Dr was fired by a hospital (sounded like a big, important hospital) sometime after his research was published. Is it because he is a bad Dr, or was the hospital not wanting this information publicized (for what purpose I wouldn't know)? I'm simply not sure. I don't know enough.
I'm no genius, but neither am I a moron. The guy sounded like he might know something. And of course, he can "say" all sorts of thing which may not really be backed up by his own work. Do you know anything more?