Parents Are Very Aware Of This New Epidemic
[This is authored by Bill Welsh, chairman of Action
Against Autism, in
Glasgow, Scotland.]
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The chief medical officer is quite rightly concerned
about a possible
measles epidemic (September 1). He should be, as his policy of "MMR or
nothing" will guarantee just such an eventuality. As a result of his
wrongheaded approach children may die from measles, a preventable disease,
not because of parents acting irresponsibly, but because they, the parents,
are very aware that a new epidemic is sweeping the western world. An
epidemic of regressive autism. The vaccination programme, particularly the
MMR with three live viruses, is considered by many to be the chief suspect
in this unwanted development. The introduction of single vaccines as a
choice would of course immediately ameliorate the matter; however, the
mandarins in health continue to demonstrate that arrogance and obstinacy are
key players in their smug, publicly-funded world.
The Scottish Executive's education statistics reveal
that autism, once
rare, is now more common than all other serious childhood conditions
combined. Last year in Scotland there was a 32% increase in the numbers of
autistic children entering the school system, and this follows an almost 20%
increase in the previous year. Dr Armstrong, the chief medical officer,
offers no plausible explanation for this catastrophic change. Dr John
Garner, chairman of the British Medical Association (Scotland), waxes
lyrical about a Finnish study, the authors of which have admitted its
irrelevance in terms of this debate.
A series of epidemiological studies have been
produced by the
pharmaceutical giants as proof of MMR safety, many of these studies are
contradictory and all of them are at best inconclusive. Meanwhile, in
Scotland, on average three children a week, every week for the past 11
years, have been diagnosed as autistic. A once rare condition is now common.
Doctors Armstrong and Garner would prefer to air-brush out the uncomfortable
facts about the rise in autism but the children exist and that is proof that
parents are correct in deciding against MMR. Until it can be clearly
established what is causing the autism "epidemic", single vaccines as a
choice must be introduced.