CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE CORRECTS DR. JOHNSON
Editor's Note: We've been pointing out the flat-out fallacy of Dr. Tim Johnson's recent comments on ABC that studies of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations show vaccines don't cause autism. Now we've got powerful company. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's press secretary has sent an e-mail telling him the same thing. Congresswoman Maloney, you may recall, has introduced legislation to compel the federal government to conduct just such a study, calling it "common sense."
Hats off to Rep. Maloney from Age of Autism for her continuing involvement in this fundamental issue. We hereby move and second that everyone let her know we appreciate the effort.
From: O'Shaughnessy, Meghan
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:42 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Autism report
Dr. Johnson,
Earlier this week on Good Morning America you said that studies of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children showed no difference in autism rates (transcript below). I wanted to call your attention to the fact that no such scientific study has even been done. The only thing that even came close was a phone survey conducted last year by Survey USA and commissioned by Generation Rescue, which showed that vaccinated boys were more than twice as likely to have autism than unvaccinated boys.
There have been studies comparing autism outcomes among children receiving different types of vaccines and different amounts of thimerosal, but not one scientific study of autism outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated populations.
My boss, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), has introduced legislation that would require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a comprehensive comparative study of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, which may resolve the controversy about the possible link between autism and mercury or other vaccine components:
HERE.
I just wanted to call your attention to this important information.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you very much for your time,
-Meghan
Meghan O'Shaughnessy
Press Secretary
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
2331 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-7944 (o)
(202) 225-3703 (c)
[email protected]
[Thank you to Adventures in Autism for the tip.]
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Posted by: Jeanne | March 03, 2008 at 07:07 AM