{"id":181205,"date":"2018-12-28T06:44:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T06:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181205"},"modified":"2018-12-31T06:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T06:56:05","slug":"a-statistically-strong-relationship-has-been-found-between-the-mmr-vaccine-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181205","title":{"rendered":"A Statistically Strong Relationship Has Been Found Between The MMR Vaccine &#038; Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2018\/12\/no_author\/a-statistically-strong-relationship-has-been-found-between-the-mmr-vaccine-autism\/\">Lew Rockwell.com \u2013 Dec 27, 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/measles-vaccine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-181208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/measles-vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"measles vaccine\" width=\"540\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/measles-vaccine.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/measles-vaccine-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After four long years, CHD Board Member,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/about-us\/board-directors\/#brianhooker\">Dr. Brian Hooker<\/a><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/about-us\/board-directors\/#brianhooker\">\u2018s<\/a><\/strong><\/span> reanalysis of the CDC\u2019s MMR-autism data from the original DeStefano et al. 2004 Pediatrics paper has been republished in the Winter 2018 Edition of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The data, when properly analyzed, using the CDC\u2019s own study protocol, show a strong, statistically significant relationship between the timing of the first MMR vaccine and autism, specifically in African American males. In addition, a relationship also exists in the timing of the MMR vaccine and those individuals who were diagnosed with autism without mental retardation. These relationships call into question the conclusion of the original DeStefano et al. 2004 paper which dismissed a connection between the MMR vaccine and autism.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Main Points from Reanalysis:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The rate of autism diagnoses has increased alarmingly in the U.S., and is about 25 percent higher in black children. Boys are far more likely than girls to receive this diagnosis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">As early as 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had data showing an increased rate of autism diagnoses in black male school children in Atlanta who received their first measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination before 36 months of age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The original publication concerning the data downplayed the association, and no follow-up was conducted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker noted that the CDC deviated from its original data analysis plan, possibly because of unwanted results.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The relationship loses its statistical significance if the analysis is restricted to children with a Georgia birth certificate, which decreases the sample size by about 40 percent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker reanalyzed the same data set using the same methodology of conditional logistic regression but didn\u2019t exclude children lacking a Georgia birth certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">By stratifying data for African-American males by birth year, Dr. Hooker also found a statistically significant higher risk of an autism diagnosis in children who had received the first MMR vaccine 1 year earlier, only in children born in 1990 or later. Thimerosal exposure increased in the early 1990s, and it was not removed from most pediatric vaccines until 2001-2004. Dr. Hooker suggests the possibility that there may be some interaction between increased mercury exposure and early MMR vaccination. Further study would be needed to explore this possibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker\u2019s interest was sparked, he reports, by communication with a CDC whistleblower, a senior scientist, who had retained some of the original analyses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker concludes that failure to follow-up on these observations represents a huge lost opportunity to understand possible reasons for the enormous increase in this devastating neurological disability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Introduction from Dr. Hooker\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThis study is a re-analysis of Centers for Disease Control\u00a0and Prevention (CDC) data pertaining to the relationship of autism incidence and the age at which children got their first measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Statistically significant relationships were observed when African-American males were considered separately while looking at those individuals who were vaccinated prior to and after a 36-month age cut-off. CDC officials observed very similar relationships as early as November 2001, but failed to report them in their final publication. In addition, a relationship is seen when specifically considering children who received a diagnosis of autism without mental retardation. Although this was reported in the original 2004 paper, it was not discussed, nor was any follow-up\u00a0study conducted. Preliminary results also suggest the possibility of a synergism between thimerosal exposure and MMR timing leading to a greater risk of autism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Conclusion\u00a0from Dr. Hooker\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThe first data set used by DeStefano et.al represents a huge lost opportunity to understand any role between the timing of the first MMR vaccine and autism. The re-analysis presented here elucidates effects that should at least merit further investigation. Specifically, increased risks of earlier vaccination are observed for African-American males and among cases of autism without MR. Both phenomena deserve additional study that could yield important clues regarding the current enormous increase in autism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker\u2019s<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpands.org\/vol23no4\/hooker.pdf\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reanalysis of CDC Data on Autism Incidence and Time of First MMR Vaccination<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>was published December 7, 2018 in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Important Reminder From Collective Evolution<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. William Thompson (senior CDC scientist), who is\u00a0 mentioned above as co-author of this study, blew the whistle and admitted that he was pressured to omit statistically significant data, and that there is a connection between this vaccine and autism. He released this statement in an official capacity, as explained by the Congressman in the video below. This story was an has been completely ignored by mainstream media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr. Hooker and Thompson were in touch, Hooker was the one who did the reanalysis as you can see above.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGRjn_gIJw0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collective-evolution.com\/2018\/12\/14\/a-statistically-strong-relationship-found-between-the-mmr-vaccine-autism\/\">Collective Evolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignored by the corporate media but lending weight to Dr Andrew Wakefield\u2019s original claims linking the MMR vaccine to autism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181205"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181213,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181205\/revisions\/181213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}