Of the Following . . . Originally Posted by biomed1Yeat you allowed a post about DRUGS. I thought post about DRUGs were against rules.
Yeat you allowed a post about DRUGS. I thought post about DRUGs were against rules. Originally Posted by RipmanyDo refer to the Guidelines before you post embarrassing stuff in the Open Forums . . .
#14 - There is no place in our forums for the general discussion or speculation of illicit drug use. This is to be considered a forbidden topic and mention of it will be removed.The KEY WORD in the Guideline is Illicit . . .
Once again. There was autism prior to the existence of acetaminophen. So claiming it causes or significantly contributes is not at all supported by any studies. This DHH is not data driven. Originally Posted by 1blackman1Driven by an ego maniac who made a brash claim that he'd get to th bottom of why we have autism.
You'd agree then that drug companies that make and sell acetaminophen shouldn't get sued for causing ADHD... Originally Posted by TinyNot necessarily. In a free country, we have a forum to try and prove a case, if it exists. I mean, if someone feels aggrieved, why not let them take their best shot if they have some data? Apparently the courts have allowed the existing suits to proceed. Will they prevail? Dunno...
RFK is Right! Autism Rates Skyrocketing, Autistic People Largely Unable to Live IndependentlyNo reason to try to push the ADHD monster in a closet and lock the door. Take it out and investigate it. I mean, would it not be ludicrous to ignore it and not try to define and treat it? Perhaps reduce or illuminate it if a reasonable linkage can be found?
by Antonio Graceffo Sep. 1, 2025
RFK Jr.’s warning about skyrocketing autism rates has drawn sharp criticism from advocates who insist that “kids with autism are not broken” and can lead full lives. Yet their rebuttals often support his point.
They highlight students graduating only with extensive assistance from multiple social workers and lowered academic standards, and adults employed just a few hours a week in heavily accommodated roles, sometimes unpaid.
Rutgers University’s Center for Adult Autism Services reports that in New Jersey, 1 in 20 boys and 1 in 85 girls are diagnosed with autism.
Nationwide, data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows prevalence rising from 1 in 36 children to 1 in 31, nearly five times higher than when the CDC began tracking children born in 1992.
The National Center for Special Abilities cites a 6,000% increase, overwhelming schools, healthcare systems, and social services.
Current CDC figures place autism rates at 23 per 1,000, compared with just 0.5 per 1,000 in the 1960s and 1970s and about 1 per 1,000 in the 1980s.
The contrast with earlier decades is striking. In his landmark 1943 paper, child psychiatrist Leo Kanner described his 11 autism cases as “markedly and uniquely different from anything reported so far.”
If today’s rates had existed then, autism would hardly have been considered novel. A 2009 study found autism incidence rose 7- to 8-fold from the early 1990s to 2007.
Diagnostic changes, inclusion of milder cases, and earlier detection explain only part of that growth, about a 4.25-fold increase, leaving much of the surge unexplained.
California data further undermines the “better diagnosis” argument, showing no evidence of a hidden population of autistic adults born between 1931 and the early 1980s...
Bigger picture, a noble one at that, is that Autism is ascending and it's unlikely that simply reclassifying previous observations into a group bucket solves the issue. That is the whole point RFK Jr is raising. It's called awareness.No reason to try to push the ADHD monster in a closet and lock the door. Take it out and investigate it. I mean, would it not be ludicrous to ignore it and not try to define and treat it? Perhaps reduce or illuminate it if a reasonable linkage can be found?No problem investigating it. While like you I lean libertarian, I believe the relative drop in the bucket we pay for medical research at the NIH and universities is well worth it. The problem is what RFK Jr. prioritizes. My sources tell me this is how 2026 funding will break out,
Regardless, we don't stand a shot in hell if we ignore it. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
Not necessarily. In a free country, we have a forum to try and prove a case, if it exists. I mean, if someone feels aggrieved, why not let them take their best shot if they have some data? Apparently the courts have allowed the existing suits to proceed. Will they prevail? Dunno...There are certain ways that your property can be stolen from you. Some bunch like Antifa or Pol Pot's government can claim it for the people, or the glorious state. A despot or mafia type can take it from you at gunpoint. Or a plaintiffs lawyer can sue you and take everything you've got, when you didn't do anything wrong. You have a proper appreciation of the first two ways, but appear dead set on ignoring the third, perhaps at your peril someday.
The whole point on Autism is not that it's the Tylenol exclusively, but there are signs, such as being pregnant, that warrant informed caution versus tyranny and blanket protections. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
...Our friend McCain owned Moderna stock. For all we know he might have invested his life savings in it. Somebody like Kennedy comes along, who's in the pocket of the plaintiffs' attorneys, and makes it where they bankrupt Moderna. And everything McCain's fought and scrimped for all his life goes up in smoke... Originally Posted by TinyI don't raise chickens, but my brother in-law does. Neither of us puts all our eggs in one basket - unless we are watching it very closely.
...Even though Moderna's vaccine saved 100 lives or more for every person it killed, Moderna gets fucked... Originally Posted by TinyLemme guess, according to Moderna. AmmIrite?!? Thought they wanted to hold their results from release for something like 75 years. Or was that Pfizer?
...Tylenol's the physician's mainstay for fever and pain relief during pregnancy. It's much safer than the alternatives. And Kennedy wants to take that away, all for the sake of the Almighty Buck. Originally Posted by TinyThis is why we can't have nice things. Kennedy is doing a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y no sucha thing. He merely wants to be as transparent as possible and show all sides of the science and let people and their Doctors make informed choices.
Kennedy is doing a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y no sucha thing. He merely wants to be as transparent as possible and show all sides of the science and let people and their Doctors make informed choices. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoThen why did he remove all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replace them with vaccine skeptics?
IMMHO - The real crimes against humanity for the covid, besides it's creation and release, was the censorship and coordinated gas lighting of a single, Politburo, narrative and blanket immunity protection. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoI don't know what it was like in the People's Republic of Austin, but here in God's country people could pretty darn well do whatever they wanted except for about a month and a half. People on ISG were banging sugar babies in places like Mexico City and Bogota, Colombia for pennies on the dollar. You didn't have to contend with crowds at airports. You could work from home. It was a great time to be alive!
Here's an interesting question to ponder (may post a thread about it later).I don't know about global pandemic, but certainly there were flu strains that got started in wet markets long before COVID. There's speculation that Chinese researchers' data posted on a virology database was removed because it was a smoking gun, that implicated the Wuhan wet market in the spread of COVID. And that would refute the government's claim that the wet markets had been closed. And more importantly its argument that the pandemic didn't originate in China. Remember some in China claimed the U.S. government intentionally engineered the virus and started the pandemic.
I figure you'll try to us AI, of course. Anyway, here goes:
When was the first time that the notion of an influenza-like virus emerging through the wet market in Wuhan, be proposed to cause a global pandemic? Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
Then why did he remove all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replace them with vaccine skeptics?... Originally Posted by TinyTwo thoughts, in no particular order:
...Seems like the phrase "vaccine skeptic" is just Gas Bagging from an entirely complicit media, in a derogatory manner. Why not call them scientists engaging in open, aka transparent debate? When did that become a bad thing?!? Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoWhen they started endangering people's lives with their misinformation and self-serving lies.