It’s ironic sometimes how the dialogue on this blog surfaces in real life.
I’m in New York City for a couple days and spent some time in my hotel this afternoon reviewing some of the material about autism and vaccination suggested in comments on my two previous postings. I found some extremely interesting material in the videos on Dan Corrigan’s site, by Donna Gates and Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. I was impressed by the simple logic of their analysis.
They argue that mothers often have deficient gut flora because of poor diets and extensive usage of antibiotics and birth control pills. Their babies thus have similar deficiencies, which make them vulnerable to problems created by vaccination and yeast infection. What I especially appreciated is that the prevention is simple and straightforward—populating the gut flora of mothers and children with enough beneficial bacteria via fermented vegetables, fermented coconut milk, raw milk products, etc. The main weakness I saw is that they don’t clarify where their data comes from. I gather that it comes from their observations in their practice.
A couple hours after I reviewed this material, I attended a dinner hosted by a media company that publishes several consumer and medical newsletters, and attended by about 25 professionals, including consultants, journalists, and physicians. The company gathers experts so its editors can gain ideas about interesting new trends. One of the physicians was a pediatrician, and during a period when we were discussing emerging trends, he said to the group that he was seeing “many mothers who are declining to have their children vaccinated. I don’t know how many it is, but it is significant. They are afraid their children will get autism, when there isn’t a bit of credible evidence suggesting that vaccination causes autism.” He then went on to say how he was concerned that because of this movement, we could have a recurrence of major diseases like polio and measles.
When he was finished, I asked to respond, and advised him to take a look at the recent exchanges on this blog, from parents and other relatives of children who have experienced a direct link between vaccination and autism. I explained that many people are concerned about the medical profession’s motives in pushing vaccination, especially with the recent disclosures about promotion of Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine, that the patient’s best interests aren’t always at heart.
The dinner’s hosts then moved the discussion on to other topics, but afterwards, I approached the pediatrician and explained that my criticism wasn’t of him personally. But he was offended, he said, since he is part of the profession, so I really was criticizing him. He then went on to say that he has reviewed all the papers on this subject, and found the ones making a connection between vaccination and autism “not credible.” I tried to clarify: “Not credible to you.”
I again invited him to post his comments on this site, but I suspect we won’t be hearing from him. As a number of comments point out, many members of the medical profession really aren’t interested in dissent. And I’m not sure I’ll be invited back to this organization’s dinner again, either.
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