Sigh! Thimerosal, autism and the Geiers,...again!

[Deetee]

The Geiers are up to their data-mining exercises again, trying to link thimerosal with autism, with this publication in the "alternative" right wing and anti-vaccine publication rag grandiosely entitled The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Fortunately Orac and others (such as Tara, belatedly) have cottoned on.

Hopefully, I won't have to blog on this topic again for a while. I feel dirty after having had to dive into the bowels of the Geiers' bad science and quack treatments for autism... Time for a shower.

God I love that Orac guy!

 

[Chris Haynes]

I saw it... and I noticed that even one of the chelation/alt/nuts (Pat Sullivan) is finding the Geiers a bit loopy.

Here is a simplified video explanation:
http://bartholomewcubbins.blogspot.com/2006/03/bc-on-autism-episode-8-how-to-win-with.html (I find it works if I right click on the video, "Save Target", rename it to a shorter filename, and just run it with Quicktime).

 

[Rolfe]

So this exonerates MMR then?

Rolfe.

 

[Chris Haynes]

Well, of course! Especially since the MMR never contained thiomersal in the first place!

Oh, did you catch the bit where the Geiers plan to chemically castrate autistic boys? See http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/83/autism-testosterone-lupron-playing-with-fire

 

[Chris Haynes]

One person now speculates that the Geiers had a conclusion before they had data:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/90/foreordained-conclusions

 

[Bud Fox]

Has anyone heard of this guy? http://randomjohn.info/wordpress/

He goes after Orac here: http://randomjohn.info/wordpress/20...to-their-own-standards-part-ii-orac-you-know/

He says he's a biostatistician and he seems to be an alt med proponent, but I know nothing about him and I wonder about his credibility.


N.B.---I can't post URL's until my 15th post.

 

[Chris Haynes]

I'm familiar with Random John... I started to read some of his rants, and then gave up. He and Pat Sullivan seem to have a mutual admiration club.