Autistic symptoms? Pre-existing genetic mitochondrial disorder? So many words to say so little - vaccines and thimerosal have finally been ruled a causal factor in autism
After years of debate and discussion between holistic health warnings and the medical nay-sayers, a ruling has finally agreed that thimerosal in vaccines helped to cause autism in a Georgia girl.
The trouble is, the media is spinning Hannah Poling's case as if it isn't so. A pre-existing mitochondrial disorder is being named as the actual cause of her "autistic symptoms," which the thimerosal may have only exacerbated. It's entertaining at best, and chilling at worst.
Yes, there are intervening factors - there are always intervening factors - but it seems clear that, if it's been ruled that vaccines are responsible for Hannah' Poling's "autistic symptoms", then they are responsible for her autism. How not?
There is a great post on the subject on Ginger Taylor's "Adventures in Autism" blog: Spinning the Hannah Poling Case.
For details on the ruling, see: Autism and Vaccines: Hannah Poling
