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Originally Posted by xepherys
Ignoring would be ignorant, but research shows no reason to believe there IS a causal relationship between them.
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So you (and apparently most other people in this thread) believe there's no research available that shows a causal relationship between mercury and autism/dementia? You aren't aware that the effects of mercury are cumulative, or in other words it builds up over time?
There is mercury in vaccines and flu shots. Mercury has been shown repeatedly to cause autism. That is of course the correlation, and it's established biological scientific fact.
While I appreciate that some of you trust your doctors implicitly, it's not wrong to question the experts if you find reasonable fault in their logic. There absolutely is fault in believing, or more importantly purporting as an expert that mercury cannot lead to autism. It can and it has.
The real question, though, shouldn't be "Can vaccines cause autism?", to which the answer is yes. The real question should be, "Statistically speaking, is one more likely to be exposed to the disease covered by the inoculation, or is one more likely to get autism?" Statistics *seem* to suggest that autism is impossible, but I've demonstrated that's not true. This would suggest that either the pool measured was too small, the test was give poorly, or it was purposefully incorrect (unlikely). A variable statistic on how the mercury in a vaccine can effect someone is not something I'm willing to gamble with.
Even beyond that, there's no guarantee that a vaccine will render you immune, and if one can develop an immunity from a shot, one could also develop one naturally.
But I digress; if you wish to be immunized, do research and make your decision. I've done mine and I'm satisfied that I am not incorrect, so there's no need to preach. I am fortunate that it doesn't take a degree in biology to understand that mercury can cause autism. For more complex questions, I must trust that the experts aren't fucking up.