Comments on: MMR does NOT cause Autism http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/ The musings and rants of two thirty-something Englishmen...of course! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-44883 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:41:30 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-44883 Hi Emily. Think you're confusing causation and correlation. Autism rates have increased for a number of reasons, one is probably the increase in detection. Autism rates have continued to increase in Japan where MMR is banned! http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7076 more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4311613.stm There is a correlation between the number of pirates in the world and global temperatures. As the number of pirates has decreased, global temperatures have increased. I don't think the reduction in the number of pirates is causing global warming though. It's a scientific fact that global temperatures are increasing, and it's also a fact that the number of pirates has decreased over the past two hundred years. I don't think anyone would suggest that one has caused the other though as there is no evidence to link the two. There is as much evidence that MMR causes autism. Hi Emily.

Think you’re confusing causation and correlation.

Autism rates have increased for a number of reasons, one is probably the increase in detection.

Autism rates have continued to increase in Japan where MMR is banned!

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7076

more here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4311613.stm

There is a correlation between the number of pirates in the world and global temperatures. As the number of pirates has decreased, global temperatures have increased. I don’t think the reduction in the number of pirates is causing global warming though. It’s a scientific fact that global temperatures are increasing, and it’s also a fact that the number of pirates has decreased over the past two hundred years. I don’t think anyone would suggest that one has caused the other though as there is no evidence to link the two. There is as much evidence that MMR causes autism.

]]> by: emily http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-44882 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:28:06 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-44882 well i have scan read your article and i feel that you are right but then why have autism rates gone up since MMR was introduced and you cannot say they havent because it is a scientific fact please email me back asap with your view of the this!! thanks emily.!. well i have scan read your article and i feel that you are right but then why have autism rates gone up since MMR was introduced and you cannot say they havent because it is a scientific fact please email me back asap with your view of the this!! thanks emily.!.

]]> by: Matt Round http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-39021 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:13:37 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-39021 Yeah it's probably worth watching, although I reckon you'll work out what's going on pretty quickly. Yeah it’s probably worth watching, although I reckon you’ll work out what’s going on pretty quickly.

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38945 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:25:36 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38945 I played poker in Wales last month and came back with flu. So I'm not going to Wales again, and I'd advise you not to either. I played poker in Wales last month and came back with flu. So I’m not going to Wales again, and I’d advise you not to either.

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38942 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:07:19 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38942 I once got food poisoning after holding the escalator rail at Waterloo station. I won't be doing that again! I once got food poisoning after holding the escalator rail at Waterloo station. I won’t be doing that again!

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38934 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:07:14 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38934 I didn't see it Matt, but I have heard a lot of people discussing it. Worth watching it if it's repeated? I didn’t see it Matt, but I have heard a lot of people discussing it.

Worth watching it if it’s repeated?

]]> by: Matt Round http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38932 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:03:29 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/02/08/mmr-does-not-cause-autism/#comment-38932 Did you see <a href="http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/M/mindcontrol/system.html" rel="nofollow">Derren Brown: The System</a>? It was quite an interesting way of showing how we can be misled by our own narrow personal experience. Did you see Derren Brown: The System? It was quite an interesting way of showing how we can be misled by our own narrow personal experience.

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