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proverbialwisdom

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13. OFF TOPIC but JB Handley scathingly shreds junk science. He's the person for you to debate, not me.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:20 PM
Mar 2012

I respect his integrity and work. His contact information is all over the place. I suggest you communicate directly with him.

Here's a collection of his columns: http://www.ageofautism.com/jb_handley/

Have you read this one?

http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/05/dr-brian-strom-an-honest-moron.html

Dr. Brian Strom: An Honest Moron

CONNECT THE DOTS PICTURE at link

Managing Editor's Note: Hey guys and gals! Print out and this nifty Connect The Dots art and if you can complete it (assuming you are not an honest moron) you'll have a new piece of art for Mom on Mother's Day! Grab a gray crayon and get busy! Nap time is at 1pm.

By J.B. Handley

How many times do I need to tell you people, “Correlation does not equal causation!”

You crazy parents are so pathetic. You just want something or someone to blame. So what, your little guy went to the doctor, got six vaccines in one minute, and then you watched him seize up, his eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he stopped talking. And you think anyone cares?

Oh, and now he has autism? So what! Starbucks Coffee locations have ALSO grown since the autism “epidemic” started – maybe it’s all that ground coffee in the air. Ha ha!

What’s that you say? Vaccines are KNOWN to cause brain damage? Well, so what, I, um, gotta go, my phone is ringing…Seth Mnookin is calling…

Here’s the detail, from a CBS News report:
“University of Pennsylvania's Dr. Brian Strom, who has served on Institute of Medicine panels advising the government on vaccine safety says the prevailing medical opinion is that vaccines are scientifically linked to encephalopathy (brain damage), but not scientifically linked to autism.”

Oh, thank God, vaccines won’t cause any autism. Brain damage I can live with. Thanks, Dr. Strom, for your service to the IOM--very helpful indeed.

Author’s note: Sorry, I’ve had a lot of coffee this morning (Peet’s, not Starbuck’s)

Posted by Age of Autism at May 05, 2011 at 5:45 AM in JB Handley


Handley on Thorsen: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=thorsen+handley&domains=ageofautism.com&sitesearch=ageofautism.com&btnG=+Google+Search+

http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/04/danish-study-cdc-doctor-who-debunked-autism-vaccines-link-indicted-on-fraud.html

"Danish Study" CDC Doctor who "Debunked" Autism Vaccines Link Indicted on Fraud
April 14, 2011


Compilation of multiple articles.


Handley's no crank.
Age Of Autism... SidDithers Mar 2012 #1
The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/10131156 proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #3
Sorry, you showed your true colours by including Age of Autism in your OP... SidDithers Mar 2012 #4
This thread would help you better assess AoA: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101617208 proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #6
I find several factual errors. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #7
OFF TOPIC but JB Handley scathingly shreds junk science. He's the person for you to debate, not me. proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #13
That's not "shredding junk science," it's lies and hyperbole. TheWraith Mar 2012 #14
Plenty of great people engage in real evidence-based medicine, like Prof John Walker Smith. proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #16
Fantastic vindication! proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #2
Here we go again. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #5
TX map sig? Following Wakefield's defamation lawsuit filed where he lives in TX (see pdf below)? proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #8
So? hobbit709 Mar 2012 #9
Please tell me you're not defending Andrew Wakefield...nt SidDithers Mar 2012 #10
Well, he's certainly not criticizing him hobbit709 Mar 2012 #11
Age of Autism = BIGOTS that think I am "damaged". FUCK THEM. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #12
Autism is personal for most contributors at the site and I'd say love is what motivates them. proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #15
And most of us on the spectrum think they can go to hell. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #17
OFF TOPIC: The neurodiversity argument? It looks very heated and personal, people are passionate. proverbialwisdom Mar 2012 #18
Acceptance of Neurodiversity is something that is non-negotable to me. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #19
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