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Somebody fill me in. Is Jim Carrey connected with the anti-vaccine/autism movement in any substantial way? -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Apr 22 '09, 10:48

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or is he just spouting off his baseless opinion on the matter here? (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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as an aside, is there a bigger collection of overly self-important nuts on the net than The Huffington Post? (nm) - Stephen Apr 22, 11:01 1
- hee! - znufrii Apr 22, 11:01
He dates Jenny McCarthy, whose son is autistic. -- nm - kelly Apr 22, 10:49 1
- well, supposedly "cured" of it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 10:56
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He was on Larry King recently talking about it. -- nm - TWuG Apr 22, 10:49
he's dating jenny mccarthy, whose son is autistic - prayformojo Apr 22, 10:49 34
- and serves me right for not keeping up on the who's-dating-who in Hollywood. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 10:52 1
  - yes -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 10:53
- Not everyone with an autistic child is nuts though. I'd guess that most arent'. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 22, 10:52 17
  - I'm nuts for thinking there may be smoke to this fire? -- nm - David Apr 22, 10:59 9
    - I'm not sure what you're saying. What fire? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 22, 10:59 8
      - With the limited number of studies done I think it's foolish to say that there's no way that there could possibly be any causation. -- nm - Stephen Apr 22, 11:02 7
        
        Also: eating carrots may cause blindness. (Where's the fire?) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 22, 11:04 1
        
        If you held a child who can't communicate at 3 but could at 2, you'd see the smoke. - David Apr 22, 11:07
        
        disagree, the studies are pretty good. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 11:03 4
        
        Studies done by whom? - Stephen Apr 22, 11:06 1
        
        NIH, CDC, etc. the studies are good. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 11:10
        
        I disagree with your disagreement. The studies thus far are limited and seem specifically intended to quell doubt. - David Apr 22, 11:05 1
        
        And there's never been afaik a cumulative study. - Stephen Apr 22, 11:08
  - I can understand the desire for an explanation that drives a lot of this, though - znufrii Apr 22, 10:54 6
    - yes, and IMO it ultimately damages what's supposed to be their cause. They're wasting time on a failed theory. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:55 5
      - especially when there are plenty of other potential causalities out there to be explored. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 10:59 4
        
        exactly. they're hurting the cause. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 11:00 3
        
        on the whole, this Carrey piece is one of the saner, more level-headed addressings of the topic I've seen from their perspective, to be fair. - znufrii Apr 22, 11:03 2
        
        the fatal flaw of their movement is fixating on one answer. it's bad, bad science to do that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 11:04 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 11:05
- gotcha. - znufrii Apr 22, 10:51 13
  - there's some thought that kids not in day care might be better served to wait until age two to be vaccinated against most things. -- nm - background checks love mandy lane Apr 22, 10:53 12
    - there are many ways to be exposed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:58
    - I wouldn't necessarily disagree. I think there's room to develop meaningful best practices here based on solid scientific data. - znufrii Apr 22, 10:56 1
      - counterproductive and dangerous at the same time. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:57
    - the study that supposedly showed some kind of link was recently shown to be faked. - Reagen Apr 22, 10:55 8
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        Christ, we had the bloody sock, now the bloody glove. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 10:59
        
        I totally agree. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:58
      - Even if it were teh case, do are the non-daycare kids never exposed to kids at all? - Don Homer Apr 22, 10:56 3
        
        are they locked in a bubble or seomthing? -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:57 2
        
        apparently -- nm - Don Homer Apr 22, 11:00 1
        
        This recent measles outbreak was caused by a guy who came back from India and went to a bunch of restaurants and supermarkets. - loosilu Apr 22, 11:00
      - yes, and no other study has shown a link. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 10:56

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