Anti-Vaccine Movement Origin Playlist:

  1. Epidemiology Obstacle 1: Journalistic Mantra of Balance
  2. Epidemiology Obstacle 2: Cannot Detect Rare Events
  3. Epidemiology Obstacle 3: Epidemiological Studies Don’t “Prove” Anything

Epidemiology Obstacle 1: Resources Mentioned

  • Interested in reading the transcript for the Meet the Press interview on thimerisol? Click here. The NBC show previewed on August 7th of 2005, and as Dr. Offit mentioned, former dean of Catholic University School of Law, Douglas Kmiec, and the former governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, discuss thimerisol.
  • Interested in knowing more about David Kirby’s book, “Evidence of Harm“? Here‘s a New York Times article from its publication year (2005) as well as a blog-post from Science-Based Medicine that debunks Kirby’s book with genetics and additional ASD resources.

Epidemiology Obstacle 2: Here is a federal site link to the Omnibus Autism Proceedings, including the Docket of the proceeding, autism test case decisions, and additional background information.