I am totally not surprised. The US has coasted for 50+ years on the fact that we as a nation were so damn wealthy that we could subscribe to a system that is inefficient and cruel.
That time has passed. There are transactions, healthcare being one, where the classic free market simply fails.
Whether its single payer or a National Health Service (my favorite), it’s clear that, to quote Pete Townshend, The Music Must Change.
A study has just been completed on Autism rates following the removal Thimerosal from vaccines in 2001, and the numbers are stark, removing Thimerosol made no change in the incidence of Autism spectrum disorders. (LA Times Link)
Autism cases continued to increase in California after the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal was eliminated from most childhood vaccines, according to a new report.This suggests that exposure to thimerosal is not a primary cause of autism.
Speaking as a parent of a child on the spectrum, Charlie is a very high functioning Aspergers kid, let me state that the people arguing for this are wrong.
Every peer reviewed study has shown no correlation, and while correlation may not prove causation, a lack of correlation does prove a lack of causation.
Inoculations work. Inoculations don’t give your kid an Autism Spectrum disorder.
Get your kids vaccinated, for their good, and for the good of their classmates.