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Until he learns that a rise in tracked cases does not necessarily an imply a rise in actual incidence, anything he says is suspect. There are nuggets of truth
by jghn 1y ago
Until he learns that a rise in tracked cases does not necessarily an imply a rise in actual incidence, anything he says is suspect.
There are nuggets of truth to what he says but he completely ignores for instance that a lot of the increase in autism numbers is simply due to a better understanding of how to flag someone as being on the spectrum. 50 years ago, a lot of these people would have just been seen as odd. Same with chronic illness & allergies. I do believe there's a true increase here. But it is also the case that we're measuring & tracking things now that we didn't use to measure.
- giantg2 1y agoThen anything anyone says is suspected because nobody knows if it's real incidence or observation. Frankly, I evaluate claims by the medical community with the same skepticism as I do RFK - show me the data, reproducibility, etc. It would make sense to investigate from both angles to see if there is anything worth looking into. Eg. Tylenol may not increase autism rates, or maybe it does, or maybe it's specific illnesses/conditions that precipitated its use.