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Old December 19th 07, 06:40 PM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted

Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United
Press International (UPI), and wrote The Age of Autism report series
about autism. His columns on health and medicine appeared regularly in
the Washington Times and were syndicated nationally from UPI's
Washington D.C. bureau.

From January 2005 through July 2007, Olmsted wrote about his
investigative findings concerning the possibility that autism's
incidence rate has risen throughout the United States and elsewhere in
a series of columns titled The Age of Autism. Though most mainstream
experts think autism is a genetic disorder and that reported increases
are due to changes in diagnostic practices, Olmsted thinks the
increases are due to environmental factors and that the genetics is
mostly secondary.[1]

""By April, 2005, Olmsted had begun searching for children who had not
been exposed to mercury in vaccines, the kind of population that
scientists typically use as a 'control' in experiments. Because of the
unlikelihood of finding a large enough group of unvaccinated children
to compare with those who have been vaccinated, Olmsted learned,
government medical officials have not yet conducted an epidemiological
study with such a control group -- despite the urging of many parents
and some medical professionals who suspect a link between autism and
vaccines. While the federal government has worked to prevent
scientists from studying the adverse effects of vaccines, recommending
research dollars should be spent elsewhere, journalists like Olmsted
and others have stepped in to study the link to autism.[1]''

Let me repeat that for emphasis

"While the federal government has worked to prevent scientists from
studying the adverse effects of vaccines, recommending research
dollars should be spent elsewhere, journalists like Olmsted and others
have stepped in to study the link to autism.[1]''

More from the article

"Olmsted looked for such a group that might establish demonstrative
evidence of whether a link exists, and caught wind of scattered
reports that autism was virtually unheard of among the Amish,
prompting him to begin investigating what has come to be known as the
'Amish anomaly'. The Amish rarely vaccinate children, and Olmsted
found a family doctor in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who had
treated thousands of Amish patients. The doctor indicated he had never
seen an Amish person with autism. Based on the national rate of
autism, Olmsted determined there should be 130 Amish children with
autistic syndrome around Lancaster County. After an exhaustive search,
he found four. One had been exposed to high levels of mercury from a
power plant and the others had been vaccinated.[citation needed]

Olmsted then traveled to Amish communities in Ohio and Indiana, with
similar results. In the Amish community around Middlefield, Ohio, the
autism rate was one in 15,000, according to the medical director at a
clinic for special needs children there. In contrast, the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) has estimated the nationwide prevalence rate at
one in 166.[citation needed]

Olmsted later discovered another large unvaccinated group, thousands
of children cared for by Homefirst Health Services in and around
Chicago, Illinois; according to Homefirst doctors, none of these
children has autism. "We have about 30,000 or 35,000 children that
we've taken care of over the years, and I don't think we have a single
case of autism in children delivered by us who never received
vaccines," said Homefirst's medical director, Dr. Mayer Eisenstein.
[citation needed"

Thanks Vince
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Old December 19th 07, 06:59 PM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes....


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Old December 20th 07, 10:11 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,alt.health,misc.kids.health
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"Vaccine-man" wrote in message
...
Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes....



Yeah, that sounds a dead cert

"A specter is haunting the medical and journalism establishments of the
United States: Where are the unvaccinated people with autism?" ---Dan
Olmsted http://www.whale.to/vaccine/olmsted_h.html

I would also be particularly interested to learn of any documented cases of
completely unvaccinated children who have later dramatically and
inexplicably regressed into autism after a normal infancy. To date, no such
case has ever been identified to me.--David Thrower
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html


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Old December 20th 07, 02:14 PM posted to misc.health.alternative,alt.health,misc.kids.health
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bigvince wrote:
Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted

Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United
Press International (UPI),


OOPS! Out of date! He was fired by UPI. I guess they have standards.

and wrote The Age of Autism report series
about autism.


Olmsted was such a good investigator he overlooked a major treatment and
research center right in the middle of Amish Country.

He could not find his ass even if he had diarrhea.
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Old December 20th 07, 02:43 PM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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On Dec 20, 4:11 am, "JOHN" wrote:
"Vaccine-man" wrote in message

...

Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes....


Yeah, that sounds a dead cert

"A specter is haunting the medical and journalism establishments of the
United States: Where are the unvaccinated people with autism?" ---Dan
Olmstedhttp://www.whale.to/vaccine/olmsted_h.html

I would also be particularly interested to learn of any documented cases of
completely unvaccinated children who have later dramatically and
inexplicably regressed into autism after a normal infancy. To date, no such
case has ever been identified to me.--David Throwerhttp://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html


Dan Olmsted Presented with PAVE's
2008 "Truth in Journalism" Award

Dan Olmsted wrote "The Age of Autism" column for United Press
International for two years and is now an independent journalist based
in Washington, D.C., who continues to focus on autism and related
issues. He has reported on a lower prevalence of autism amongst
unvaccinated children, leading to a bill now in Congress to force the
government to do a full-scale study. He has also reported on signs of
mercury exposure in the very first cases of autism reported at Johns
Hopkins in 1943, a possible link between multiple live-virus
vaccinations at an early age, and a higher risk of autism in
genetically susceptible children. Olmsted has also written critically
about the mainstream media's failure to aggressively pursue the story
and pay equal attention to what parents say, rather than relying on
"experts" and public health officials, many of whom have conflicts of
interest.

Olmsted, a graduate of Yale, was an original staff member for USA
Today before joining UPI in 1999. He lives in Falls Church, VA."

Thanks Vince
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Old December 20th 07, 02:53 PM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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On Dec 20, 8:43 am, bigvince wrote:


Olmsted, a graduate of Yale, was an original staff member for USA
Today before joining UPI in 1999. He lives in Falls Church, VA."


Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin won for best wire/Internet reporting in
the National Mental Health Association's annual contest. The judges
cited their ongoing articles on the impact of the drug, called Lariam,
on the mental health of soldiers serving in Iraq.

UPI honored for reporting on Lariam

UPI honored for GI malaria-drug reporting

Washington, DC, Jun. 13 (UPI) -- The nation's leading mental-health
group has honored United Press International's reporting on the
military's use of a controversial anti-malaria drug.

Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin won for best wire/Internet reporting in
the National Mental Health Association's annual contest. The judges
cited their ongoing articles on the impact of the drug, called Lariam,
on the mental health of soldiers serving in Iraq.

"In 2004, UPI documented the military's unwillingness to face the
problem, triggered investigations and warnings by the military and the
Veterans Administration, discovered bad data given to Congress about
Lariam and suicides in Iraq, and revealed a startling pattern of
violence and suicide among the military's elite Special Forces
soldiers after taking the drug," said the NMHA.

"Editor & Publisher and other sources credited UPI's work for a
subsequent drop in suicide rates in Iraq. A charge of cowardice
against a soldier who suffered a panic attack after taking the drug --
a charge punishable by death and not seen since the Vietnam War -- was
dropped. CNN invited UPI to report its findings in a televised
segment, which the network has nominated for an Emmy."

The award was presented at a luncheon in Washington on Friday. Olmsted
is a senior editor at UPI. Benjamin is now a national correspondent at
the daily Web magazine Salon........"

Seems to be a very credible source. http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages...9/2032994.html
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Old December 21st 07, 02:03 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,alt.health,misc.kids.health
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"Mark Probert" wrote in message
news:vUtaj.7930$7I.4221@trndny09...
bigvince wrote:
Dan Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted

Dan Olmsted is an investigative reporter and senior editor for United
Press International (UPI),


OOPS! Out of date! He was fired by UPI. I guess they have standards.

and wrote The Age of Autism report series
about autism.


Olmsted was such a good investigator he overlooked a major treatment and
research center right in the middle of Amish Country.

He could not find his ass even if he had diarrhea.


So how many Amish kids with autism are there?



I asked you before, but you never answered...


Yuri.

"My own personal view is that vaccines are unsafe and worthless... I no
longer believe that vaccines have any role to play in the protection of the
community or the individual. -- Dr Vernon Coleman MB
http://www.vernoncoleman.com/vaccines.htm


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Old December 21st 07, 02:20 AM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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On Dec 20, 6:03 pm, "Yuri Kuchinsky" wrote:

So how many Amish kids with autism are there?

I asked you before, but you never answered...

Yuri.


So, why is it that only people who receive the improperly inactivated
polio vaccine got polio, while those that got the vaccine with
sufficient formaldehyde didn't?

I asked you before, but you never answered...
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Old December 21st 07, 02:46 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,alt.health,misc.kids.health
Yuri Kuchinsky
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"Vaccine-man" wrote in message
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On Dec 20, 6:03 pm, "Yuri Kuchinsky" wrote:

So how many Amish kids with autism are there?

I asked you before, but you never answered...

Yuri.


So, why is it that only people who receive the improperly inactivated
polio vaccine got polio, while those that got the vaccine with
sufficient formaldehyde didn't?

I asked you before, but you never answered...


Your question is not very clear. I recall that there was some sort of a big
failure of corporate medicine, and then you tried to turn it into an
argument in favour of corporate medicine...


Yuri.



Yuri Kuchinsky -=O=- http://www.globalserve.net/~yuku

Believe it or not, but the American medical system is actually the leading
cause of death and injury! Total number of iatrogenic deaths in the US is
over 780,000 per year. This is equivalent to SIX JUMBO JETS falling out
of the sky each and every day. -- DEATH BY MEDICINE, 2004, by Carolyn
Dean, MD, ND, Martin Feldman, MD, Gary Null, PhD, Debora Rasio, MD.
http://www.whale.to/a/dean.html











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Old December 21st 07, 03:20 AM posted to misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.kids.health
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Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes....



That was one of the biggest Pharma flops! )


On Dec 19, 12:59*pm, Vaccine-man wrote:
Everyone knows this - it's because they don't have TVs rolls
eyes....


 




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