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Article: Autism, MMR Vaccine, HIV Similarities and Growth Factor Cell Signaling.(Brief Article)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Autism
Autism spectrum disorder is an exponentially rising epidemic with an incidence as high as 1:139. (1,2) In Scotland, there was an 18% increase in year 2000 primary school children diagnosed with autism once vaccination policies were implemented. The US Department of Education said autism in school age children has risen 556% in the last five years. Experts in California point out that it took 25 years between 1969-1994 to have 5,100 persons diagnosed with autism, then only five years (1994-1999) to have another 5,100 diagnosed and now only 2.5 years have passed (1999-2001) to diagnose another 5,100 cases. This accounts for 500,000 US autistic children and ...