Dooms,
No one is lying here, Dr. Zimmerman released a written statement after the piece that was put together. I have already repeated it many times here, yet it seems that you like going for the ‘gotcha’ method instead of knowing the truth.
Yes, he did state that he believes that the vaccine played a role in Yates regression, yet he also stated that vaccines should be given and is not the cause for autism.
If you would stop right there, it would seem as if vaccines may cause autism, yet he clarified that this is not what he meant and the evidence clearly shows the opposite.
The vaccine is no greater cause than any infection to this very specific subgroup that Dr. Zimmerman is referring to, so to say that vaccines cause autism is dishonest and not true. I completely understand why you so badly argue to the contrary, but facts are facts and they don’t care about your emotions.
In fact, other individuals that have a similar level of authority actually believe that this subgroup is better off with the vaccine as the diseases that the vaccines prevent can cause greater harm to this subgroup.
Dr. Zimmerman does not completely disagree with this notion, only stated that there should be more studies and research done to this specific subgroup (with mitochondrial dysfunction) as there is a risk of causing them to regress.
It is interesting to see how on one hand you and others have made claims that the vaccine-preventable diseases are good for us, yet use the cases where individuals that were injured from the very mild immune response that the attenuated virus caused, as a reason not to vaccinate.
You do realize that these very same experts that you use for your arguments agree that the actual full blown virus would for sure create harm to this subset of patients.
Actually using your ridiculous train of arguments, one would actually be able to argue that measles or mumps causes autism, as the virus can cause regression in this very same subgroup of children.
It will be some time before I have a chance to check this thread, yet I will predict that you Dooms will follow up with some argument that will be focused on labeling me as a liar and will do so in CAPS.