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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Silent Night Christmas Eve 2014 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)42. BECAUSE they were asking the WRONG QUESTIONS!
Autism is genetic. Women's Lib allowed women with autistic potential to study in college with men similarly endowed; they produced double-whammy children. Pregnancy conditions aren't going to do diddly about causing or detecting autism, unless genetic counseling is employed.
Asthma is environmental. Children of poverty and children who fall into poverty due to familial misfortune are exposed to more allergens, and are going to suffer more asthma. Unless we fight poverty, which is on record as increasing in this nation, nothing will change for the better. Blood tests in pregnancy aren't going to do squat about poverty, either.
Nice waste of $1.3 B. Maybe the NSA has a use for the database...
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