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varkam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 06:29 PM
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Okay, fellow skeptics - I've got a brain tickler for you:
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In taking part in a recent discussion on vaccines and autism, I got involved in a discussion on whether or not there is an autism epidemic. I didn't think that there was one, and my friend thinks that there is. As evidence, I submitted the following study.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/1028

My friend fired back with this one:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e277

They appear to essentially be saying the exact opposite thing. So, my question is why? I have a couple ideas as to what might account for the differences between the studies, but I wanted to get some more brain power in on this. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

:hi:
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