Subj : Re: Anti-vaxers
To   : NuSkooler
From : metalhead
Date : Tue Dec 12 2017 01:21:32

 Nu> a) kids weren't diagnosed with it in the first place, and b) you only
 Nu> got news from your local community.

A lot of news is over-gloryfied, and then a lot of other more relevant, or
interesting news gets left unreported. And statistics are more difficult to
believe when the results are seemingly slated towards one side or the other,
depending on what the reporting agency wants their audience to believe.

Suppose we want a statistic on "Is autism real?" and we want the answer to be
"Yes."

So, we hire our favorite statistic-calculating company to give us a piece of
paper that gives us the backbone to say that it's true. All they need to do
is ask 10 parents of children, who suffer from real autism, if autism is
real. The results will come back favorable.

But suppose we want our statistic to say it's "not real;" all we need to do
is have our statistic gurus ask 10 rednecks who have never heard the word
before. Then, "statistics show, that autism is not real."

My nephew was diagnosed with autism, and dislexia. <sp> But, I've never
noticed anything "autisticy" about him, and he is now a grown man, who reads
perfectly fine. And this guy has had all vax. If some ridiculous "statictic
company," such as roometrics, GPS, etc., were to call my sister (the man's
mom) and ask her "Is autism real?" She would probably say "Not really."

Statistics just don't impress me much.

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