Dr. Chris Palmer

So those strategies are just not working. They're not working for prevention. They're not working to improve long-term outcomes. They're not, I mean, we have a lot of work to do, so.

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I don't disagree. And I've actually talked to some former NIMH directors about this and some other leading people in this field. And... There's no doubt that this topic has been brought up multiple times at the NIH. So there's this interagency coordinating committee on autism among all of the NIH kind of centers and institutes. It's existed for decades. They have...

I don't disagree. And I've actually talked to some former NIMH directors about this and some other leading people in this field. And... There's no doubt that this topic has been brought up multiple times at the NIH. So there's this interagency coordinating committee on autism among all of the NIH kind of centers and institutes. It's existed for decades. They have...

I don't disagree. And I've actually talked to some former NIMH directors about this and some other leading people in this field. And... There's no doubt that this topic has been brought up multiple times at the NIH. So there's this interagency coordinating committee on autism among all of the NIH kind of centers and institutes. It's existed for decades. They have...

looked into this issue i've talked to some autism advocates who've said like i was hoping that vaccines might be the cause like i was really hoping to see that vaccines are the cause because that would then give us a cause and it would lead us to interventions um to make vaccines safer or whatever um and she said but it's just not there it's just not there and this

looked into this issue i've talked to some autism advocates who've said like i was hoping that vaccines might be the cause like i was really hoping to see that vaccines are the cause because that would then give us a cause and it would lead us to interventions um to make vaccines safer or whatever um and she said but it's just not there it's just not there and this

looked into this issue i've talked to some autism advocates who've said like i was hoping that vaccines might be the cause like i was really hoping to see that vaccines are the cause because that would then give us a cause and it would lead us to interventions um to make vaccines safer or whatever um and she said but it's just not there it's just not there and this

former NIMH director that I spoke with, it's just not there. Chris, it's not there. We looked. We looked high and low. Again, I'm not sure that everybody looked with the same degree of scrutiny. Again, the study that I saw looked at people who are unvaccinated by choice.

former NIMH director that I spoke with, it's just not there. Chris, it's not there. We looked. We looked high and low. Again, I'm not sure that everybody looked with the same degree of scrutiny. Again, the study that I saw looked at people who are unvaccinated by choice.

former NIMH director that I spoke with, it's just not there. Chris, it's not there. We looked. We looked high and low. Again, I'm not sure that everybody looked with the same degree of scrutiny. Again, the study that I saw looked at people who are unvaccinated by choice.

So these are rebellious people who are defying state laws, who are risking not getting their children into schools because they're not getting vaccinations. That's the cohort of unvaccinated people. And then they're comparing them to the cohort of vaccinated people. And they only controlled for like two or three variables. They did not control for obesity. They didn't control for diabetes.

So these are rebellious people who are defying state laws, who are risking not getting their children into schools because they're not getting vaccinations. That's the cohort of unvaccinated people. And then they're comparing them to the cohort of vaccinated people. And they only controlled for like two or three variables. They did not control for obesity. They didn't control for diabetes.

So these are rebellious people who are defying state laws, who are risking not getting their children into schools because they're not getting vaccinations. That's the cohort of unvaccinated people. And then they're comparing them to the cohort of vaccinated people. And they only controlled for like two or three variables. They did not control for obesity. They didn't control for diabetes.

And we know that obesity and diabetes play a role in risk for autism. And we know that people who have existing health conditions might actually be more likely to be worried about vaccines and then not get vaccines. Perfectly happy, healthy, thriving people usually just go along with the status quo. They usually don't refuse vaccines.

And we know that obesity and diabetes play a role in risk for autism. And we know that people who have existing health conditions might actually be more likely to be worried about vaccines and then not get vaccines. Perfectly happy, healthy, thriving people usually just go along with the status quo. They usually don't refuse vaccines.

And we know that obesity and diabetes play a role in risk for autism. And we know that people who have existing health conditions might actually be more likely to be worried about vaccines and then not get vaccines. Perfectly happy, healthy, thriving people usually just go along with the status quo. They usually don't refuse vaccines.

So people who are refusing vaccines probably had some pre-existing health condition. They didn't control for that. Did that pre-existing health condition increase risk for autism? Probably.