A new paper finds vaccinations increase the likelihood of autism by 4.4 times; a “noted expert in covid” makes a poor attempt to debunk

Last Thursday, a peer-reviewed paper was published in the journal Science, Public Health Policy and the Law.  The objective of this study was to determine the association between vaccination and neurodevelopmental disorders in 9-year-old children enrolled in the Medicaid programme from birth.

The researchers analysed claims data for 47,155 nine-year-old children.  They found that children with just one vaccination visit were 1.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (“ASD”) than the unvaccinated.  Shockingly, children with 11 or more visits were 4.4 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD

The reviewing editor was James Lyons-Weiler, PhD.  Dr. Peter McCullough is not mentioned in the paper but is on the editorial board for the Clinical Research section. 

In an effort to debunk the paper’s findings, a Substack page titled ‘Unbiased Science’ said the paper should be disregarded because it was published on a “WordPress blog” and peer-reviewed by Dr. Peter McCullough, “a known promoter of medical misinformation.”

Science, Public Health Policy and the Law is a science-based knowledge, not narrative-dictated knowledge journal that works to make sure that only objective knowledge is used in the formation of medical standards of care and public health policies.

Unbiased Science is led by its founder  Dr. Jess Steier, a “public health scientist” and co-founder of Vital Statistics Consulting.  She has developed “multiple modes of scientific communication on covid.” According to her biography:

Dr. Steier is a noted expert in COVID-19. She has designed and led multiple COVID-19 related research projects for the largest FQHC [Federally Qualified Health Centre] in New York State, and has developed multiple modes of scientific communication of COVID-19 related information, including diagnostic and antibody testing, population health outcomes, and COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Dr. Steier hosts The Unbiased Science Podcast, the goal of which is to dispel misinformation and misconceptions across an array of science and public health topics.

She holds a Certificate in Patient Safety, as well as a Certificate in COVID-19 Contact Tracing from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also holds COVID-19 Certifications (in Psychological Health First Aid for COVID-19 and Returning to Work: Safe Work Practices) from the American Red Cross.  

For someone who is a “noted expert” there is surprisingly little about her to be found from an internet search.  In fact, the only websites that appear to mention her are her own.  As for her claims that she has developed “multiple modes of scientific communication,” we can only guess what her turn of phrase actually means but it sounds like psychobabble for “covid propaganda.” Regardless, it seems she has a vested interest in keeping the false covid narrative alive, which even with a good dollop of imagination cannot be described as “unbiased.”

Bombshell, Peer-Reviewed Autism/Vaccine Study Draws Disturbing Conclusions

By Ben Bartee

The pro-vaxx propagandists are going to have a hell of a time “debunking” this one, although they’re already on the case (more on the coming up). The “debunking” will escalate, surely, if they can’t achieve their preferred objective when it comes to inconvenient narratives of getting it sufficiently suppressed and memory-holed.

Related: Pfizer Knew of COVID-19 Vax Risks to Breastfeeding Babies in April 2021

The study followed kids enrolled in government healthcare from ages 0-9 to suss out any correlation between the number of vaccine appointments and the incidence of neurological disorders.

The result was a shocking, if not surprising, 4.4-fold higher rate of autism among children with 11 or more vaccine visits to the state versus those with none.

Via Science, Public Health Policy and the Law (emphasis added):

Preliminary studies comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children have reported that the vaccinated are significantly more likely than the unvaccinated to be diagnosed with bacterial infections, allergies, and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The objective of this study was to determine the association between vaccination and NDDs in 9-year-old children enrolled in the Medicaid programme. The specific aims were to test the hypothesis that:

1) vaccination is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other NDDs;

2) preterm birth coupled with vaccination increases the odds of NDDs compared to preterm birth without vaccination; and

3) increasing numbers of vaccinations are associated with increased risks of ASD.

The study population comprised children born and continuously enrolled in the Florida State Medicaid programme from birth to age 9. Vaccination uptake was measured by numbers of healthcare visits that included vaccination-related procedures and diagnoses. Cross-sectional analyses were performed to calculate prevalence odds ratios (Aims 1-2). A retrospective cohort design was used to compute relative risks specifically of ASD (Aim 3) …

1) vaccination was associated with significantly increased odds for all measured NDDs;

2) among children born preterm and vaccinated, 39.9% were diagnosed with at least one NDD compared to 15.7% among those born preterm and unvaccinated (OR 3.58, 95% CI: 2.80, 4.57); and 

3) the relative risk of ASD increased according to the number of visits that included vaccinations. Children with just one vaccination visit were 1.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than the unvaccinated (95% CI: 1.21, 2.35) whereas those with 11 or more visits were 4.4 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than those with no visit for vaccination (95% CI: 2.85, 6.84).

Related: Study: Covid-Vaxxed Kids Six Times Likelier to Die Than Unvaxxed Peers

The “debunking” leads with vicious character assassinations of the involved parties, including Dr. Peter McCollough, one of the most frequently published and cited cardiologists the world over who was previously a revered clinician and researcher in good standing with the medical establishment until he started saying true things about covid and the “vaccines.”

Via Unbiased Science (emphasis added):

The study’s fundamental flaws begin with its publication process. Legitimate scientific research undergoes rigorous peer review, where independent experts evaluate the methodology, analysis and conclusions before publication in established journals. This work instead appeared on a WordPress blog that is not a peer-reviewed scientific journal, with review conducted by Peter McCullough, who has promoted medical misinformation*. The lead author, Anthony Mawson, has a documented history of retracted vaccine research. Combined with funding from an anti-vaccine advocacy organization (NVIC), these factors raise serious concerns about the study’s scientific validity and reliability.

The study’s legitimacy is fundamentally compromised by its publication venue (a WordPress blog) and funding source (NVIC, an anti-vaccine organization). Lead author Anthony Mawson has a pattern of conducting methodologically flawed vaccine research, with multiple retractions. This study was “peer-reviewed” by Peter McCullough, a known promoter of medical misinformation.

*Note: We’re meant to take seriously “peer-reviewed” science, we’re extolled, as the gold standard – except when we’re not, because reasons, like Democracy™ or whatever.

Shut your mouth, bigot! Don’t ask obvious questions like: Why, when you incessantly insisted on following peer-reviewed science, have you suddenly turned on it because it doesn’t match your narrative?

Now, the whole conflict-of-interest, hidden-angle criticism is rich coming from the quoted authority in this biased “Unbiased Science” rebuttal, TV and social media Doctor Bertha Hidalgo (a PhD, not a medical doctor), who works for various corporate state media enterprises as a STEM Diversity™ mascot and was a Post-Baccalaureate Trainee at Fauci’s NIAID at the turn of the millennium.

Related: Corporate Media Pushing ‘Holiday Heart Syndrome’ Propaganda

But yes, it’s the brave guy who sacrificed his reputation in the minds of retarded NPCs [non-player characters i.e. brain-dead people] everywhere, who had his medical license threatened for telling the truth, demonised non-stop by Dr. Bertha’s employers – who has the conflict of interest here?

About the Author

Ben Bartee is an independent Bangkok-based American journalist.  He publishes articles on a Substack page titled ‘Armageddon Prose’ which you can subscribe to and follow HERE.  You can also follow him on X (formerly Twitter) HERE.