No, I’m asking if there really is a greater proportion of Caucasians in the US than in Cuba. I know there’s more Caucasians in absolute numbers (there’s more about anything in absolute numbers), but a large amount of Cubans are as Caucasian as Diaz, and incidence of illness values are always given as ratios. The US has more white people than Andorra in absolute values, but a lower amount in relative values.
Oh, well I don’t have any answers there. My original question wasn’t anything well-thought out or researched. I was speculating on possible explanations for the discrepancy in autism rates between the U.S. and Cuba other than the obviously bunk tylenol theory.
the only thing I’ve heard which has been considered a credible correlation to the incidence of autism is the age of the father. older father? higher risk of an autistic child.
but nobody wants to believe they may be the cause. need something else to blame.
There has been a lot of proper research into the causes and prevalence of Autism spectrum disorders. If you want to know more, you have a lot of reading to do:
This is pretty much standard here in the US from my experience with two small children, yes. You have both infants and children’s Tylenol at your local drug store.
I’ve always wondered whether assorted brain disorders - autism, Parkinsons, Alzheimers to name some - are caused by (or triggered by) a minor infection of a low-incidence virus.
I remember reading about some mothers claiming their autistic child had seemed to be developing just fine; then turned a corner and started to go downhill to become almost non-responsive. That sounds like a disease, not a genetic condition, especially the random onset to random victims. Similarly, Alzheimers as I understand is roughly the same symptoms as late stage syphilis.
Why is this shocking to you?
An apparent sudden onset is perfectly reasonable, given the nature of the disease and the age at which it manifests. No newborn baby has any social skills-- They usually develop them at some age. You’re not going to be able to detect a lack of social skills until they reach that age. Add in a pinch of denial on the part of the parents (“Oh, he’ll be fine, he’s just a bit of a late bloomer”), and it’s going to look even more sudden, when it gets so bad that the parents can’t just ignore it any more.
And, heck, I’m still amazed that any doctors still give Tylenol to adults. That stuff would never get through the modern FDA approval process.
This is beside the point, but I have never heard of Tylenol being given automatically after a vaccine. Generally, the pediatrician advises that it’s okay to give the child some Tylenol only if they have a fever above 102 degrees.
My son had all his shots, and he only ever got a fever high enough to give them Tylenol once.
As for the supposed beneficial effects of fever, here’s a study indicating that increased autism incidence is linked to febrile episodes in pregnancy.
C’mon people, we all know the real reason for reported increases in autism incidence. :eek::smack:
Said “bad rap” being its implication in Reye’s Syndrome?
Stop right there.
John Gray is not a doctor of any kind. All his post-secondary “education” is from pay-for-degree scam artists such the Maharishi University.
Holy moly, he has a PhD via a correspondence school that is now defunct! Damnnnn… dunno if I’d go around saying I was a Dr like that. Maybe throw Ph.D. at the end of my title, but no Dr. for me.
Problem about multi-spectral is that it’s multi-spectral, so how do we know if Cuba has the same criteria as the US or any other country for that matter in regards to diagnosing autism? I wonder, what severity? Is there more “low-level” or “high-level” autism in the US compared to Cuba? Also, when was the autism diagnosed, early on in life or later on in life? I ask as Cuba probably has social healthcare so, even though it might not be as advanced as the US, the basic of preventative medicine will be available. Which might mitigate early on autism.
Dunno.
Yes. “White only” is about 72% in the US census. For Cuba it’s 64%, with mulatto or mestizo listed as 26.6% and black 9.3%. Most people considered mulattoes in Cuba would probably simply be considered black in the US.
With the notable exceptions of Argentina and Uruguay, almost all Latin American countries have a lower percentage of whites in the population than the US.
Tylenol? Sure, why not?
Your whole point is riddled with assumptions.
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Autism is directly connected to vaccinations, therefore anything having to do with the vaccination process, in this case Tylenol, must be the problem.
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You have to “cook” the virus out of your body, but the Tylenol prevents this process (supposedly), so Tylenol is the culprit. I have had numerous viruses in my life and have almost never run a fever. I have gotten rid of all the viruses successfully without having to “cook” the virus out of my system.
This matches my experience as a parent as well.
Yeah, neither of our kids ever got a fever after any of their vaccines. But they’ve otherwise had fevers when ill at least a dozen times, and those were pretty much exclusively treated with acetaminophen, and in a couple of cases, with alternating doses of acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
My understanding is that that’s exactly why aspirin is now rarely, if ever, advised for use by children (in the U.S., anyway).
My WAG is that the lower level autism, which is the most common, is mostly detected by more affluent families. Which, in the uSA, tend more to be white.
Borderline Autism is not detected much in third world nations.