The first peer-reviewed study comparing health outcomes of vaccinated children versus unvaccinated was recently published in the Journal of Translational Science by epidemiologists from the School of Public Health at Jackson State University. The study’s conclusions are likely to inflame the fierce debate over whether vaccines and a mercury-containing vaccine preservative may be culprits in the dramatic rise of certain neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in our children, including autism.
The pilot comparative study, which looked at the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated 6- to 12-year-old children in the U.S., implicates vaccines in a host of chronic illnesses now epidemic in our nation’s children. The team of scientists, led by epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Mawson, the author of more than fifty published studies, concluded that:
“In a final adjusted model designed to test for this possibility, controlling for the interaction of preterm birth and vaccination, the following factors remained significantly associated with NDD: vaccination (OR 2.5, 95% CI: 1.1, 5.6), nonwhite race (OR 2.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 5.4), and male gender (OR 2.3, 95% CI: 1.2, 4.4). Preterm birth itself, however, was not significantly associated with NDD, whereas the combination (interaction) of preterm birth and vaccination was associated with 6.6-fold increased odds of NDD (95% CI: 2.8, 15.5).”
