Of course, if people want to keep chasing after mercury, I'm hardly going to stop them.

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Though I really fail to see how not spending all your money on an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment makes you the stupid one.

I like the quote here.

"The problem is that doctors keep telling people that autism is not caused by mercury to cover their asses. They screwed up by giving our kids way too much mercury. Those of us who know this don’t like seeing unknowing parents allowing their kids to rot in the abyss of autism. Wake up and smell the coffee is approprite. Anyone who is not chelating to get rid of the mercury is guilty of child abuse. Every doctor who is not telling their patients to chelate is guilty of malpractice. There was no autism until Eli Lilly started putting mercury in vaccines. Aside from fragile X which some say is not really autism, it is all caused by mercury. Any parent who listens to the doctors tell them that there is no known cause or cure for autism is too damn stupid to have kids.

Rot in the abyss of autism. That has a rather nice ring to it. *glances down* Rot in the abyss... you'd think I'd see more flesh falling off if I were rotting... *shrugs* Rot in the abyss... like a zombie?

I can see the headlines now:

It came from... the abyss. The beast that stalks your children... the terror that flaps in the night. It is... THE ROTTING ZOMBIE AUTIE! Coming soon to a theater near you!

*lurches away awkwardly*

*lurches back with arms extended*

Remember the Salon article about autism I posted recently? Lo, the rebuttal!

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The people who say that autism is caused by mercury often advocate a specific "cure" for autism - chelation. This is not only expensive, but it has been shown to have some serious dangers - and it's worthless. So people are spending the money that could, and should be spent on helping their children for a worthless therapy. And then they spend more money on it, throwing good money after bad.

So not only isn't the kid getting helped, but the family is going bankrupt endangering their child's life.