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Infections at birth substantially increase the risk of autism and intellectual disability, study finds (www.cidrap.umn.edu)
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Note: this refers to a small portion of autism cases that are not due to inherited genetic factors. I find it rather ironic (after decades of misinformation on the subject thanks to Wakefield) that the conclusion of this research is that vaccines can prevent autism in specific cases!

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I wonder if this also explains “small portion of cases” of dark skin, red hair, or cilantro tasting like soap that are not due to inherited genetic factors?

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P.S. Autistic people have far more medical comorbidities in general than neurotypicals, so this seems a likely correlation once again confused with causation mistake.

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