And finally we see damage to myelin, which makes the sheath that protects the brain and the nervous system. Heavy metals have been shown to attack myelin. Myelin is implicated in other autoimmune disorders such as MS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. And there is evidence of children with autism who have problems with demyelination, and there is some evidence that suggests that vaccines may be able to cause it.

There isn’t damage to myelin in the brains of autistic people, as far as we know anyway. There are a few reports of circulating anti-myelin antibodies but those are probably wrong too. So I guess any of the diseases he lists that show up on a Pubmed search for ‘Myelin’ are also the result of mercury and/or vaccines?

I guess any case of neurogliosis is really mercury poisoning?

We should never forget that while they bray about and beat their chests all while spinning their wheels, their lies have damaged young children and many families.

You won’t find Mr Blaxill pointing out the failings of Mr. Kirby any time soon. Here is a bit from Mr. Blaxill’s acount of the day:

I hasten to add, it wasn’t all sweetness and light. A man named Steve, who I heard was an aide to Rep. Henry Waxman, jumped in at the beginning of the Q&A session to play a game of “gotcha” with a quote on one of David Kirby’s slides. He then tried to turn that into a larger smear on David’s integrity and character. I said a few words in David’s defense and he backed off. I’d like to think that the audience saw through the tactic.

It wasn’t a game of “gotcha”. It was a quite appropriate correction of Mr. Kirby’s methods. The “quotes” misused by Mr. Kirby were plainly misleading.

1. In my original post on this subject, I mentioned that I had a long discussion on June 16th with one of the NIEHS Expert Panel Members. She told me that the major impetus for the meeting came from SafeMinds and a couple of other “mercury-autism-vaccine” groups. They wanted a meeting of independent scientists (i.e. independent of CDC) to discuss open public access to the Vaccine Data Safetylink (VSD).

2. Take a look at the attendees/invitees at the NIEHS meeting. They include: Mark Blaxill (SafeMinds), David S. Baskin (Cure Autism Now), Thomas Dooley (Mothers Against Mercury), Bobbi Manning (Advocates of Children’s Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning), and Angela Medlin (Mothers Against Mercury).

My question is: Why has Mark Blaxill not stepped forward and explained that David Kirby’s “reporting” on this issue is a complete lie? What about these other people—why have none of them stepped forward? (I realize the answer is obvious.) Meanwhile, ever since Kirby’s HuffPost articles, the blogosphere is filled with know-nothings rejoicing that “the CDC admitted that vaccines cause autism” or “Julie Gerberding admitted that vaccines cause autism.”

I think you are thinking of the “scottish adults with autism” posts.

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=809

To my knowledge, he never corrected the AoA post.

The fact that he would leave one up with incorrect information is worse than his editing the Huffington Post blog and not noting it.