Seems there are several people with the same name all promoting the notion that vaccines cause autism. A couple of weeks ago I wrote that there were at least two people with the name “David Kirby” – one from 2005 who thought that decreasing autism rates meant that autism was caused by vaccines, and another in 2010 who believes that increasing autism rates meant that autism was caused by vaccines. Now it looks like there are two J.B. Handleys too. For example, read what someone called J.B. Handley from last week, wrote about how autism is first noticed by parents:
It is exceptionally rare that I hear the story, “my son was 100% fine, and at 2 years old after one vaccine appointment he lost everything.” I have heard that story, but very rarely.
A rarely heard story. Fair enough, but then I found this story from 2005, entitled A child's return from autism Couple eager to share their conviction that mercury poisoning was the culprit:
Jamie Handley was a happy, healthy baby who reached all his developmental milestones until he turned 18 months, his parents said. Then, he started spinning in circles and standing on his toes and no longer responded to his name. They were eventually told he was autistic
Hum. An autistic child called Jamie Handley? Handley? Surely not the son of J.B. Handley? Nah – couldn’t be. Until I clicked on the more images link and got this picture:
Caption: J.B. Handley plays with his son, Jamie, who is receiving chelation therapy to reduce mercury in his body and treat his autism.
J.B. Handley? Oh I get it - this is a different J.B. Handley. This J.B. Handley’s son met all his developmental milestones until he turned 18 months – then he started spinning in circles, etc. Clearly, as with David Kirby 2005, this is a different J.B. Handley from 2005, who (unlike J.B. Handley from 2010) doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about. You see, as J.B. Handley 2010 knows, children just don’t regress all at one time just after a vaccination like the parents of this Jamie Handley from 2005 said. What douche bags they must be, this J.B. Handley from 2005 and his wife:
But the Handleys and other parents say they noticed symptoms in their children after they got booster shots
And it’s not just J.B. Handley from 2005 who’s got this wrong. Jenny McCarthy didn’t get the script either. For example, from Jenny: Evan's Story
Jenny says even before Evan received his vaccines, she tried to talk to her pediatrician about it. "Right before his MMR shot, I said to the doctor, 'I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn't it?' And he said, 'No, that is ridiculous. It is a mother's desperate attempt to blame something,' and he swore at me, and then the nurse gave [Evan] the shot," she says. "And I remember going, 'Oh, God, I hope he's right.' And soon thereafter -- boom -- the soul's gone from his eyes.
So, right after the MMR shot (which to me sounds like “one vaccine appointment”) - “boom.” I don’t know how you interpret that, but to me “boom” means something happening pretty quickly – all in one go. And that quote was on the Generation Rescue web site. Generation Rescue. The organization founded by J.B. and Lisa Handley. I guess that website must have been set up by the J.B. Handley from 2005, not the one from 2010.
So let’s recap. J.B. Handley from 2005 thinks autism occurs quickly – you have a happy, healthy baby who reached all his developmental milestones right up until the point where he starts spinning in circles, etc. You see, that’s how J.B. Handley 2005 knows the vaccines caused his son’s autism – the child was fine up until the point where he suddenly shows autistic tendencies after being vaccinated. Also, that J.B. Handley (the one from 2005), reports on his organization’s website about someone called Jenny McCarthy who knows her son’s autism was caused by the MMR shot. And she knows her son’s autism was caused by the MMR shot because “boom” he became autistic right after the MMR shot. So J.B. Handley 2005 knows that autism is caused by vaccines because the autism starts right after the child gets the vaccine.
Then we have the other J.B. Handley (the one from 2010), who knows that autism doesn’t suddenly appear “after one vaccine appointment” (or at least, very rarely does), but rather is a chronic slide over a period of time, and so he knows that vaccines cause autism because… er wait a minute, if autism doesn’t occur just after the vaccinations are given, why exactly does J.B. Handley 2010 thinks vaccines cause autism?
One more thing just occurred to me. J.B. Handley 2005 thinks autism is a misdiagnosis for mercury poisoning, and is chelating his son to remove the mercury, while Jenny McCarthy thinks the live MMR vaccine, that never had any mercury in it, is what gave her son autism. So which is it – is it mercury or is it MMR? Because they’re different things. Hey, you don’t suppose there are really three J.B. Handleys do you? Because, you know, that would be weird.