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Originally Posted by Garcia
Probably worth at least looking into the AAPS. They also say that there is a casual relationship between vaccines and autism.
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Founded in 1944, it has about 5,000 members. Has promoted:
- The belief that HIV does not cause AIDS
- Being gay reduces life expectancy
- There is a link between abortions and breast cancer
- There is a causal relationship between vaccines and autism
The AAPS was formed in 1944 in opposition to the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill proposing government health care to most US citizens. it is a political-economic rather than a medical group. The AAPS opposes electronic medical records and takes the position that the FDA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are unconstitutional. In 2005 they published an article stating that 'anchor babies' from illegal aliens had, in 3 years, swollen the number of leprosy cases in the US by 7,000 (as it turns out there were 7,000 cases of leprosy cases in the US over the course of 30 years, not 3).
Soooo....I'm not really going to take what the AAPS says seriously.