Kahneman, Daniel, 18
Kanner, Leo, 76–77, 78, 82
Kendrick, Pearl, 60
Kennedy, Robert, Jr., 221–27, 258
Kentucky, 307
Kerry, Roy, 263
Kessick, Rosemary, 116
kidneys, 143, 151, 279
King, Larry, 257
Kinsbourne, Marcel, 288–90, 293n, 294
Kirby, David, 134, 203–20, 242–43, 245, 246, 303
career background of, 203
on Imus in the Morning, 212–14, 216n
IOM review committee and, 206–07
Kennedy compared with, 222
on Larry King Live, 257
on Meet the Press, 214–17
Poling case and, 218–20
at SafeMinds rally, 205–6
Kirkman Labs, 264
Krigsman, Arthur, 234–36, 238, 297
Cedillo case and, 291, 296
Thoughtful House and, 240, 302
trouble with medical boards and employers and, 235–36
Kucinich, Dennis, 204–5
Kuhn, Thomas, 80n–81n
Kuran, Timur, 196–97, 198
Lacek, Ashley, 1
Lacek, Dan, 1–2, 4–5, 20
Lacek, Kelly, 1–5, 20
Lacek, Matthew, 1–5, 20
Lacek, Stephen, 1, 20
Laidler, James, 261–63
Lancet, 106–17, 150, 160
Horton’s reputation at, 108n–9n
Rouse’s letter to, 115
Wakefield’s 1998 paper in, 5, 106–17, 150, 160, 172, 174, 179, 189, 229–30, 236, 291, 299, 302
Langmuir, Alexander, 54
Larry King Live (TV show), 256
Laws, Sue, 92–93
lawsuits:
autism and, 11–12, 116–17, 180–81, 190–91, 192, 199, 283–97, 299, 301, 306, 307
indemnification against, 64
libel, 74n
in United Kingdom, 289n
vaccine-related, 12, 17n, 50–52, 64, 71, 101–2, 115–16, 147–48, 152, 161, 175–81, 186, 190–91, 192, 199, 204, 236, 283–97
Leahy, Patrick, 205
leaks to news media, 131, 170
learning disorders, 134, 152
Ledwich, Thomas J., 52
Lee Silsby Compounding Pharmacy, 292
Legal Aid Board, British, 101, 115, 116, 301
Lehrer, Jonah, 192
Leitao, Mary, 88, 90, 91, 95
Leitch, Kevin, 17
Lenox Hill Hospital, 135, 235
Lewis, David, 62, 65
Life Laughs (McCarthy), 250, 252
light, physics of, 155, 157
Lilly rider, 204–5
Little, Lora, 34–36, 60, 283
liver failure, 127
London, 24, 72, 100
press in, 105–8, 113, 117
London, Eric, 137, 228, 229–30, 233, 246, 247, 248
London, Karen, 137, 228, 246
London School of Medicine, 111
Long Island, 138–40, 193
Los Angeles Times, 128, 199, 266, 305
Louder Than Words (McCarthy), 252–53, 256
Louisiana, 307
lumbar punctures, 236
Lupron protocol, 16–17
McCaffery, Dana, 19
McCain, John, 95, 205
McCarthy, Jenny, 249–61, 265–66, 270, 281, 282
at Autism-One conference, 258–61
books by, 250, 252–53, 256, 258, 282
career background of, 249–50
checklist of, 260
on Oprah, 252–56, 281, 282
son Evan and, 250–57, 281, 282
McCarthy, Jo Jo, 251
McCormick, Marie, 172–73, 200
MacDonald, Thomas, 103, 105
McFadden, Cynthia, 88
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 84–85
magnetic waves, 156–57
March of Dimes campaigns, 42, 43
Marin County, Calif., 305
Martin, Dorothy, 15n
Maryland, 83
Massachusetts, 83
Matanoski, Vince, 286, 289–90
maternal age, 84
Mather, Cotton, 25
Maxwell, James Clerk, 156–57
measles, 19–20, 25, 35, 36, 108, 271–73, 284, 285, 291, 296, 308
Crohn’s disease and, 103–5, 107, 160
incidence of, 56, 99, 100
rashes and, 153
measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, 2, 5, 7, 10–11, 20, 230n, 245, 284, 308
of Garrett Goldenberg, 182
gastrointestinal problems and, 148, 296, 300
Geiers’ views on, 176
Kirby’s views on, 218
Lancet paper (1998) and, 106–8, 109n, 111–14, 172, 174n, 179, 189, 236
McCarthy’s views on, 255, 257
of Matthew Poulter, 300
of Michelle Cedillo, 181, 190, 285, 290, 295–96
NEJM and, 230
review of epidemiological reports on, 166–67
safety of, 148, 153, 160, 162, 170–71, 303
Sears’s views on, 267
separation of vaccines and, 112
Snyder and, 263
TV special report on, 160–63
in United Kingdom, 99–102
U.K. lawsuits and, 116
Wakefield’s stake in alternative to, 116, 236, 291, 302
measles vaccine, 56, 236
media, 5, 7, 8–9, 12, 18, 57, 84–86, 107, 128–29, 139, 153, 160–69, 306
Burton and, 130
DPT vaccine and, 61, 67–73
faith-based metaphysics and, 268–69
fluoride and, 58, 59
IOM committee review and, 173–74
Lancet paper and, 106–8, 114–15
McCarthy and, 249–50, 252–58
MMR vaccine and, 99, 100, 104, 106–8, 109n, 160–63
Morgellons syndrome and, 88–96
polio and, 41, 42, 43, 44n, 49
Taitz and, 8–9
Wakefield and, 104, 105, 106
Medicaid, 83
Medical Hypotheses, 143–45
Medical Interventions for Autism (MIA), 229
Medical Research Council (MRC), 104
Meet the Press (TV show), 215–17
Mendelsohn, Robert, 68, 71
meningitis, 3, 99, 182
mental health problems, 266
mental retardation, 67, 69, 128, 175, 181
Merck, 116n, 131, 132, 150, 230n
mercury, 119–32, 142–45, 151, 214, 218, 221, 288
chelation therapy and, 235n
motor difficulties and, 7
Pallone’s bill and, 122–23
testosterone and, 16
in vaccines, 2, 6, 8, 119, 120, 123–32, 150, 154, 164, 188, 199, 204, 221–27, 230
see also ethylmercury; methylmercury; thimerosal
Mercury Environmental Risk and Comprehensive Utilization and Reduction Initiative (MERCURI), 122–23
Mercury Moms, 7, 133–45, 148
Metcalf, Julieanna, 271
methyl alcohol (methanol), 122n
methylmercury, 121–24, 126, 131, 286, 287
ethylmercury compared with, 122, 128–29, 144
half-life of, 151
Metzl, Jonathan, 80
Michigan, University of, 44, 92
milk, cancer and, 48n
milkmaids, 31
Millman, Laura, 175–76, 177
Minamata, 120–21, 122
mind-body medicine, 268–69
Minnesota, 18–19, 271
Minonk, Ill., tooth decay in, 57–58
Mississippi, 75
“MMR: Every Parent’s Choice” (TV special report), 160–63
modernity, dehumanizing nature of, 33, 60
Molecular Pathology, 160–63
Mommy instinct, 254, 255, 256, 265
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 24
Morgellons Research Foundation, 88, 89, 90, 95
Morgellons syndrome, 88–96
&nbs
p; Mortimer, Edward, 70
mosquito bite vaccine, 153
Mother Warriors (McCarthy), 258
motion, laws of, 156–57
mottling, of teeth, 57, 110n
MSNBC, 212, 226
MTV, 249–50
multiple sclerosis, 14
mumps, 19, 99–100, 102, 306
see also measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
Münchausen syndrome by proxy, 88
muscle relaxants, 84
Muslims, 100
Mussolini, Benito, 128
mustard gas exposure, 263
myelin, 218
Nadama, Abubakar, 263–64
NASA, 307
NaSi, 143
National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR), 137, 228, 229–30, 232, 247
National Autism Association (NAA), 195, 214, 229
National Board of Health, Danish, 154
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED), 96n
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), 148, 211n, 289, 294
National Fascist Party, 128
National Foundation for Infant Paralysis, 42–43, 45–46, 47, 53
National Health Service, British, 301
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 83, 137
National Institutes of Health, 146
National Library of Medicine, 137
National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), 35, 74, 196
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), 211n
Native Americans, 29n
nature/nurture debate, autism and, 78
Nazism, 78
NBC, 44n, 88
Nelmes, Sarah, 31
nervous system, 40, 42n, 120
Netherlands, 32
neurodevelopmental problems, 6, 164, 263
neurolinguistic programming (NLP), 210–11
neurological tests, 135
neuroscience, 192
New Age movement, 251, 269
New England, 24–25
New England Journal of Medicine, The (NEJM), 163–65, 230
“New Insights into the Underlying Biochemistry of Autism” (Geier and Geier), 16–17
New Jersey, 58, 122, 134, 305
news, network vs. cable, 198
Newsweek, 232, 270
Newton, Isaac, 156, 157, 158n
New York, 19, 55, 305
New York, N.Y., 34–35
polio epidemic in (1916), 39–42
New York City Health Department, 40, 55
New York Presbyterian Hospital, 87
New York Times, The, 14n, 37, 45, 49, 84, 91–92, 171, 174, 200, 247
Kirby book ad in, 212
Kirby’s work for, 203–4, 212–13
New York Times Book Review, The, 217
New York Times Magazine, The, 9, 165–66
nicotine, 93
night terrors, 151
Nixon, Richard, 45, 62
Northrup, Christiane, 269, 270
Norway, 132
“Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory, The” (Allen), 165–66
Nudge (Sunstein and Thaler), 197n
null hypothesis, 155–56
Obama, Barack, 8, 72, 95, 210–11
Ocean Charter School, 305, 308
Ochsner Foundation Hospital, 275–76
Office of Special Masters, 293
Offit, Paul, 69, 74n, 128–30, 132
Olmsted, Dan, 256–57
Omer, Saad, 131
Omnibus Autism Proceeding, 11–12, 180–81, 190–91, 283–97, 299, 301, 306, 307
Onesimus (slave), 25
On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (TV show), 258
Oprah Winfrey Show, The, 244–45, 252–56, 269–71, 281, 282
Orenstein, Walter, 150
organ donation programs, 230n
Ottoman Empire, 24
Oyster Bay, N.Y., 41
Pace, Lorraine, 138–40, 193
Palin, Sarah, 72
Pallone, Frank, 122–23
Panksepp, Jaak, 107n
Panorama (TV show), 160–63
paradigm shifts, 81n
paralysis, polio and, 40, 46–47, 50–52, 54, 55, 56, 64
paranoia, 199
paranoid delusions, 91
parasites, 87
parental:
guilt, 12
helplessness, 12
isolation, 12–13, 184–85
resentment, 12
Parents for Vaccine Awareness conference (1999), 188–89
Parliament, British, 236
patents, 116–17, 226, 236
paternal age, 84
pattern recognition, 193
Paula Zahn Now (TV show), 88
Paulos, John Allen, 261
Pax Americana (Fenn), 27
Pediatrics, 64–65, 75, 210
peer review, 108, 143, 154–55, 158, 209, 210, 230
penicillin, 36
Pennsylvania, 65, 305–6
People, 256
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 48n
pertussis (whooping cough), 19, 66, 127, 273, 276–82, 306, 308
pertussis vaccine, 60–61, 66, 122, 154, 277, 306
see also diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine
pesticides, 123
Petitioners’ Steering Committee (PSC), 284–85
Pfizer, 142
pharmaceutical industry, 5, 18, 35, 54, 64, 65, 236
compensation system and, 147–48, 178
Consumer Protection Act and, 102
DSM and, 80
Kennedy’s views on, 222
McCarthy’s views on, 260
NAAR and, 230
single-dose vaccines and, 112
vaccine safety and, 122
see also specific companies
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 64
Philip Morris, 210
Phipps, James, 31
phone tapping, 199
physics, 156–57
Pigeault, Nicole, 251
Pinker, Steven, 26
Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital, 4–5
Playboy, 249
Plotkin, Stanley, 129
polarization, 197–200
Poling, Hannah, 218–20
Poling, Jon, 218–20
Poling, Terry, 218–20
polio, 38–56, 146
polio vaccine, 38, 43–56, 64
Cutter Incident and, 46–47, 49–53, 55
limitations of, 45–46
rumors of shortage of, 46
politics, 7, 46, 74n, 171–72
Morgellons syndrome and, 95
“Politics of Autism, The” (Wall Street Journal editorial), 167–69
polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 160–61
poor source credibility (sinister attribution error), 197n
Popper, Karl, 155–56
“Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism, A,” 163–65
positive thinking, 260
Poulter, Matthew, 300–301
Poulter, Rochelle, 300, 301
Powers, Tom, 286
pregnancy, 84, 107n, 121, 133, 135, 250, 287
thalidomide and, 146
premature babies, 151, 172–73
Propecia, 230n
Prosser, Karen, 113–14
Prosser, Ryan, 113–14
Protest Psychosis, The (Metzl), 80
Provigil, 94
psychology, 269–70
psychomotor agitation, 93
psychosomatic medicine, 268
Ptolemy, 81n
public health policy, 55–57, 196, 271, 283
Public Health Service, U.S., 46, 58, 126, 131
Puritans, 24–25
Qin Shi Huang, 119
quantum mechanics, 158
quarantines, 41, 56, 272
Quebec, 28
Rain Man (film), 82n
randomized clinical trials, 109, 110n
&n
bsp; randomness, 140n
Rapoport, Judy, 83
rashes, 87n, 143–44, 153
rationalism, 11, 155, 192, 193
rats, 107, 235n
Red Sox fans, 197
Redwood, Lyn Horne, 133–34, 140–41, 142, 149, 152–53
IOM committee review and, 170, 171, 173
Kirby’s description of, 208
Kirby’s work with, 206
lawsuits and, 179–80
phone tapping and, 199
Redwood, Tommy, 133, 180
Redwood, Will, 133–34, 136, 180
refrigerator mothers, 77, 78
Renaissance, 155
Renzi, Linda, 286–88
Republicans, 46, 62, 130, 139n, 187, 205
Lilly’s ties to, 204
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), 275
retardation, see mental retardation
Rett disorder, 81
Reyes, Anita, 64, 147
Reynolds, Shelley, 141–42
Rima, Bert, 292n
Rimland, Bernard, 81–82, 136–37, 188, 228
Rimland, Mark, 81–82, 136
River Parishes Hospital, 275
“Roadmap, The” (Kirkman Labs resource guide), 264
Rochester, University of, 121
Rockefeller, John D., 41
Rockefeller Foundation, 37
Rolling Stone, 221, 226
Romaguera, Danielle Broussard, 274–82
Romaguera, Gabriel, 282
Romaguera, Gabrielle (Brie), 274–82
Romaguera, Michael, 281
Romaguera, Ralph, 274–82
Romaguera, Trey, 281
Romans, ancient, 119
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 42, 44
Rouse, Andrew, 115, 116
Royal Free Hospital, 5, 116, 291, 300–301
Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, 106–8, 109n
rubella, 19, 100, 182, 289
see also measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
Russert, Tim, 214–17
Saberhagen, Bret, 230n
Sabin, Albert, 54, 63
SafeMinds (Coalition for Sensible Action for Ending Mercury Induced Neurological Disorders), 142–45, 164, 168–73, 214, 228, 284
Age of Autism and, 217–18
cognitive biases and, 193–94
IOM committee review and, 170–73, 199–200
Kennedy and, 221, 222
Washington rally (2003) and, 205–6
Sagan, Carl, 158
St. George’s Medical School, 31n
Salisbury, David, 104, 105
Salk, Jonas, 43–47, 53, 63
Salk polio vaccine field trials, 43, 49, 146
Salon.com, 221, 226
Santa Fe New Mexican, The, 90n
Sarkine, Christian, 141
Sarkine, Danielle, 141
Satcher, David, 125
Savely, Ginger, 90, 95
scabies, 87n
Scandinavia, 132, 154
Scanner Darkly, A (film), 89
Scarborough, Joe, 226, 227
Schaffner, William, 167
Scheele, Leonard, 45, 46–47, 53
Scheflen, Clifford, 258–59
Schiphol International Airport, 197n
schizophrenia, 76, 80, 81, 209