Autism Crisis

ChildrensHealthDefense.org | 4-21-2020

The March 26 release of the CDC’s new Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network report drew scarcely a ripple of notice or concern, in a nation consumed with the coronavirus lockdown. For the last two decades, ADDM has conducted biannual surveillance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence among American children.  The new 2020 report found a nationwide ASD prevalence of 1 in 54 among 8 year-olds born in 2008.  (In practice, “nationwide” means an average over selected counties in 11 states.)  The large majority of ASD cases were among boys, whose prevalence was as high as 1 in 20 in New Jersey...

In conclusion, close to a hundred thousand American children per year are being diagnosed with ASD, a generally lifelong condition that profoundly affects their childhood, schooling and ultimately their ability to live and work independently.

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A vaccine that would alter the genome?

NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins

NIH.gov | 3-16-20

A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle...

The investigational vaccine was developed using a genetic platform called mRNA (messenger RNA). The investigational vaccine directs the body’s cells to express a virus protein that it is hoped will elicit a robust immune response. The mRNA-1273 vaccine has shown promise in animal models, and this is the first trial to examine it in humans.

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Some question whether the "messenger" platform for its development is safe since it could inject substances in to the genome of the person. This is discussed in the below video at about the 25-minute mark.

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...and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind ... the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind ...the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -Genesis 1

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Flesh and Bone and The Protestant Conscience is an e-book on Amazon.com. It is 99¢ and in the Amazon lending library as well. It is also available here in PDF format. The book description follows.

Would you let your conscience be your guide?

Does God care if the skin and bone of the dead are passed along to the living for medical uses? Is organ donation OK with God? Should you sign a Living Will?

Did you know that dead organ donors are often anesthetized before their organs are removed? Do you know the current definition of death? The conscience cannot function without facts.

As we ponder the ethics of in vitro fertilization, stem cell research and man-made chimeras, our thoughts trail off. How then should we live? (Ez 33:10)

How should a Christian think about euthanasia by starvation when doctors and the state attorney general all agree it is time to withhold feeding from a brain injured patient? Some things are family matters, but someday it may be our family.

Here is a small book to help you think about whether you want to sign your driver's license, donate a kidney, cremate your loved one, and many other practical questions that may arise in the course of your healthcare decisions or watch over others.

It offers a special focus on the doctrine of the Resurrection that is related to such decisions. Sunday School classes and Bible Study groups could use this book to facilitate discussion about the issues covered.