Letters to the Editor
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A couple of things...
First, I congratulate Dr. Parikh on his exposure of the charlatans who claim an autism/thimerosol link. I do hope that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his staff of eco-extremists are reading Salon. (Why wouldn't they?) And that they see this. Kennedy has become one of the leaders of this silly, anti-scientific craze. That is, ever since he got off probation for his heroin bust. And they complain about the Republican war on science?!?
Second, I don't know too many doctors who wouldn't welcome into their practice a patient demographic of smart, educated web users. Naturally, one might also expect that doctors might not want to argue with their patients about bogus medical studies that turned up in the flotsam and jetsam of a patient's Google search. Especially when those doctors aren't paid for web debating.