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19. Ok, respectfully, here's the concise version.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #15)

Wed Nov 12, 2014, 05:25 PM

Nov 2014

YOU SAID:

"2. Hannah Polling hasn't been diagnosed with autism and therefore she offers no support for people who believe that her case somehow justifies the fear that vaccines cause autism."

HER FATHER SAID:

"Actually—Hannah has diagnoses of DSM-IV Autism (by JHU/KKI psychology) and mitochondrial disorder (by two metabolic experts)."

Dr. Poling is a neurologist MD/PhD
JHU: Johns Hopkins University
KKI: http://www.kennedykrieger.org

Your facts are incorrect.

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