Good to see it only took 10 years to figure out the autism epidemic isn't caused by maternal flu. The pace of autism research is staggering! It should only take a few millenia to figure it out at this rate.

The CDC still says the autism rate is 1 in 68. This study shows a rate of 1.6%. That's 1 in 62. But given how long this study went for, even this figure is old. Other more short-term studies show a rate of around 1 in 50. Even if the rate stays at around 1 in 50 there will eventually be 1/50th of the population or 6.5 million cases of autism in the US alone. Given that the lifetime cost of supporting someone with autism is several million dollars, the cost of autism is literally trillions of dollars. But how much is spent on research to prevent/cure autism?

Of course the rate IS increasing though. CDC says 1 in 68 a couple of years ago. This study says 1 in 62. Other recent shorter-term studies say as high as 1 in 50. At the rate it's increasing, it won't be long until the economy is not able to support all the autistics. What then?

At what point do we start panicking?

It's like the boiling frog experiment. Imagine if autism was NEW! Imagine if suddenly 1 in 50 kids had a new condition that caused them to stop speaking and run around on tip-toes flapping their hands etc etc. Imagine the panic then!

But no. We have have a mad panic to desperately find a solution to things like the Zika virus. Why?

"The number of babies with Zika-linked birth defects born in the continental United States is at 25"

Gosh.