>> It is now illegal in the state of Washington for pregnant women and children under the age of three to receive vaccinations that contain mercury products. This includes vaccinations (and flu shots) that contain thimerosal. The legal code of the state does comment

Regardless of the absence of thimerosal in childhood vaccines in Washington, scientifically reputable organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Food and Drug Administration, and the World Health Organization have all determined that there is no credible evidence that the use of thimerosal in vaccines poses a threat to the health and safety of children.

There are plenty of sites, however, that argue that thimerosal causes autism in children.

It sounds like the bulk of vaccinations in Washington state are free of thimerosal, though I do wonder how (some) parents negotiate the risk-benefit ratio of their kid(s) potentially contracting a preventable disease without vaccinations and “potentially” (…?) developing autism with vaccinations.

>> I now have a Twitter account. I blame Joshua, the kidney guy. If you choose to follow me (yeah, I’m not sure why you would want to, either), you can learn about what I read for work. I’m not sure if posting phrases from the literature will be sufficiently reinforcing for me, but it could be. It’s an experiment. With only one observer at this point (the kidney guy). Consider joining him—two kidneys are better than one.