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No one ever said it was the main culprit, it is one of many. In most cases they replaced the thimerosal with aluminum, which has fewer studies proving its toxicity as a heavy metal, but the studies that have been done show it is only minimally better than mercury. And as shown in one of the studies in the book you bought, the rate did slow down a bit (not the overall numbers, but the rate, because remember again that the numbers are accelerating,) but the study authors changed the data parameters again and again until they got the numbers to say what they wanted. Look at their own publicly available data in a more logical way, and there is clearly an effect from removing thimerosal.
Wikipedia can say what it wants, I personally know two mothers whose 6-month-old babies were given flu shots with thimerosal. There is a huge disconnect between the cover-your-ass age recommendations they may or may not put on the bottle, and what the pediatricians dole out. Because remember, they fundamentally believe the thimerosal isn't a problem, so why would they be careful with it?
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