Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Autism and Vaccine by Tim O'Shea,DC http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/18/25/02.htmlPerhaps one of the most shocking pieces ever to appear on television thispast April: a six-hour taping of a Congressional investigation into therelationship between vaccines and autism among American children. Thisfootage appeared on C-SPAN and was then archived on their website for aentire month.On April 6, Rep. Dan Burton convened the Congressional hearing in whichparents repeatedly told similar stories - how their normally developingbabies, after MMR or DPT vaccinations, began displaying autistic behaviors,conditions that are often permanent. Happy, bright children were suddenlylosing their abilities to learn, communicate or even recognize theirparents.Amazing testimony was given by experts in the field of autism:Mary Megson,MD, explained how autism has gone from being rare (about oneincident per 10,000 children in 1978), to epidemic proportions in 2000 AD:one case in every 300-500 children in many areas! Megson's research hasshown total deficiency of vitamin A in almost all autistic children. Whatdepletes the body of vitamin A at 15 months? The MMR vaccine. In addition,Megson found that pertussis toxin from the DPT shot disrupted a certainprotein that is necessary for retinal formation. This would account for theprevalence of night-blindness and loss of 3D vision so common amongautistics.John O'Leary,PhD, a world-class researcher and molecular biologist fromIreland, using state-of-the-art sequencing technology, showed how he hadfound the measles virus in the gut of 96% of autistic children, compared to6.6% in normal children. This virus did not come from the natural disease,but from the measles vaccine. Dr. O'Leary found measles virus present in 75%of children with Crohn's disease. Crohn's has traditionally been anintestinal disease of adults, following years of dietary abuse. Itsappearance in children is a new event, and Dr. O'Leary's work points to themeasles virus from vaccines as the likely cause.V. Singh,MDM, a specialist from Utah State who has studied over 400 cases ofautism, found that these children had experienced an autoimmune episode, inwhich their own bodies had been made to attack the linings of their nervoussystems. Dr. Singh characterized the epidemic as a "hyperimmune response tothe measles virus." He stated that 55% of the families said that autismappeared soon after an MMR shot, and that 33% of families said it appearedsoon after a DPT shot. Such neurologic damage is a well-establishedside-effect of the mercury, aluminum, and formaldehyde used in thesevaccines.Andrew Wakefield,MD, a brilliant researcher from the UK, noted an almost100% incidence of "lymphoid nodular hyperplasia" or swollen lumps throughoutthe intestinal tissue of autistics. Such a condition is rare in normalchildren. Intestinal pathology is characteristic of the autistic child, andthe condition generally follows soon after the MMR shot. Dr. Wakefieldexplained that as the fragile, newborn intestine cannot function because ofits swollen condition, undigested toxins from vaccines and drugs are allowedto get into the liver, which is also in a formative stage. Liver pathologyis very common among autistics. Wakefield's hypothesis is that these same"undegraded toxins," having not been halted by the intestine or the liver,as normally happens, that these toxins are then free to attack the nervoussystem, and that autism may well be the result.Kathy Pratt,PhD, director of the Indiana Center for Autism, stated that 1 in400 children in Indiana were autistic! With 500,000 cases reported in theU.S., Dr. Pratt stated that autism is now more common than Down's syndrome.Dr. Pratt points out that autism presently may disqualify a person formedical coverage for other, unrelated conditions.Michael Goldberg,MD, a California pediatrician and researcher, explained howit was impossible to have an epidemic based solely on genetics. That's thestandard excuse the CDC and the NIH have been using to explain how autismhas grown from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 300 in just 22 years.Seeing the American democratic system in action in a live Congressionalhearing, it soon becomes apparent how the control of information operates,even in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence that we may well bepoisoning our own children!The requisite defenders of the status quo robotically read their predictableprepared statements, denying the possibility of any connection betweenautism and vaccines. These included MDs Paul Offit, Edwin Cook, Brent Taylorand others. After they uniformly denied the vaccine/autism connection, itwas most illuminating when Burton asked each one of them point-blank aboutthe money each received from the vaccine manufacturers. And these aremembers of the advisory committee who make the decisions about whichvaccines are to be included in the mandated vaccination schedule.Colleen Boyle was there to represent the Centers for Disease Control. Afterstumbling through her prepared statement in which she denied any connectionbetween autism and vaccines, Boyle stated the present incidence to be "12 in10,000." Burton then stopped her cold by asking her one simple question: Didshe think it was a conflict of interest for the same people who were fundedby the vaccine manufacturers to be on the advisory board making decisionsabout which vaccines should be given to American children? Boyle wasdumfounded and speechless. Burton repeated the question. Still no answer.Boyle's mute portrayal of the career bureaucrat spoke volumes.Equally inept and ill-prepared was Deborah Hirtz, MD, representing theNational Institutes of Health. Losing her place in her written statement,Hirtz forgot what she was saying, and it seemed obvious she had not writtenit. Finally, she just barely managed to put across what she was sent thereto say - that there could be no connection between vaccines and autism, butthat the NIH was "looking into it." The NIH has already spent some $40million per year of taxpayer money "looking into it." (Hirtz) Their answer:It needs further study. The performance of these representatives from thetwo government agencies who have almost sovereign power in the area ofvaccines was frightening - their indifference; lack of information;condescension; and low level of intelligence. They gave no sign of havingunderstood one word of the critically important breakthrough research thathad just been so brilliantly expounded by Drs. Megson, O'Leary, andWakefield. This is what power looks like - people who have been in theirposition so long that they know they don't have to justify themselves toanyone lower down on the food chain.Government agencies have the same answer to every problem: more committees;more money; more study; and more meetings. Meanwhile, 22 years have gone by,and all these people say is "we don't know." After 22 years and $100million, we don't know the incidence, the cause or the cure for autism. Butwe'll definitely "look into it." And, oh yes, it's definitely "notvaccines."The shocking scientific findings of Wakefield and O'Leary obviously demandmore research. So then, why are the vaccines not suspended until thatresearch is done? The underlying assumption is that the vaccines willcontinue as normal until enough "research" proves it is dangerous, as withrotavirus and Quadrigen. Only then will MMR be suspended. This is thethinking that passes as logic. The key point here that no one seems to bepointing out is that research should be done before mandating a vaccine intothe bloodstream of American children! You don't just start mass-injectingsomething into a population and then stand back and defy independentscientists to prove it isn't safe! That's exactly what we've done here.As a nation, as a government, and as parents, Americans should be verycertain, beyond a reasonable doubt, that any substance being injected intoan unformed little nervous system is absolutely safe and does no harm. Thatshoul be the minimum requirement. Drs. Wakefield, O'Leary, and Megson haveshown startling results from some of the only scientific research on autismand vaccines in the entire world that has not been funded by the vaccinemanufacturers. This research also shows a high likelihood that MMR and DPTvaccines may cause permanent intestinal destruction, liver damage, andautism. It presents a very plausible hypothesis for the horrific increase ofautism since 1978. So, until we know for certain if they're right, why arethe vaccines not suspended?Researcher Gary Null's pert answer comes swimming to the surface; "It's themoney, stupid." By the end of the hearing, Burton's room was polarized intothree groups:* those who were convinced of a connection between autism and vaccines* those who admitted the possibility* those who angrily denied the possibility, affronted that anyone wouldquestion their "scientific" opinionsIt was amusing to see which people in the room were trying to discover thetruth, and which were trying their best to cover it up.Despite Burton's heroic efforts to bring these matters into public view,it's an uphill struggle. The big money's on the side of vaccines. Big moneycontrols research, the press, "scientific" journals, and politicians. Seeingall these forces clash together in one room in just six hours has been themost instructive display of confusing the issues perhaps since the OJ trial.Watching a live congressional hearing like this, it soon becomes clear thatfor them, the real priority isn't necessarily finding the truth, but rathershowing who's really in charge here. The viewer begins to understand howautism could have gone from being unknown in 1978 to being a household wordin just 22 years with so little fanfare.Without undue pessimism, the prospects for unbiased, objective scientificlogic to prevail in deciding the future of MMR and DPT vaccines do not lookbright. The mentality of the CDC and the NIH was well characterized in thisvideotape. The control of research and information by drug manufacturers waspervasive. Burton's co-chairman, Henry Waxman, did his best to divertattention from the issues to himself, to waste time on "points of order,"and to prevent anyone who disagreed with him from being heard. Waxman'sscience champion, researcher Brent Taylor,MD, has recently had an articlepublished in Lancet that supposedly shows no possible connection betweenvaccines and autism. Now Taylor has refused to provide his data for thestudy when repeatedly asked by other researchers, like Dr. Bernard Rimland.Such a request is standard, and researchers commonly share their data whenrequested, unless they have something to hide. Taylor's combination of fearand arrogance is characteristic of the way that research, and ultimately,decision-making on vaccines by the advisory committee. The researchers whohave unlimited funding may 'prove' whatever they wish, get it published inthe best journals, which are heavily advertised in by the drug companies,and then refuse to respond to valid objections, because they know that thoseopposing points of view will probably not be published.Despite these formidable obstacles, doubts are creeping into the overallpublic "consciousness" from many different directions about the safety ofvaccines. At one in 500, the fact of autism as an epidemic can no longer becovered up. The work of Wakefield, O'Leary, and Megson is going to be verydifficult to explain away. The massive advertising campaign about the safetyof vaccines in the popular media, which is certain to be stepped up in thenext few months, is going to look very hollow in the light of clean,unbiased research that is not funded by parties who stand to make billionsfrom certain predetermined results.Author's note: Excerpted from forthcoming third edition of the Sanctity ofHuman Blood, New West, Publisher.Referenceshttp://www.c-span.org . Government Reform Committee hearing on vaccines andautism, 6 Apr 2000, Chairman: Representative Dan Burton.Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on GovernmentReform, 6 Apr 2000:. Hirtz D, National Institutes of Health . Megson M, MD, American Academy ofPediatrics . Wakefield A, MD, Royal Free University College MedicalSchool. . O'Leary J, PhD, Coomb's Women's Hospital, Dublin. . Singh V, PhD,Utah State University . Boyle C, MD, National Institutes of Health . OffitP, MD, University of Pennsylvania .. Taylor B, MD, Royal Free UniversityCollege Medical . Rimland B, PhD, Autism Research Institute, San Diego .Goldberg M, MD, NIDS Research InstituteReprints of testimony are available from the Office of Government Reform,Washington, DC (202) 225-2276 Videotape available from http://www.c-span.orgTim O'SheaSan Jose, California-Dawn RichardsonPROVE(Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education)prove (email)http://vaccineinfo.net/ (web site)-PROVE provides information on vaccines, and immunization policies andpractices that affect the children and adults of Texas. 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