CDC Knew of Potential Link Between Vaccines and Autism

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CDC Knew of Potential Link Between Vaccines and Autism

 

" According to Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman of the

Government Reform Committee, physicians and a growing number of

parents believe that autism affecting their children is related to a

mercury preservative used in numerous vaccines. "

 

CDC Knew of Potential Link Between Vaccines and Autism

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Posted: April 8, 2004

7:20 PM Pacific

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In the 1990s, despite credible research and opposition by qualified

physicians, the massive push began to vaccinate infants and toddlers

with multiple doses for many diseases and vaccines that had

questionable science backing up the licensing.

 

One of the biggest concerns was the MMr and MMr II vaccine. According

to Vaccine Liberation:

Numerous medical reports published in prestigious medical journals

have cited major complications resulting from the MMR vaccine,

including retardation, chronic seizures, inflammatory bowel disease,

hearing loss, chronic arthritis, encephalitis and aseptic meningitis.

 

MMR is closely linked to America's raging epidemic of autism spectrum

disorders. One in every 300-500 U.S. children now develops autism. In

1978, only one child in 10,000 developed autism. Late onset autism

causes previously normal babies to develop severe abdominal cramping,

hyperactivity, learning and social disabilities, along with abnormally

aggressive behavior.

 

 

Studies conducted by British scientist Dr. Andrew Wakefield show a

significant correlation between autism and the MMR vaccine. Wakefield

found that the MMR vaccine increases the permeability of the bowel,

causing " leaky gut syndrome. " Toxin-laden fecal matter is then allowed

to escape the digestive tract and enter the bloodstream. Once in the

blood, the toxins travel to the brain where they damage sensitive

brain tissues leading to the development of autism. Dr. Wakefield also

found that autistic children develop inflamed bowel nodules causing

indigestion and liver damage from toxic overload. His findings have

been corroborated by Irish molecular biologist John O'Leary , who

found measles virus in the gut of 96% of vaccinated autistic children

and in 75% of children with Crohn's Disease.

 

According to Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman of the Government

Reform Committee, physicians and a growing number of parents believe

that autism affecting their children is related to a mercury

preservative used in numerous vaccines. This preservative is called

thimerosal, and it contains mercury, a known neuro-toxin. Thimerosal

is still present in some vaccinations and surprisingly - virtually all

flu shots.

 

Writing in the Spring 2001 American Association of Physicians and

Surgeons journal, Medical Sentinel, Joseph Mercola, M.D. stated:

" Immunizations contribute to the enormous and tragic increase in

autism in this country, and it is time physicians take a stand on this

issue and defend the patient's right to choose. It seems imperative, "

states Mercola, " that the first step for physicians who have not

carefully studied this issue is to become informed. "

 

First Coast News had a shocking release earlier this week on the issue

of thimerosal and autism:

" The Centers for Disease Control published a study last fall

repudiating any possible link between thimerosal and developmental

problems like autism in children. However, First Coast News has

obtained non-published documents that show the CDC DID have data

supporting such a link-- but kept it from the public.

" Documents released through the Freedom of Information Act, detail the

transcript of a meeting held in June of 2000 between members of the

CDC, the FDA, and representatives from the vaccine industry. "

 

The reported number of autism cases is being described as epidemic and

growing. As parents struggle to provide treatment for their autistic

children, the Bush Administration has taken steps to keep these

parents in the dark by petitioning a federal court to keep all

documents from the American people on hundreds of cases of autism

believed caused by childhood vaccines. On November 25, 2003,

Department of Justice lawyers asked a U.S. Court of Federal Claims to

" to seal the documents, arguing that allowing their automatic

disclosure would take away the right of federal agencies to decide

when and how the material should be released. "

 

How does Homeland Security play into this unfolding tragedy for untold

numbers of children and their parents?

 

The Homeland Security Bill contained two paragraphs in the 475-page

document that immunizes vaccine manufacturers against the threat of

lawsuits. Specifically, pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly & Company

benefits from such immunity because prior to President Bush signing

the bill into law, they were the target of a massive class action

lawsuit on behalf of autistic children. The parents of these children

believe that the mercury (thimerosol) added to vaccines as a

preservative caused their child's brain damage.

 

President Bush signed the Homeland Security Bill into law, effectively

snuffing out parents ability to sue the pharmaceutical companies

individually and leaving them with brain damaged children and

financial hardship. Supporters of this new law maintain that it was

necessary because all these lawsuits could have driven vaccine makers

out of business. Opponents point out that by shifting the lawsuits

from state courts to the Federal Court of Claims, it represents a

financial boon for pharmaceutical companies because dollar awards will

come from the government and widespread industry fees than than from

individual companies.

 

It is unclear how this lawsuit immunity bonanza for the pharmaceutical

industry has anything to do with homeland security, bio-terror attacks

or keeping America safe from terrorists. Last summer, President Bush

appointed Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly to the Homeland

Security Advisory Council. Since 1989, Eli Lilly alone has given a

whopping $5.9 million to congressional campaigns with 3/4ths of the

money going to GOP candidates. In the last election election cycle,

eighty percent of Republican candidates got the lion's share of the

$1.6 million contributed by Eli Lilly who developed thimerosal and has

profited handsomely from sales over the past 40 years.

 

Thimerosal isn't the only drug linked to other adverse effects on

children. Back in February 2001, News 8 Investigates (Dallas-Ft. Worth

area) covered questionable science at the root of getting vaccines

approved in this country. One of the newer vaccines scrutinized was

RotaShield which was given to the newborn son of Melynda Shay. This

particular vaccine promised in its advertisements that RotoShield

would help prevent childhood diarrhea. Within days after inoculation,

Ms. Shay's newborn's bowels were dangerously obstructed to the point

of possibly rupturing.

 

Federal regulators from the CDC finally discovered more than 100 other

infants like Ms. Shay's son had all suffered the same problem and

RotoShield was pulled off the market. On the very same day RotoShield

was pulled, the CDCs Vaccine Advisory Committee drafted a

recommendation for another new vaccine called Prevnar.

 

Clinical trials of Prevnar tested in 38,000 California children

produced the following results according to the drug company's own

documentation: children receiving Prevnar with other vaccines had more

seizures, more rashes, higher fevers and other side effects than

children who received the control vaccine.

 

Some wonder how these vaccines ever get approval and into the marketplace?

 

Congressman Dan Burton's congressional hearings last summer provided

some disturbing information that could provide at least some insight

on the matter: at least half the members of vaccine committees at both

the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the CDC had financial ties

to drug companies that are developing different versions of the

Rotavirus vaccine. More hearings are scheduled for this spring.

 

 

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