Vaccines and autism/response to AAP

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OK, I just sent them this e-mail.

Dear Ms. ,

My family has primary immune deficiencies and autoimmune reactions to

mercury--not in one member, but in multiple persons whose medical

doctors were not even in contact with one another for decades. I

went to my grandson's prenatal visit with his pediatrician to inform

her that I have Common Variable Immunodeficiency with IgA deficiency

(279.06) and that care should be taken regarding the child's health

because this is known to be genetic.

In spite of this, he was immunized at age 12 months with the

varicella vaccine. The manufacturer, Merck, states on their package

insert that it should not be given to children with immune

deficiencies in the family, but the AAP's policy was that this was

acceptable if it was " only " a humoral immune deficiency. Of course,

the risk/benefit ratio is skewed badly for children who cannot

produce antibodies in response to vaccines! Shortly after his

varicella vaccine he developed a high fever which was diagnosed as

RSV (without any proof). Then by 13 months he lost eye contact, the

nascent speech, and joint attention, all of which were present at 9

months.

Later he was diagnosed as having high functioning autism.

Interestingly, 3 years and 3 weeks after the vaccine was given, he

came down with shingles on the cervical dermatome and atypical

pneumonia and was treated with acyclovir, an anti-viral medication.

His speech articulation, according to his speech therapist, then

became suddenly age appropriate.

is recovering now, not with behavioral but with medical

treatment. Like me, he also has celiac disease, so he is on a gluten-

free diet. We have recently had some good success with auditory

integration therapy to undo the effects of the varicella on his

auditory processing. He has not been able to attend public school

due to overwhelm and sound sensitivity, but he has superior

intelligence.

Please do not insult the intelligence of the persons who are

objecting to your policies regarding vaccines. We know whereof we

speak. I am 63 and had measles, chickenpox and mumps all in first

grade. My mother had measles spinal meningitis as a five year old

and is now 86 years old and healthy and independent.

I am considering taking my grandchild ONLY to my D.O. who is NOT a

member of your organization. If parents start to boycott members of

the AAP, perhaps they will listen. Right now they are not listening

to us.

I won't bother telling you about how several members of our family

produce positive ANAs with a nucleolar pattern and developed lupus in

response to mercury exposure, just like the lupus-prone mice. You

probably would not understand. And I have to say, if pediatricians

immunized only those children who did not have a family history of

autoimmunity and primary genetic immune deficiencies, our family

would perhaps be safer. But at present, no one is safe with the

number of vaccines being given.

So go ahead, drag up your tragic stories of children damaged by

childhood diseases. Be sure not to tell anybody that the diseases

might be more harmful when the previous generation were all

vaccinated and did not pass on any immunity to the natural strains of

viruses by breastfeeding. Be sure not to tell anyone either that the

mortality rate from these diseases had already dropped sharply

because of better nutrition and hygiene before some of the vaccines

were introduced. But do not expect us to deny what we already know.

And we will tell the next generation.

Sincerely,

Kathleen E, PhD, Cornell University

I am sorry that I cannot sign my full name, because I need to protect

my grandchildren from attack by the medical establishment. That is a

sad statement about the state of affairs.