Reposting Huffpo

[Guest guest]

With appologies to Sen. Clinton and A-CHAMP - DK

Obama Climbs On The Vaccine Bandwagon

No matter who wins in Pennsylvania today, the next

President of the United States will support research into the growing evidence

of some link between vaccines and autism.

Senator McCain has already expressed his belief that

vaccines and the mercury containing preservative thimerosal could be implicated

in what he has rightly termed an " autism epidemic. "

Senator Hillary Clinton, in response to a questionaire

from the autism activist group A-CHAMP, wrote that she was " Committed to

make investments to find the causes of autism, including possible environmental

causes like vaccines. " And when asked if she would support a study of

vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children, she said: " Yes. We don't know what,

if any, kind of link there is between vaccines and autism - but we should find

out.

And now, yesterday, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama had this

rather surprising thing to say:

" We've seen just a

skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the

vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we

have to research it. "

So there you have it, our next

President will share the views of such radical fringe crazies as, well, me,

Democrat Kennedy, Jr., Republican Joe Scarborough, former NIH and Red Cross

chief Bernadine Healy, and several researchers at Harvard, s Hopkins, the

Universities of California and Washington and elsewhere.

All of us agree: Current evidence suggests that vaccines could be a

contributing factor in some cases of autism, and more research is immediately

required.

And yes, now the comments to this piece will come flying

in, repeating the tired mantra that " this case is closed, " that

vaccines and thimerosal have been " completely vindicated, " and that

people like me are just trying to scare the public and drive them away from

vaccines, leaving their children vulnerable and sick.

Of course, none of the above is true. So stay tuned.

To begin with, government researchers are currently

looking into a number of factors that may trigger autism, including vaccines,

their ingredients and the crowded vaccine schedule itself.

Secondly, on April 11th, I attended a top-level meeting

in Washington where vaccine safety officials discussed all of the above issues,

and more. Included on the Federal Draft Research Agenda for vaccine safety are

now questions such as:

Can vaccines cause

neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism?

Can vaccines in children with mitochondrial dysfunction cause significant

" neurological deterioration? "

Can the combination live-virus measles, mumps and rubella

vaccine cause seizures and long term damage in children?

Can vaccines cause autoimmune disease?

Can thimerosal cause tics or Tourette syndrome?

Can attenuated viruses in vaccines cause asthma in

children?

So, no matter who is President next year, top government researchers will be

examining the role of vaccines in autism and other childhood illnesses. Thus,

the declarations of McCain, Clinton and now Obama, make good

scientific sense.

But there is more.

Dozens of autism cases (and perhaps more) currently filed

in so-called Vaccine Court will almost certainly be compensated this year. Why?

Because a little girl named Hannah Poling with a supposedly rare mitochondrial

condition was recently compensated for her own vaccine injuries, including

autism and epilepsy.

But I have personally identified at least a dozen (and

there are reports of many more) children with cases in the court who meet the

exact same medical criteria as Hannah, and whose cases will almost surely be

compensated as well -- each time with the attendant media fanfare.

My prediction is that, by Election Day, few Americans

will still believe there is absolutely no evidence to link vaccines to at least

some cases of regressive autism.

So the remarks by all three candidates not only reflect

good science, they reflect good politics as well.

[Guest guest]

> So the remarks by all three candidates not only reflect good science,

> they reflect good politics as well.

Beautiful...in every way!

[Guest guest]

We don’t need more lip service research. What we need

is unbiased interpretation of the existing research. We need someone who

has the balls to say right now “If you elect me I will….” With

the following list of items.

1.

Open up the VSD

2.

Fire Gerberding

3.

Truly INFORM people of risks associated with vaccines PRIOR to

shooting them up

4.

Open up the Vaccine Court to include other Autism cases that can be

linked, not just the ones that fit in the neat little package of “their”

time frame.

5.

Make the FDA approval of vaccines not be based on the manufacturer’s

report of safety.

6.

When a Pharma co fails inspection during a run on making vaccines/drugs,

do NOT put that run on meds on the market.

7.

INDEPENDENTLY funded and performed TRUE research. Compare

rates among vaxed vs non vaxed.

That is just the beginning that I could come up with off the top

of my head, I am sure that we could come up with more, but until a candidate

steps up the balls big enough to stand behind these kinds of promises, no

amount of government funded/backed “research” is EVER going to be

enough and all their promises are empty.

Dina Mason

Critical Decisions Count-http://users.adelphia.net/~cdc/

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With appologies to Sen. Clinton and

A-CHAMP - DK

Obama Climbs On The Vaccine Bandwagon

No matter who wins in Pennsylvania today, the next President

of the United States will support research into the growing evidence of some

link between vaccines and autism.

Senator McCain has already expressed his belief that

vaccines and the mercury containing preservative thimerosal could be implicated

in what he has rightly termed an " autism epidemic. "

Senator Hillary Clinton, in response to a questionaire from

the autism activist group A-CHAMP, wrote that she was " Committed to make

investments to find the causes of autism, including possible environmental

causes like vaccines. " And when asked if she would support a study of

vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children, she said: " Yes. We don't know what,

if any, kind of link there is between vaccines and autism - but we should find

out.

And now, yesterday, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama had this

rather surprising thing to say:

" We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are

suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The

science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. "

So there you have it, our next President will share the views of such

radical fringe crazies as, well, me, Democrat Kennedy, Jr., Republican

Joe Scarborough, former NIH and Red Cross chief Bernadine Healy, and several

researchers at Harvard, s Hopkins, the Universities of California and

Washington and elsewhere.

All of us agree: Current evidence suggests that vaccines could be a

contributing factor in some cases of autism, and more research is immediately

required.

And yes, now the comments to this piece will come flying in,

repeating the tired mantra that " this case is closed, " that vaccines

and thimerosal have been " completely vindicated, " and that people

like me are just trying to scare the public and drive them away from vaccines,

leaving their children vulnerable and sick.

Of course, none of the above is true. So stay tuned.

To begin with, government researchers are currently looking

into a number of factors that may trigger autism, including vaccines, their

ingredients and the crowded vaccine schedule itself.

Secondly, on April 11th, I attended a top-level meeting in

Washington where vaccine safety officials discussed all of the above issues,

and more. Included on the Federal Draft Research Agenda for vaccine safety are

now questions such as:

Can vaccines cause neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism?

Can vaccines in children with mitochondrial dysfunction cause significant

" neurological deterioration? "

Can the combination live-virus measles, mumps and rubella

vaccine cause seizures and long term damage in children?

Can vaccines cause autoimmune disease?

Can thimerosal cause tics or Tourette syndrome?

Can attenuated viruses in vaccines cause asthma in children?

So, no matter who is President next year, top government researchers will be

examining the role of vaccines in autism and other childhood illnesses. Thus,

the declarations of McCain, Clinton and now Obama, make good

scientific sense.

But there is more.

Dozens of autism cases (and perhaps more) currently filed in

so-called Vaccine Court will almost certainly be compensated this year. Why?

Because a little girl named Hannah Poling with a supposedly rare mitochondrial

condition was recently compensated for her own vaccine injuries, including

autism and epilepsy.

But I have personally identified at least a dozen (and there

are reports of many more) children with cases in the court who meet the exact

same medical criteria as Hannah, and whose cases will almost surely be

compensated as well -- each time with the attendant media fanfare.

My prediction is that, by Election Day, few Americans will

still believe there is absolutely no evidence to link vaccines to at least some

cases of regressive autism.

So the remarks by all three candidates not only reflect good

science, they reflect good politics as well.