Re: 20 Aug 2008 article: 'Do vaccines cause autism?' by Jurry Taalib-Deen

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To Whomever It May Concern:

When I began to read your article:

" Do vaccines cause autism? " by Jurry

Taalib-Deen, The Toledo Journal,

originally posted 8/20/2008, I hoped

that it would accurately report the

facts and address the issues.

However, the article was disappointing

because it contained little accurate

reporting of factual information and

consistently provided the views of the

typical vaccine apologist with " facts "

that were obvious distortions of reality.

Factually, in the recent Poling case

(Hannah Poling v. Sec. HHS; Vaccine

Injury Compensation US Court of Federal

Claims 02-v-01466), medical professionals

in the US Department of Health and Human

Servicces (HHS) conceded that vaccinations

caused Hanah Poling's autism diagnosis

since the " autism " is defined by the

" symptoms of autism " BEFORE the Poling

case could be heard as a PRIMARY test case

for the theory " Thimerosal in vaccines

causes autism " .

Thus, the government has conceded that

vaccinations (the giving of vaccines)

can cause autism.

Based on the Poling decision and the still

" concealed " medical records and the expert

reports associated with this case, the

answer to the article's title question:

" Do vaccines cause autism? "

is clearly:

" Yes, in some cases!

With respect to the article's: " So where

did this recent resurgence originate? " ,

the writer knits together a fairy tale

composed of snipets of fact and falsity

concerning The Lancet, Dr. Wakefield,

Thimerosal, the MMR vaccine, and " autism " .

Actually, there has been no " resurgence " .

Factually, Dr. Wakefield did NOT, for

example, " theorize thimerosal, a form of

mercury that was once used in vaccines,

was the cause " .

In actuality, " Ten of the 13 authors on the

original study " DID NOT PULL " their names

because they acknowledged that there were

many flaws during the study " -- SIX YEARS

after the original article:

Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, A, Linnell

J, Casson DM, Malik M, Berelowitz M,

Dhillon AP, Thomson MA, Harvey P, Valentine

A, Davies SE, - JA. Ileal-

lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific

colitis, and pervasive developmental

disorder in children. Lancet. 1998 Feb 28;

351(9103): 637-41.

was published, 10 of 13 authors, all of whom

were under pressure from a UK medical review

board, published the following article in The

Lancet:

Murch SH, A, Casson DH, Malik M,

Berelowitz M, Dhillon AP, Thomson MA, Valentine

A, Davies SE, - JA. Retraction of

an interpretation. Lancet. 2004 Mar 6; 363

(9411): 750,

which ONLY " retracted " the intrepretation of

the study and NOT the validity of: a) the study

or its findings.

Factually, until today, August 21, 2008:

1. Thimerosal CONTINUES to be used as a

process sterilant and preservative in

some US-licensed vaccine formulations.

See:

http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t3.

2. The US FDA has continued to approve NEW

vaccine formulations that are Thimerosal-

preserved, including CSL Limited's 2008-2009

Afluria multidose formulation, ID Biomedical

Corporation of Quebec's 2008-2009 FluLaval,

Sanofi Pasteur, Inc's 2008-2009 Fluzone

multidose formulation, and Sanofi Pasteur

Inc's Influenza Virus Vaccine, H5N1.

3. In addition, the FDA has continued to license

13 other Thimerosal-preserved and/or Thimerosal-

containing vaccine formultations.

4. The US FDA has refused to revoke the licenses

of the Thimerosal-preserved formulations when

a reduced-Thimerosal formulation was licensed.

5. The US FDA has refused to revoke the licenses

of the Thimerosal-preserved and the reduced-

Thimerosal formulations when the " no Thimerosal "

formulation was approved.

6. WITHOUT PROOF of safety and effectiveness, the

US CDC added Thimerosal-preserved flu vaccines

to the vaccination schedule for children as

young as 6 months and pregnant women in 2002.

The rest of the article seems to be more of

an " infomercial " for the American Academy of

Pediatrics and pediatricians than an article

to provide helpful factual information about

vaccines and vaccination for your readers

who are parents facing the need to make truly

informed choices about their children's

health care.

IF any of you are truly interested in the facts,

THEN, please check the references cited and read:

" A Review of: 'Vaccine safety: genuine concern

or a legacy of unfounded skepticism.' Expert

Reviews of Vaccines 2008; 7(3): 275-277.

Chatterjee A. (27 July 2008; 40 pages) " ,

which can be found in the " Documents " section

of CoMeD's web site:

http://www.mercury-freedrugs.org

[File: 080727_DrftRevu_VaccineSafety_

GenuineConcernOr-b1.pdf]

along with other fact-based articles discus-

sing various factual reality in the context

of the pronouncements made by various vaccine

apologists, including, based on his " Do

Vaccines Cause Autism? " article, Jurry

Taalib-Deen.

Hopefully, this information has, at least,

provided you with some insight into the

facts about the connection between

" vaccines " and " neurodevelopmental disorders " ,

including " autism " .

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Dr. King

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