Re: Growing list of scientists, health officials and government leaders who support vaccine-autism research

[Guest guest]

---Great piece . It must be difficult to keep up with the list.

Thanks for sticking it out with us!

In EOHarm , " Kirby " wrote:

>

> http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/the-list-keeps.html

>

>

> There is a growing list of scientists, doctors, public health

officials

> and government leaders who now believe that a vaccine-autism

connection

> is at the least possible, and should be researched further.

>

> Earlier this week, Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific

Officer

> at the UK Department of Health was added. Now, eight more prominent

> researchers have joined the group. (See list below - they are the

last

> eight names added).

>

> These are the authors of the new study, " Mitochondrial Disease in

Autism

> Spectrum Disorder Patients: A Cohort Analysis, "

> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%

2Fjournal.pone.00038

> 15#aff1 who did chart reviews on Hannah Poling and two dozen other

> young people with autism and mitochondrial dysfunction.

>

> In my opinion, it could well prove to be one of the most significant

> autism studies published to date. (My Huffington Post article on

this is

> HERE:

> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/new-study---

mitochondrial_b_14

> 7030.html

>

> Mito disorders, which might affect 7-to-30 percent of all children

with

> ASD, can predispose kids to developmental regression following a

> stressful trigger. Such a trigger might come from a febrile

infection -

> or it could conceivably come from a vaccine reaction, the authors

wrote.

>

> " There might be no difference between the inflammatory or catabolic

> (breaking down of tissue) stress of vaccinations and that of common

> childhood diseases, which are known precipitants of mitochondrial

> regression, " they said.

>

> And then they wrote this: " Large, population-based studies will be

> needed to identify a possible relationship of vaccination with

autistic

> regression in persons with mitochondrial cytopathies (cellular

> disorders). "

>

> And so, they get added to the list.

>

> The list keeps changing in other ways. For example, late last

spring it

> listed, " all three presidential candidates " (Obama, Clinton and

McCain).

> Soon enough, that will be changed to US President, Secretary of

State,

> and a pivotal and potentially filibuster-busting Senator from

Arizona.

>

> Another change: Before, the list said, " Autism researchers at s

> Hopkins University Medical Center. " Now, those people can be named,

> along with their colleagues: Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic

and

> Massachusetts General Hospital. I have also listed experts from

Harvard,

> UC and Autism Speaks, who were part of the Strategic Planning

> Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency

> Autism Committee (IACC).

>

> It makes you wonder how long the term " fringe " can seriously be

applied

> to people who believe that this debate is not over.

>

> Finally, keep your eye on the draft National Vaccine Plan at HHS,

> especially this January - right around the time the nation gets a

new

> HHS Secretary and, reportedly, a new Director of the CDC - both of

whom

> could potentially be added to the list, as well.

>

> -----------------------------------------------

>

> In 2008, the following groups and individuals have advocated, or at

> least considered, further study of a possible vaccine-autism

connection:

>

> 1) Presidenti-Elect Barack Obama

> 2) Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Designee

> 3) Sen. McCain, Senior Senator from Arizona and pivotal

> minority vote

> 4) Dr. Gerberding, Director of the CDC

> 5) Dr. Bernadine Healy, Former Director of the NIH and

President of

> the American Red Cross

> 6) Rep. Brad , (D-NC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on

> Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and

> Technology

> 7) Members of the HHS Vaccine Safety Working Group

> 8) Officials at the CDC's Immunization Safety Office who

drafted

> the federal vaccine safety research agenda, the National Vaccine

Plan

> 9) Medical personnel at the Vaccine Injury Compensation

Program of

> HHS, who ordered federal compensation to Hannah Poling for her

> vaccine-associated autism.

> 10) Members of the CDC's Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment

> Network (CISA)

> 11) America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national

association

> representing nearly 1,300 companies covering more than 200 million

> Americans

> 12) Research grant making officials at Autism Speaks

> 13) Dr. Wallace, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the

> University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Center for

> Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine in Genetics, and member of the

> Scientific & Medical Advisory Board of the United Mitochondrial

Disease

> Foundation

> 14) Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific Officer at the UK

> Department of Health

> 15) Dr. Jon Poling, prominent neurologist and father to Hannah

Poling

> 16) Dr. Isaac Pessah, Professor and Chair, VM: Molecular

Biosciences,

> Director, Center for Children's Environmental Health, University of

> California, , and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup

for

> Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism

Committee

> (IACC).

> 17) Dr. Martha Herbert, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology

> Director, Transcend Research Program, Harvard Medical School, and

member

> of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders

of the

> federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

> 18) Dr. Geraldine Dawson, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks, and

> member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum

Disorders

> of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

> 19) Dr. R. Weissman, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of

> Medicine

> 20) Dr. I. Kelley, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins

> University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy

Krieger

> Institute

> 21) Dr. Margaret L. Bauman, Department of Pediatrics and Learning

and

> Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services

> (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

> 22) Dr. Bruce H. Cohen, Neurological Institute and Pediatrics

> Institute, Cleveland Clinic

> 23) Dr. F. Murray, Genomic Department of Pediatrics and

> Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and

Rehabilitation

> Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

> 24) Dr. L. , Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland

> Clinic

> 25) Dr. L. Kern, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins

> University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy

Krieger

> Institute

> 26) Dr. Marvin R. Natowicz, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of

Medicine

>

> " HONORARY MEMBER " :

>

> HHS Secretary Designee Tom Daschel, who said in November of 2002:

> " Mercury-based vaccine preservatives actually have caused autism in

> children. "

>

[Guest guest]

I believe in the very near future, there will be no "debate" just the fools that continue to insist (and take payment for saying) that vaccines absolutely do not cause autism.

TZ

Subject: Growing list of scientists, health officials and government leaders who support vaccine-autism researchTo: EOHarm Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 1:45 AM

http://www.ageofaut ism.com/2008/ 11/the-list- keeps.html

There is a growing list of scientists, doctors, public health officials and government leaders who now believe that a vaccine-autism connection is at the least possible, and should be researched further.

Earlier this week, Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Department of Health was added. Now, eight more prominent researchers have joined the group. (See list below – they are the last eight names added).

These are the authors of the new study, “Mitochondrial Disease in Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients: A Cohort Analysis,” http://www.plosone. org/article/ info%3Adoi% 2F10.1371% 2Fjournal. pone.0003815# aff1 who did chart reviews on Hannah Poling and two dozen other young people with autism and mitochondrial dysfunction.

In my opinion, it could well prove to be one of the most significant autism studies published to date. (My Huffington Post article on this is HERE: http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ david-kirby/ new-study- --mitochondrial_ b_147030. html

Mito disorders, which might affect 7-to-30 percent of all children with ASD, can predispose kids to developmental regression following a stressful trigger. Such a trigger might come from a febrile infection – or it could conceivably come from a vaccine reaction, the authors wrote.

“There might be no difference between the inflammatory or catabolic (breaking down of tissue) stress of vaccinations and that of common childhood diseases, which are known precipitants of mitochondrial regression,” they said.

And then they wrote this: “Large, population-based studies will be needed to identify a possible relationship of vaccination with autistic regression in persons with mitochondrial cytopathies (cellular disorders).”

And so, they get added to the list.

The list keeps changing in other ways. For example, late last spring it listed, “all three presidential candidates” (Obama, Clinton and McCain). Soon enough, that will be changed to US President, Secretary of State, and a pivotal and potentially filibuster-busting Senator from Arizona .

Another change: Before, the list said, “Autism researchers at s Hopkins University Medical Center.” Now, those people can be named, along with their colleagues: Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. I have also listed experts from Harvard, UC and Autism Speaks, who were part of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

It makes you wonder how long the term “fringe” can seriously be applied to people who believe that this debate is not over.

Finally, keep your eye on the draft National Vaccine Plan at HHS, especially this January - right around the time the nation gets a new HHS Secretary and, reportedly, a new Director of the CDC – both of whom could potentially be added to the list, as well.

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------

In 2008, the following groups and individuals have advocated, or at least considered, further study of a possible vaccine-autism connection:

1) Presidenti-Elect Barack Obama

2) Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Designee

3) Sen. McCain, Senior Senator from Arizona and pivotal minority vote

4) Dr. Gerberding, Director of the CDC

5) Dr. Bernadine Healy, Former Director of the NIH and President of the American Red Cross

6) Rep. Brad , (D-NC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology

7) Members of the HHS Vaccine Safety Working Group

8) Officials at the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office who drafted the federal vaccine safety research agenda, the National Vaccine Plan

9) Medical personnel at the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program of HHS, who ordered federal compensation to Hannah Poling for her vaccine-associated autism.

10) Members of the CDC’s Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network (CISA)

11) America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national association representing nearly 1,300 companies covering more than 200 million Americans

12) Research grant making officials at Autism Speaks

13) Dr. Wallace, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine in Genetics, and member of the Scientific & Medical Advisory Board of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

14) Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Department of Health

15) Dr. Jon Poling, prominent neurologist and father to Hannah Poling

16) Dr. Isaac Pessah, Professor and Chair, VM: Molecular Biosciences,Director, Center for Children’s Environmental Health, University of California, , and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal

Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

17) Dr. Martha Herbert, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology Director, Transcend Research Program, Harvard Medical School, and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

18) Dr. Geraldine Dawson, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks, and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

19) Dr. R. Weissman, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

20) Dr. I. Kelley, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy Krieger Institute

21) Dr. Margaret L. Bauman, Department of Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

22) Dr. Bruce H. Cohen, Neurological Institute and Pediatrics Institute, Cleveland Clinic

23) Dr. F. Murray, Genomic Department of Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

24) Dr. L. , Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic

25) Dr. L. Kern, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy Krieger Institute

26) Dr. Marvin R. Natowicz, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

“HONORARY MEMBER”:

HHS Secretary Designee Tom Daschel, who said in November of 2002: “Mercury-based vaccine preservatives actually have caused autism in children.”

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To: EOHarm Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:45:08 PMSubject: Growing list of scientists, health officials and government leaders who support vaccine-autism research

http://www.ageofaut ism.com/2008/ 11/the-list- keeps.html

There is a growing list of scientists, doctors, public health officials and government leaders who now believe that a vaccine-autism connection is at the least possible, and should be researched further.

Earlier this week, Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Department of Health was added. Now, eight more prominent researchers have joined the group. (See list below – they are the last eight names added).

These are the authors of the new study, “Mitochondrial Disease in Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients: A Cohort Analysis,” http://www.plosone. org/article/ info%3Adoi% 2F10.1371% 2Fjournal. pone.0003815# aff1 who did chart reviews on Hannah Poling and two dozen other young people with autism and mitochondrial dysfunction.

In my opinion, it could well prove to be one of the most significant autism studies published to date. (My Huffington Post article on this is HERE: http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ david-kirby/ new-study- --mitochondrial_ b_147030. html

Mito disorders, which might affect 7-to-30 percent of all children with ASD, can predispose kids to developmental regression following a stressful trigger. Such a trigger might come from a febrile infection – or it could conceivably come from a vaccine reaction, the authors wrote.

“There might be no difference between the inflammatory or catabolic (breaking down of tissue) stress of vaccinations and that of common childhood diseases, which are known precipitants of mitochondrial regression,” they said.

And then they wrote this: “Large, population-based studies will be needed to identify a possible relationship of vaccination with autistic regression in persons with mitochondrial cytopathies (cellular disorders).”

And so, they get added to the list.

The list keeps changing in other ways. For example, late last spring it listed, “all three presidential candidates” (Obama, Clinton and McCain). Soon enough, that will be changed to US President, Secretary of State, and a pivotal and potentially filibuster-busting Senator from Arizona .

Another change: Before, the list said, “Autism researchers at s Hopkins University Medical Center.” Now, those people can be named, along with their colleagues: Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. I have also listed experts from Harvard, UC and Autism Speaks, who were part of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

It makes you wonder how long the term “fringe” can seriously be applied to people who believe that this debate is not over.

Finally, keep your eye on the draft National Vaccine Plan at HHS, especially this January - right around the time the nation gets a new HHS Secretary and, reportedly, a new Director of the CDC – both of whom could potentially be added to the list, as well.

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------

In 2008, the following groups and individuals have advocated, or at least considered, further study of a possible vaccine-autism connection:

1) Presidenti-Elect Barack Obama

2) Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Designee

3) Sen. McCain, Senior Senator from Arizona and pivotal minority vote

4) Dr. Gerberding, Director of the CDC

5) Dr. Bernadine Healy, Former Director of the NIH and President of the American Red Cross

6) Rep. Brad , (D-NC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology

7) Members of the HHS Vaccine Safety Working Group

8) Officials at the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office who drafted the federal vaccine safety research agenda, the National Vaccine Plan

9) Medical personnel at the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program of HHS, who ordered federal compensation to Hannah Poling for her vaccine-associated autism.

10) Members of the CDC’s Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network (CISA)

11) America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national association representing nearly 1,300 companies covering more than 200 million Americans

12) Research grant making officials at Autism Speaks

13) Dr. Wallace, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine in Genetics, and member of the Scientific & Medical Advisory Board of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

14) Dr. Fletcher, former Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Department of Health

15) Dr. Jon Poling, prominent neurologist and father to Hannah Poling

16) Dr. Isaac Pessah, Professor and Chair, VM: Molecular Biosciences,Director, Center for Children’s Environmental Health, University of California, , and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal

Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

17) Dr. Martha Herbert, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology Director, Transcend Research Program, Harvard Medical School, and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

18) Dr. Geraldine Dawson, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks, and member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for Autism Spectrum Disorders of the federal Inter-Agency Autism Committee (IACC).

19) Dr. R. Weissman, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

20) Dr. I. Kelley, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy Krieger Institute

21) Dr. Margaret L. Bauman, Department of Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

22) Dr. Bruce H. Cohen, Neurological Institute and Pediatrics Institute, Cleveland Clinic

23) Dr. F. Murray, Genomic Department of Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital

24) Dr.. L. , Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic

25) Dr. L. Kern, Department of Pediatrics, s Hopkins University Medical Center and Division of Metabolism, Kennedy Krieger Institute

26) Dr. Marvin R. Natowicz, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

“HONORARY MEMBER”:

HHS Secretary Designee Tom Daschel, who said in November of 2002: “Mercury-based vaccine preservatives actually have caused autism in children.”