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CDC Vaccine Committee Recommends More Shots for Children

CDC Vaccine Committee Recommends More Shots for Children

National Autism Association Asks Again for Removal of Toxic Mercury

from Vaccines

Nixa, MO - The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP)

recommended yesterday that flu shots be administered annually to children six

months through 18 years of age. ACIP, functioning under the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) umbrella, has been criticized for years by parents

of vaccine-injured children for neglecting vaccine safety considerations in

favor of keeping vaccination rates high.

An estimated 80% to 90% of this year's flu vaccine supply contained

the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, even though the shots can be

manufactured in mercury-free formulas. Most flu shots contain 25 micrograms of

mercury, an amount considered unsafe for people weighing less than 550 lbs.

Mercury is known to accumulate in several target organs including the brain,

kidney, liver, and heart. A growing number of parents and scientists believe

that the increased use of mercury-containing vaccines starting in the late

1980's has led to the huge rise in autism and other learning disabilities which

now affect one in 6 American children.

" The committee's continued recommendation of mercury-containing

vaccines poses unnecessary health risks to the public, " said National Autism

Association board member and parent Lori McIlwain. " Their logic for promoting

flu vaccines in children is so that older citizens will be protected. Yet,

children and seniors are both especially vulnerable to injury from toxic metal

exposures. "

Government agencies including the CDC have long expressed concerns

over elevated mercury levels in infants, cautioning pregnant women about seafood

consumption because of mercury content. Despite this, ACIP continues to maintain

that directly injecting mercury into children is safe. " This is a dangerous

double standard, " commented NAA president Fournier. " We urge parents to

ask for mercury-free flu shots if they decide to vaccinate their kids. As a

parent, I believe the risk of neurological injury from unnecessary toxic mercury

exposure isn't worth taking. "

One mercury-free alternative, FluMist, poses different risks.

Administered intranasally, the live flu virus can be spread to others through

the side effects noted by the manufacturer, runny nose and nasal congestion.

FluMist's package insert states that FluMist recipients " should avoid close

contact with immunocompromised individuals for at least 21 days. "

For more information on autism, visit www.nationalautism.org.

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