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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?

By Kirby

Posted February 25, 2008 | 12:42 PM (EST)

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with

the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has

quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.

The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to

protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals

unrelated to the case.

The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in

Federal " Vaccine Court, " was conceded by US Assistant Attorney

General Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on

behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services,

the " defendant " in all Vaccine Court cases.

The child's claim against the government -- that mercury-containing

vaccines were the cause of her autism -- was supposed to be one of

three " test cases " for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under

consideration by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the

presiding justices in Federal Claims Court.

Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine

Injury Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and " concluded that

compensation is appropriate. "

The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing

normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received

vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two

contained thimerosal).

Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of

illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of

autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language

skills; no eye contact; loss of " relatedness; " insomnia; incessant

screaming; arching; and " watching the florescent lights repeatedly

during examination. "

Seven months after vaccination, the patient was diagnosed by Dr.

Zimmerman, a leading neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger

Children's Hospital Neurology Clinic, with " regressive encephalopathy

(brain disease) with features consistent with autistic spectrum

disorder, following normal development. " The girl also met the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)

official criteria for autism.

In its written concession, the government said the child had a pre-

existing mitochondrial disorder that was " aggravated " by her shots,

and which ultimately resulted in an ASD diagnosis.

" The vaccinations received on July 19, 2000, significantly

aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder, " the concession

says, " which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy

metabolism, and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with

features of ASD. "

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