AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN VACCINATED CHILDREN

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AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN VACCINATED CHILDREN

by: Megson, Norfleet, MD

excerpt from

TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE HEARING ON AUTISM

Washington, DC, April 6, 2000

 

Mr. Chairman, Honorable Dan Burton and members of the committee:

 

My name is Norfleet Megson. I am a board-certified pediatrician, Fellowship

trained in Child Development, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Medical College of Virginia. I have

practiced pediatrics for 22 years, the last 15 years seeing only children with

Developmental Disabilities, which include learning disabilities, attention

deficit hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and autism. I

have served as advisor to the City of Richmond and the surrounding counties as

they have established entire programs for autistic children.

In 1978, I learned as a resident at Boston Floating Hospital that the incidence

of autism was one in 10,000 children. Over the last 10 years I have watched the

incidence of autism skyrocket to 1 in 300 to 1 in 600 children(1)..

The segment of children with " regressive autism " , the form where children

develop normally for a period of time then lose skills and sink into autism most

commonly at 18 to 24 months of age, is increasing at a phenomenal rate.. I am

seeing multiple children in the same family affected, including in the last week

four cases of " autistic regression " developing in four-year-old children after

their MMR and DPT vaccination. In the past, this was unheard of.

In the vast majority of these cases, one parent reports night blindness(2) or

other rarer disorders which are caused by a genetic defect in a G protein(3),

where they join cell membrane receptors, which are activated by retinoids,

neurotransmitters, hormones, secretin and other protein messengers. G proteins

are cellular proteins that upgrade or downgrade signals in sensory organs that

regulate touch, taste, smell, hearing and vision. The are found all over the

body in high concentration in the gut and in the brain(3), and turn on or off

multiple metabolic pathways including those for metabolism and cell growth.

Close to the age of " autistic regression " , we add pertussis toxin (DPT vaccine)

which completely disrupts G Alpha signals(3). This leads to:

(1) Glycogen breakdown (elevated blood sugar); (2) Lipid breakdown (increased

blood fats); (3) Cell growth differentiation (uncontrolled cell growth)

The MMR vaccine given at 15 months precedes the DPT at 18 months, which turns on

uncontrolled cell growth differentiation.

Families of these damaged children report cancer in the parents or grandparents,

the most common being colon cancer(10). The genetic defect is a cancer gene

(rasoncogene). It is the same defect as that for congenital stationary night

blindness(11).

G protein defects cause severe loss of rod function in most autistic

children(12). They lose night vision and shading on objects in the daylight and

3D vision, seeing only colour and shape except for a box in the middle of their

visual field. They try to make sense of the world around them by lining up toys,

sorting by color. Their avoidance of eye contact is an attempt to get light to

land off center in the retina where they have some rod function. Mother's touch

feels like sandpaper on their skin. Common sounds become like nails scraped on a

blackboard.

TREATMENT:

I am using natural lipid soluble concentrated cis form of vitamin A in cod liver

oil to bypass blocked G protein pathways and turn on these central retinoid

receptors. In a few days, most of these children regain eye contact. After two

months on vitamin A treatment, some of these children, when given a single dose

of bethanechol to stimulate pathways in the parasympathetic system in the gut,

focus, laugh, concentrate, show a sense of humor and talk after 30 minutes as if

reconnected.(20)

This improves cognition, but they are still physically ill. When these children

get the MMR vaccine, their vitamin A stores are depleted; they cannot compensate

for blocked pathways. Lack of vitamin A (the anti-infective agent) leaves them

immuno-suppressed. They lack cell-mediated immunity. On cod liver oil, the only

natural source of this natural substance, the children get well.

The parasympathetic nervous system is blocked by the second G protein defect.

These children are unable to relax, focus and digest their food. Instead they

are in sympathetic overdrive with a constant outpouring of adrenaline and stress

hormones. They are anxious, have dilated pupils, high blood pressure and heart

rate. These and other symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are

part of this constant " fright or flight " response. These symptoms improve on

bethanechol.

Children with autism are physically ill, immuno-suppressed with a chronic

autoimmune disorder affecting multiple organ systems. Implementing vaccine

policies that are safe for all children should become our first priority.

Mothers from all over the country have brought pictures of their autistic

children to Washington this weekend. Most of these children were born normal and

lost to " autistic regression " . Look into their eyes and you will hear their

silence.

Thank you.

N. Megson, MD., F.A.A.P.

Dr. Megson's research paper titled " Is Autism A G-Alpha Protein Defect

Reversible with natural Vitamin A? (J.Med Hypo 2000 Mar.) can be viewed at her

website www.megson.com

References:

1. Rollins R.A. Report to the California state legislature 3/1/99, personal

communication.

2. Megson M. Is autism a G alpha protein defect reversible with natural vitamin

A? J.Med Hypo 2000 Mar.

3. Farvel, Z, Bourne, HR, Iiri, T. The Expanding Spectrum of G Protein Disease.

N Engl J Med 1999; 340:1012-1018

10. Cohen, A, , J. Rheumatology and Immunology, 2nd Ed. Orlando: Grune

and Stratton, 1986:442.

11. Drujo TP, Hahn LB, Reboul T, Arnaud B. Missense mutation in the gene

encoding the alpha subunit of rod transducin... Nat Gent. 1996 July; 13(3):

348-60.

12. Realmuto G, Purple R, Knoblock W, Electroretinograms in four autistic

probands and six first degree relatives. Can J Psy. 1989;34;435-9.

20. Sporn M, A, Goodman D. The Retinoids, 2nd ed. New York:Raven Press,

1994:339.

" FIRST DO NO HARM "

DO CHILDREN'S SHOTS INVITE AUTISM? CHRONIC DISEASES HAVE RISEN WITH INCREASED

VACCINATIONS AGAINST ACUTE DISEASES

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by Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.

If the multibillion-dollar vaccine industry had heeded Hippocrates' dictum to

" First Do No Harm " , and concentrated on making vaccines safe, the 300% to 500%

nationwide increase in autism probably would not have occurred. Simultaneous

rises in other chronic and debilitating diseases include asthma, allergies,

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, arthritis and

Crohn's disease.

The cause of the skyrocketing rates of these disorders like the rise in autism

has mystified the experts.

Vaccination against acute diseases such as measles and rubella has increased

susceptibility to chronic disorders such as autism, asthma, arthritis and ADHD.

Am I overstating the case? I don't think so. We are just beginning to learn that

pumping toxins - viruses, bacteria, mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde, for

example - into the body in the form of vaccinations for immediate gain may prove

to be costly in the long term.

Those who share my view do not oppose vaccines. What we oppose is

over-vaccination and unsafe vaccines.

Most people are shocked to learn that in recent years, the number of vaccine

doses a child receives before entering school has risen to 33. There are more

than 200 other vaccines - expensive and profitable - under development..

In 1965, parents began telling me that their children became autistic upon

getting the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) shot - a triple vaccine. When

another triple vaccine, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) was introduced in the

1980s, the alarming reports from parents and the prevalence figures for autism

rose sharply. Corroborating evidence is plentiful.

Why should we use vaccines containing levels of mercury that vastly exceed the

upper limit of safety? Even minute amounts of mercury are highly toxic to nerve

and immune system tissue.

Dr. Bernard Rimland is Director of the Autism Research Institute based in San

Diego. He is editor of the Autism Research Review International, founder of the

Autism Society of America and father of a 44-year-old autistic son. You may

contact him at 819-281-7165, fax 619-563-6840. His website is www.autistic.com

AUTISM AND G PROTEINS

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by s Schuld

founder of Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children

In the majority of Dr. Megson's cases, parents have reported night blindness or

other disorders which are now known to be caused by G protein defects. She

stated that autism might be caused by inserting a G-alpha protein defect, the

pertussis toxin found in the DPT vaccine, into genetically at-risk children. At

risk children are those who report a family history of at least one parent with

a pre-existing G-alpha protein defect including night blindness, adenoma of the

thyroid or pituitary gland or pseudohypoparathyroidism.

Parents of autistic children have reported vast improvements in their child's

autism when fluoride was eliminated from the diet. Fluorides and

fluoride-aluminum compounds have been established as the universal G protein

activator in laboratory investigations, meaning it can activate all G protein

families.

G proteins are on/off switches, which regulate cellular communication, relaying

information received from outside the cell to the inside or from one cell to

another. They are called G proteins because they bind to guanine nucleotides, a

major component of the DNA and RNA.

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CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON VACCINE SAFETY

by Edda West

founder of Vaccine Risk Awareness Association

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During this past year, a series of Congressional hearings in the U.S. has

focussed on vaccine safety, hepatitis B vaccine, vaccines linked to autism,

anthrax vaccine and conflicts of interest in vaccine development. The hearings

have disclosed the depth of corruption at the CDC, FDA and Advisory Committee on

Immunization Practices, where a large percentage of officials who approve new

vaccines have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The Congressional

scrutiny has sent shock waves through the entrenched vaccine establishment,

exposing the inadequate testing of many vaccines, and the fast rack licensing of

rotavirus vaccine, despite prelicensing information indicating that high rates

of adverse reactions causing severe bowel obstruction in infants would likely

occur.

U.S. Congressman Dan Burton, himself the grandfather of two autistic children,

has headed up several of the hearings, including this most recent one on June

15th lifting the veil that has shrouded the vaccine policy-making process that

until now has not been subjected to public scrutiny.

Says Dan Burton, " We've looked very carefully at conflicts of interest. We've

taken a good hard look at whether the pharmaceutical industry has too much

influence over these committees. From the evidence we found, I think they do " .

In his opening statement at the hearings, Senator Burton said, " I was appalled

to learn that at least six of the ten individuals who participated in the

working group for the rotavirus vaccine had financial ties to pharmaceutical

companies developing rotavirus vaccines " .

How confident would we be in the safety of specific vaccines if we knew that the

Chair and other members of the FDA and CDC advisory committees own stock in drug

companies that make vaccines, and own patents for vaccines under consideration?

These are just a few of the problems that the Hearings uncovered. The financial

details of stock ownership in pharmaceutical companies by many of the officials

is also now part of the public record and can be viewed at the Committee on

Government Reform website at:

http://www.house.gov/reform/hearings/healthcare/00.06.15/index.htm

Senator Burton concluded that " No individual who stands to gain financially from

the decisions regarding vaccines that may be mandated for use should be

participating in the discussion or policy making for vaccines….I intend to

find out if the individuals who have made recommendations on the rotavirus

vaccines that affect every child in this country and around the world stood to

gain financially and professionally from the decisions of the committees they

served on " .

At an earlier Congressional Hearing on April 6 which delved into the recent

unexplained enormous increase in autism, Dr. O'Leary from Coome Women's

Hospital in Dublin conclusively upheld Dr. Wakefield's findings of the

presence of measles virus in gut biopsies of children with autistic

enterocolitis(1). His team found " 24 of 25 (96%) autistic children were positive

for measles virus " . Of the control children, one of 15 (6.6%) was positive for

measles virus. Dr. Wakefield initially discovered measles virus in the

intestinal abstracts of children who developed severe bowel disorders and autism

after MMR vaccine.

Belkin, a bereaved father whose five-week-old baby daughter died

following a hepatitis B vaccination, initiated congressional hearings to

investigate the hepatitis B vaccine. He said, " The whole medical profession is

deluded about vaccinations. Investigate for yourself the scientific risk of

vaccine-induced encephalopathy and subsequent death or permanent brain damage

before allowing the medical profession to use your children as guinea pigs in

the war on germs. Protect your children! "

GENUINE IMMUNITY VERSUS VACCINE IMMUNITY

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by Moskowitz, M.D.

Dr. Moskowitz graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and

received his medical degree at New York University. He studied homeopathy in

Athens, Greece and taught at the National Center for Homeopathy in Washington,

D.C. He turned from allopathy to homeopathic medicine primarily because of his

views on vaccinations. The following article is adapted from Dissent in Medicine

(1985)

Childhood illnesses like measles, mumps and chicken pox produce symptoms which

reflect the efforts of the immune system to clear the virus from the blood,

which it does by sending it out exactly the same way it came in. When a child

recovers from measles, you have true immunity. That child will never, never

again get the measles no matter how many epidemics he is exposed to.

Furthermore, he will respond vigorously and dramatically to whatever infectious

agents he is exposed to. The side benefit of that disease is a nonspecific

immunity that charges or primes his immune system so that it can better respond

to the subsequent challenges that it is going to meet in the future.

Now, by contrast, when you take an artificially attenuated measles vaccine and

introduce it directly into the blood and bypass the portal of entry, there is no

period of sensitization of the portal of entry tissues. There is no silent

period of incubation in the lymph nodes. Furthermore, the virus itself has been

artificially weakened in such a way that there is no generalized inflammatory

response. By tricking the body in this way, we have done what the entire

evolution of the immune system seems to be designed to prevent. We have placed

the virus directly and immediately into the blood and given it free and

immediate access to the major immune organs and tissues without any obvious way

of getting rid of it.

The result of this, indeed, is the production of circulating antibodies, which

can be measured in the blood. But that antibody response occurs purely as an

isolated technical feat, without any generalized inflammatory response or any

noticeable improvement in the general health of the organism. Quite the

contrary, in fact. I believe that the price we pay for those antibodies is the

persistence of virus elements in the blood for long periods of time, perhaps

permanently, which in turn presupposes a systematic weakening of our ability to

mount an effective response not only to measles but also to other infections. So

far from producing a genuine immunity, the vaccine may act by interfering with

or suppressing the immune response as a whole in much the same way as radiation

and chemotherapy, corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory drugs do.

Chronic long-term persistence of viruses and other proteins within cells of the

immune system produce chronic disease. We know that live viruses are capable of

surviving or remaining latent within host cells for years without continually

provoking acute disease. They do this by attaching their own genetic material to

the cell, and replicate along with the cell. That allows the host cell to

continue its normal functioning but continuing to synthesize the viral protein.

Latent viruses produce various kinds of diseases. Because the virus is now

permanently incorporated within the genetic material of the cell, the only

appropriate immunological response is to make antibodies against the cell, no

longer against the virus. So, immunizations promote certain types of chronic

diseases. And far from providing a genuine immunity, the vaccines are actually a

form of immunosuppression.

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" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport