FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Very Important Paper

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Carol Stott, PhD

February 6, 2009

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MAJOR PAPER RELEASED ADDRESSING IMMUNIZATION ACTION COALITION AND DR. ARI

BROWN ARTICLE " CLEAR ANSWERS AND SMART ADVICE ABOUT YOUR BABY'S SHOTS "

Last week the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel heard the

last of the evidence in defense of three doctors who dared to investigate

bowel disease in children with autism. Within days, Dr. Wakefield

returns

to the public arena with a gem – and the gloves are off.

The Autism File joins major autism organizations worldwide in endorsing this

detailed response to the Immunization Action Coalition’s (US) approved

advice on childhood vaccination. The response was prompted by an ill-prepared

and

factually inaccurate document produced by Dr. Ari Brown, a US pediatrician,

titled “Clear Answers and Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots.â€

The Wakefield et al. response provides fully referenced coverage of the real

facts behind the issues that concern parents, doctors and scientists for

whom repetitious government propaganda and intellectual cowardice is no longer

good enough. The response points to the current position of the US Institute

of Medicine on the possible causes of autism ( " vaccines are on the table " ) and

alludes to the notorious Simpsonwood meeting in which data were manipulated

to remove an apparent effect of vaccine exposure on autism onset. Readers are

invited to ponder on the reasoning behind mass vaccination of very young

babies against sexually transmitted disease ( " …because we can " ). How is

vaccine

safety evaluated….and what is the real position on mercury toxicity? Are all

of our vaccines mercury-free…and what about aluminum? And that Japanese

study? Did it prove that MMR is safe?

Point-by-point, this reasoned, well-referenced and important response by Dr.

Wakefield and his colleagues and collaborators at Thoughtful House addresses

these issues and many more. It concludes by stating that parents looking for

sound advice on vaccine issues, frankly, deserve better, a conclusion fully

endorsed by all at The Autism File.

The article can be seen at _www.autismfile.com_ (http://www.autismfile.com/)

from 4pm on the 6th February 2009

The two senior authors, Dr. Wakefield and Dr. Carol Stott, will be

writing more on the issues raised in an exclusive article for The Autism File

due for publication on April 2nd World Autism Awareness Day.