A Statement from Dr Wakefield MB,BS., FRCS., FRCPath 23.5.10

[Guest guest]

Why the vaccine lobby had to silence me

A Statement from Dr Wakefield MB,BS., FRCS., FRCPath

The General Medical Council versus Dr Wakefield, Professor -,

and Professor Murch.

In a further effort to silence my concerns over vaccine safety, the UK’s

General Medical Council [GMC] will erase me from the UK’s Medical Register

on Monday May 24. My colleagues face the possibility of similar sanctions.

In reporting their findings the GMC panel sought to deny that the case

against me and my colleagues is related to issues of MMR vaccine safety and

specifically, the role of this vaccine in causing autism. This is not in fact

the case. Efforts to discredit and silence me through the GMC process have

provided a screen to shield the government from exposure on the Pluserix

MMR vaccine scandal.

Early in the course of the proceedings, GMC officials removed the

appointed chairman Dr Kumar, a general practitioner from Merseyside. They

appointed instead Professor Angus McDevitt from Dundee who had serious

conflicts

of interest in his role in the Pluserix MMR vaccine scandal. McDevitt was

chosen even though he could not be considered an impartial, independent or

objective GMC panel chairman.

Pluserix MMR was introduced to the UK in October 1988 even though exactly

the same vaccine supplied as “Trivirix†had already been withdrawn as

unsafe from Canada in November 2007. It was later also withdrawn from the UK

on seven days notice in September 1992 by Kline Pharmaceuticals acting

on legal advice. It was unsafe and caused high levels of adverse

reactions in children.

It has emerged through a government whistleblower and secret documents

that the government, knowing of the vaccine’s risks, protected the vaccine

manufacturers from liability for damage. Pluserix MMR was rushed through the

licensing process without adequate safety testing. It appears to be the

government that is now liable for compensation claims from parents of

Pluserix-damaged children. Freedom of Information documents confirm the first

claims

for legal aid were being made by parents as early as 1991, seven years

before I published in The Lancet and raised public concerns about harm to

children.

This matter, which sparked the real MMR scare in the UK - in contrast with

my response to parental fears - must be forced out into the open through a

public inquiry

In 1988, McDevitt was part of a committee - the Committee on Adverse

Reactions to Vaccination and Immunisation (ARVI). It was responsible for

assessing the safety of MMR prior to its introduction in the UK. The ARVI

committee failed to adequately heed warnings from Canada about the dangers of

the

Pluserix MMR vaccine.

McDevitt took part in ARVI meetings that discussed warnings about the

dangerous Trivirix MMR vaccine, made by Kline Beecham, that was

withdrawn in Canada for causing meningitis. At the same time, exactly the same

vaccine was rebranded as Pluserix and licensed in the UK. The vaccine then had

to be withdrawn in a dramatic volte face four years later when the rate of

MMR-associated meningitis was found to be far higher than previously

claimed. The full extent of other serious adverse reactions is not known

publicly although attempts were made to ascertain this by Jack MP in

1992.

McDevitt was specifically brought in by the GMC to replace Kumar because

of his vaccine expertise. When challenged on McDevitt’s appointment by my

lawyers, the GMC initially resisted removing him from the panel despite the

fact that he had not disclosed his obvious conflict of interest. McDevitt

has also received research grants from a large number of drug companies

including the manufacturer of the MMR vaccine.

Media inquiries caused the GMC sufficient embarrassment that they were

forced to remove McDevitt. Their current denial that the issue has anything to

do with MMR vaccine safety, should be viewed in the light of these facts.

My book Callous Disregard, available on Amazon.com and at

Callous-Disregard.com, exposes the scandal. The book is not currently

available in the

UK. Press copies are available through Skyhorse Publishing, NY.

Skyhorsepublshing.com Tel: 001 212 6436816 ext 236

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MandiI don't know if you can't get this to him but there is a major typo I think in the 4th paragraph - the vaccine was withdrawn from Canada is 1987, not 2007. Autism Treatment ; autism ; CC: MandiJRodwell@...From: Mum231ASD@...Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:56:29 -0400Subject: A Statement from Dr Wakefield MB,BS., FRCS., FRCPath 23.5.10

Why the vaccine lobby had to silence me

A Statement from Dr Wakefield MB,BS., FRCS., FRCPath

The General Medical Council versus Dr Wakefield, Professor -, and Professor Murch.

In a further effort to silence my concerns over vaccine safety, the UK’s General Medical Council [GMC] will erase me from the UK’s Medical Register on Monday May 24. My colleagues face the possibility of similar sanctions.

In reporting their findings the GMC panel sought to deny that the case against me and my colleagues is related to issues of MMR vaccine safety and specifically, the role of this vaccine in causing autism. This is not in fact the case. Efforts to discredit and silence me through the GMC process have provided a screen to shield the government from exposure on the Pluserix MMR vaccine scandal.

Early in the course of the proceedings, GMC officials removed the appointed chairman Dr Kumar, a general practitioner from Merseyside. They appointed instead Professor Angus McDevitt from Dundee who had serious conflicts of interest in his role in the Pluserix MMR vaccine scandal. McDevitt was chosen even though he could not be considered an impartial, independent or objective GMC panel chairman.

Pluserix MMR was introduced to the UK in October 1988 even though exactly the same vaccine supplied as “Trivirix” had already been withdrawn as unsafe from Canada in November 2007. It was later also withdrawn from the UK on seven days notice in September 1992 by Kline Pharmaceuticals acting on legal advice. It was unsafe and caused high levels of adverse reactions in children.

It has emerged through a government whistleblower and secret documents that the government, knowing of the vaccine’s risks, protected the vaccine manufacturers from liability for damage. Pluserix MMR was rushed through the licensing process without adequate safety testing. It appears to be the government that is now liable for compensation claims from parents of Pluserix-damaged children. Freedom of Information documents confirm the first claims for legal aid were being made by parents as early as 1991, seven years before I published in The Lancet and raised public concerns about harm to children.

This matter, which sparked the real MMR scare in the UK - in contrast with my response to parental fears - must be forced out into the open through a public inquiry

In 1988, McDevitt was part of a committee - the Committee on Adverse Reactions to Vaccination and Immunisation (ARVI). It was responsible for assessing the safety of MMR prior to its introduction in the UK. The ARVI committee failed to adequately heed warnings from Canada about the dangers of the Pluserix MMR vaccine.

McDevitt took part in ARVI meetings that discussed warnings about the dangerous Trivirix MMR vaccine, made by Kline Beecham, that was withdrawn in Canada for causing meningitis. At the same time, exactly the same vaccine was rebranded as Pluserix and licensed in the UK. The vaccine then had to be withdrawn in a dramatic volte face four years later when the rate of MMR-associated meningitis was found to be far higher than previously claimed. The full extent of other serious adverse reactions is not known publicly although attempts were made to ascertain this by Jack MP in 1992.

McDevitt was specifically brought in by the GMC to replace Kumar because of his vaccine expertise. When challenged on McDevitt’s appointment by my lawyers, the GMC initially resisted removing him from the panel despite the fact that he had not disclosed his obvious conflict of interest. McDevitt has also received research grants from a large number of drug companies including the manufacturer of the MMR vaccine.

Media inquiries caused the GMC sufficient embarrassment that they were forced to remove McDevitt. Their current denial that the issue has anything to do with MMR vaccine safety, should be viewed in the light of these facts.

My book Callous Disregard, available on Amazon.com and at Callous-Disregard.com, exposes the scandal. The book is not currently available in the UK. Press copies are available through Skyhorse Publishing, NY. Skyhorsepublshing.com Tel: 001 212 6436816 ext 236

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