Re: Turn Outrage into Action - Monday, September 29th

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I will because I cannot believe all the negative press our kids'

treatments are getting, how dare they.

>

> Please participate in this protest!!!!!!!!!!!

> > Turn Outrage into Action - Monday, September 29th

> >

> > As many of you have no doubt heard, this past week the National

> > Institute of Mental Health, part of the NIH, halted a study of

> > chelation as a therapy for autism. (Those unfamiliar with the

study,

> > click here:

> >

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/09/17/autism.chelation.ap/index.html )

> >

> > Though the study as outlined lacked the supplementation and labs

> > necessary to ensure the safety of the participants and accuracy

of the

> > results, the cancellation is a setback not just for those parents

> > considering chelation, but for all of us who suspect a connection

> > between vaccinations and the underlying set of immune, digestive

and

> > neurological ailments that cumulatively contribute to autism.

> >

> > As an act of protest, I propose an orchestrated effort to

demonstrate

> > our collective outrage as parents, caregivers, relatives,

therapists

> > and physicians. While most political protests are limited by the

> > time, travel and other financial burdens of participation, I have

an

> > idea that will hopefully allow for anyone to be involved.

> >

> > I propose shutting down the National Institutes of Health phone

system

> > for an entire day.

> >

> > The morning of Monday, September 29th starting at 8:00am EST, I

> > encourage everyone to call the NIH main incoming line and demand

to

> > speak to the person responsible for halting the study. (They will

> > probably end up eventually transferring you to public relations

or a

> > dead-drop voicemail box, but your nonspecific request will keep

them

> > on the line longer trying to figure out where to send you.) The

longer

> > you stay on the line, the more calls pile up behind you. Be

polite,

> > but firm. Do not hang up. If they hang up, call back. If you get a

> > busy signal, that means the protest is working. Keep calling.

> >

> > Once you get through and are inevitably transferred, feel free to

> > state your concerns and tell you child's story: how they changed

after

> > vaccination, lost speech, ran a fever, broke out in measles,

whatever

> > the case. If you've already chelated your child, explain the

> > differences you've seen — or tell the story of other children you

> > know, students you teach, patients you have in your care if you

are a

> > therapist or physician. You can also simply read the statement

> > attached below, personalizing it to your point of view.

> >

> > Once you finally get through to a person or voicemail extension

and

> > have spoken your piece, wait five minutes and do it again. They

may

> > transfer you to the same person or extension, but you may also

get to

> > make your case to someone new. Do this throughout the day as

often as

> > you can until 5:00pm EST.

> >

> > Next, send your story or the prepared statement below to the major

> > news outlets listed also starting at 8:00am EST. The goal here is

to

> > inundate the networks' email servers. Unlike phone systems,

enterprise

> > email servers typically are configured to automatically identify

large

> > quantities of identical email as spam. For that reason, I have not

> > suggested a subject line for the email and encourage everyone to

> > personalize their emails with their stories and opinions in

addition

> > to the prepared statement. Doing so will help keep the email

servers

> > from disregarding the messages and allow more to make it through.

> >

> > Unfortunately, some news networks have limited email contact to

> > website forms only. Log on to these sites at the links below to

email

> > them as soon after 8:00am EST as possible.

> >

> > Is this form of protest legal? Absolutely.

> >

> > Telephone protests are increasingly common and, as the emails are

> > individually generated, they do not qualify as spam. Therefore,

if the

> > calls and emails crash their phone systems and email servers or

> > prevent incoming and outgoing calls and emails, so be it. As

concerned

> > citizens, the Constitution protects the right for a " redress of

> > grievances " , and by extension, agencies of our government. The

emails

> > simply inform the major media of these grievances that they may

cover

> > them objectively. Advertising dollars ensure the pharmaceutical

> > industry has their position heard. We just have to try a bit

harder to

> > make sure our side is represented.

> >

> > Please pass this information on to fellow parents, caregivers,

> > relatives, therapists and physicians. Repost it on other forums,

but

> > do not presume everyone reads the same websites or forums, or

follows

> > them regularly enough not to miss this call to action. Personal

> > contact can't hurt — spread the word. I can also be contacted

directly

> > by groups wanting to coordinate or media outlets for comment on

this

> > and future efforts.

> >

> > I used to work as a journalist before our son's diagnosis, so I

know

> > how this game is played. Even as an insider, getting a message

through

> > is difficult. One angry parent is easier to ignore than hundreds,

> > hopefully thousands, whose phone calls and email overwhelm a

> > government agency and the major news networks for an entire day.

> >

> > Every one of us can make a difference. Based on the success of

this

> > campaign, other such protests will be organized to demand answers

and

> > accountability for the autism epidemic.

> >

> > A safe, legitimate study of chelation is overdue. Prevention and

> > recovery are our shared goal. Demand change by taking action.

> >

> >

> > J.R. McMillan

> > mail (at) jrmcmillan (dot) com

> >

> >

> > ***********

> >

> >

> > Monday, September 29th from 8:00am EST to 5:00pm EST

> >

> > Call the NIH at 301-496-4000.

> > Read or personalize the statement below.

> >

> > Email the prepared statement and include your personal comments.

> >

> > nihinfo (at) od.nih (dot) gov

> > nightly (at) nbc (dot) com

> > dateline (at) nbcuni (dot) com

> > health (at) msnbc (dot) com

> > letters (at) msnbc (dot) com

> > primetime (at) abc (dot) com

> > 2020 (at) abc (dot) com

> > nightline (at) abc (dot) com

> > feedback (at) abcnews.go (dot) com

> > foxnewsonline (at) foxnews (dot) com

> >

> > Networks with email forms on their websites:

> >

> > http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form.sound.off.html

> > http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml

> >

> >

> > ***********

> >

> >

> > As the parent (caregiver, relative, therapist, physician) of a

> > vaccine-injured child with autism, I was outraged to hear the NIMH

> > halted the first study investigating the possible benefits of

> > chelation as a biomedical therapy.

> >

> > While the study itself was flawed at several levels, the continued

> > research had the promise of finally yielding quantitative evidence

> > that many children with autism suffer from related heavy metal

> > poisoning, often resulting from vaccine preservatives. Chelation

has

> > been approved in the US for cases of lead poisoning but has been

used

> > off-label by tens of thousands parents to successfully remove

other

> > toxic metals from children with autism. This application requires

> > physician supervision as well as supplementation and regular labs

to

> > ensure levels of beneficial metals are not depleted in the

process.

> >

> > It should come as no surprise to parents who have recovered their

> > children from autism that the NIMH tests as implemented did pose

> > serious risks by ignoring the need for additional organ support

and

> > beneficial metal supplementation. At best, it demonstrates the

> > organization's limited understanding of the chelation process. At

> > worst, it suggests yet another example of a government reluctant

to

> > investigate the possibility that increased exposure to mercury and

> > aluminum vaccine preservatives has resulted in the dramatic rise

in

> > the incidence of autism among a growing population of immune

> > compromised children.

> >

> > While the NIMH paints the claims of parents whose children have

made

> > dramatic progress following chelation as " fringe theory " and

> > " anecdotal evidence " , the safety of Thimerosal itself is far more

> > dubious and untested. To date, the only human studies of

Thimerosal's

> > safety were conducted at the Indianapolis City Hospital in 1930.

In

> > the midst of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak, Eli Lilly

seized the

> > opportunity to test mercury as a vaccine preservative on twenty-

two

> > patients. Thimerosal was deemed safe for human use after none of

the

> > patients died immediately after injection, despite the fact that

all

> > died within two months, preventing any follow up.

> >

> > The absence of legitimate scientific protocols demonstrated by

testing

> > a potentially lethal drug on the terminally ill brings into

question

> > the conclusion of safety reached by the preservative's

manufacturer.

> > By that measure, the NIMH's claim that it would be unethical to

test a

> > life-changing treatment for autism based on their own sabotaged

> > methodology is both disingenuous and hypocritical. The CDC, FDA

and

> > pharmaceutical industry have in fact been experimenting on

children

> > with toxic levels of mercury and other metals-based preservatives

for

> > nearly eighty years.

> >

> > Use of chelation for the removal of mercury has been branded as

> > " quackery " by agencies and individuals who deem the use of

Thimerosal

> > completely safe. The origin of the term " quack " actually comes

from

> > the German word for mercury, quacksalber, and dates back to the

> > fourteenth century. Doctors of the day who used mercury to treat

> > syphilis killed many patients immediately while others slowly

suffered

> > the neurological effects of mercury poisoning. Ironically, the

term

> > historically reserved for physicians who used mercury despite the

> > known risks has more recently been used to malign the growing

number

> > of physicians using chelation to remove mercury from injured

children.

> >

> > While the perpetuated myth is that Thimerosal and other harmful

> > preservatives have been removed from childhood vaccinations, the

truth

> > is that it has simply been added elsewhere. The recommendation of

flu

> > vaccinations for infants, toddlers and expectant mothers actually

> > increases the amount of mercury children receive by school age.

> > Likewise, as a full recall of Thimerosal-containing vaccinations

was

> > never issued, the remaining stock continued to be used years

later.

> > More than 30 million American children have been given toxic

levels of

> > mercury exceeding the safety limits the EPA demands of tap water

and

> > the FDA allows in food. Yet, the mainstream media remains

painfully

> > silent as pharmaceutical advertising comprises an ever-increasing

> > share of their operating budgets.

> >

> > As parents, caregivers, physicians and therapists, we demand an

> > independent clinical trial of chelation as a therapy for autism.

As

> > American citizens we demand independent government and media

> > investigations into the actions of vaccine manufacturers and

federal

> > agencies and their efforts to distort and discredit studies to

> > determine a link between the rising rate of vaccination and the

rising

> > rate of autism.

> >

> > Failure to act will result in greater demonstrations of public

> > protest, network and advertiser boycotts and harsher measures

should

> > they be required.

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