Doctor Speaks Out About Vaccines and Autism

I follow a Newsletter over at http://articles.mercola.com that published a VERY interesting article today. Now, the info in that article won’t come as such a surprise to most of you, but the comments added by Dr. Mercola might. In an insightful and “cut-to-the-bone” brutally honest “rant”, Dr Mercola accuses Dr Paul Offit of conflict of interest in being on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) AND a patent holder of the rotavirus vaccine (Patent application number 353547) and recipient of a $350,000 grant from Merck for it’s development.

While I will post the contents of the article here, you should visit his site to read the comments and accusations. Then I invite you to speak out. As parents we shouldn’t allow the big drug companies, corrupt doctors and pocket-lining-profiteers to be the ones to decide what goes into our children’s precious little bodies.

Dr Mercola Writes: 

Vaccine-Autism Question Divides Parents, Scientists

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13-year old Michelle Cedillo is at the center of a court case pitting thousands of families of children with autism against the medical establishment. While a number of prestigious medical institutions say there is no link between vaccines and autism, the families believe vaccines caused their children’s autism, and have taken their case to court.

Theresa and Mike Cedillo, Michelle’s parents, believe the MMR vaccine, which at the time contained a mercury-based preservative, drastically altered the course of their daughter’s development. Within days of receiving the injection, Michelle suffered from a high fever, persistent vomiting and problems with her digestion — and also stopped speaking and no longer responded to her name.

Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, claims the apparent connection between vaccines and autism is “nothing more than a sad coincidence.”

But families who believe vaccines can trigger autism point to the case of 9-year-old Hannah Poling; the U.S. government conceded that vaccines “significantly aggravated” her underlying illness, predisposing her to symptoms of autism.

The court heard testimony in the Cedillo claim in June of 2007. Testimony in other test cases is scheduled for 2008.

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To read the comments Dr Mercola added (I highly recommend it!) please visit http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/26/vaccine-autism-question-divides-parents-scientists.aspx