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64 Comments | Posted June 19, 2007 | 06:51 PM (EST)
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The poisonous public attacks on Katie Wright this week--for revealing
that her autistic son Christian (grandson of NBC Chair Bob Wright),
has recovered significant function after chelation treatments to
remove mercury -- surprised many observers unfamiliar with the
acrimonious debate over the mercury-based vaccine preservative
Thimerosal. But the patronizing attacks on the mothers of autistic
children who have organized to oppose this brain-killing poison is one
of the most persistent tactics employed by those defending Thimerosal
against the barrage of scientific evidence linking it to the epidemic
of pediatric neurological disorders, including autism. Mothers of
autistics are routinely dismissed as irrational, hysterical, or as a
newspaper editor told me last week, "desperate to find the reason for
their children's illnesses," and therefore, overwrought and
disconnected.

But my experience with these women is inconsistent with those
patronizing assessments. Over the past two years I've met or
communicated with several hundred of these women. Instead of a
desperate mob of irrational hysterics, I've found the anti-Thimerosal
activists for the most part to be calm, grounded and extraordinarily
patient. As a group, they are highly educated. Many of them are
doctors, nurses, schoolteachers, pharmacists, psychologists, Ph.D.s
and other professionals. Many of them approached the link skeptically
and only through dispassionate and diligent investigation became
convinced that Thimerosal-laced vaccines destroyed their children's
brains. As a group they have sat through hundreds of meetings and
scientific conferences, and studied research papers and medical tests.
They have networked with each other at meetings and on the Web. Along
the way they have stoically endured the abuse routinely heaped upon
them by the vaccine industry and public health authorities and casual
dismissal by reporters and editors too lazy to do their jobs.

Many of these women tell a story virtually identical to Katie Wright's
-- I have now heard or seen this grim chronology recounted hundreds of
times in conversations, e-mails and letters from mothers: At 2-1/2
years old, Christian Wright exceeded all milestones. He had 1,000
words, was toilet-trained, and enjoyed excellent social relations with
his brother and others. Then his pediatrician gave him
Thimerosal-laced vaccines. He cried all night, developed a fever and,
over the coming months, this smart, healthy child disappeared.
Christian lost the ability to speak, to interact with family members,
to make eye contact or to point a finger. He is no longer toilet
trained. He engaged in stereotypical behavior--screaming,
head-banging, biting and uncontrolled aggression, and suffers
continuously the agonizing pain of gastrointestinal inflammation.

After hearing that story a couple dozen times, a rational person might
do some more investigation. That's when one encounters the
overwhelming science -- hundreds of research studies from dozens of
countries showing the undeniable connection between mercury and
Thimerosal and a wide range of neurological illnesses. In response to
the overwhelming science, CDC and the pharmaceutical industry ginned
up four European studies designed to disguise the link between autism
and Thimerosal. Their purpose was to provide plausible deniability for
the consequences of their awful decision to allow brain-killing
mercury to be injected into our youngest children. Those deliberately
deceptive and fatally flawed studies were authored by vaccine industry
consultants and paid for by Thimerosal producers and published largely
in compromised journals that neglected to disclose the myriad
conflicts of their authors in violation of standard peer-review
ethics. As I've shown elsewhere [see www.robertfkennedyjr.com], these
studies were borderline fraud, using statistical deceptions to mislead
the public and regulatory community.

The CDC and IOM base their defense of Thimerosal on these flimsy
studies, their own formidable reputations, and their faith that
journalists won't take the time to critically read the science. The
bureaucrats are simultaneously using their influence, energies and
clout to derail, defund and suppress any scientific study that may
verify the link between Thimerosal and brain disorders. (These would
include epidemiological studies comparing the records of vaccinated
children with those of unvaccinated populations like the Amish or
home-schooled kids who appear to enjoy dramatically reduced levels of
autism and other neurological disorders.) The federal agencies have
refused to release the massive public health information accumulated
in their Vaccine Safety Database (VSD) apparently to keep independent
scientists from reviewing evidence that could prove the link. They are
also muzzling or blackballing scientists who want to conduct such
studies.

Ironically, it is the same voices that once blamed autism on "bad
parenting," and "uninvolved" moms that are now faulting these mothers
for being too involved.

Due to this campaign of obfuscation and public deception,
Thimerosal-based vaccines continue to sicken millions of children
around the world and potential treatments -- like the chelation that
benefited Christian Wright -- are kept out of the hands of the
mainstream doctors now treating autistic kids with less effective
tools. Like thousands of other mothers of autistic children, Katie
Wright knows what sickened her child. Her efforts to spare other
families this catastrophe, deployed with a cool head and calm
demeanor, are truly heroic. Maybe it's time we all started listening.
Maybe it's time to start respecting and honoring the maternal
instincts and hard work of Katie and her fellow mothers by
aggressively funding the studies that might verify or dispute them.

On Jun 20, 8:56 am, Ilena Rose wrote:
Note from Ilena Rosenthal & The Humantics Foundation:www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/

Hope everyone has seen "Bobby" ...

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64 Comments | Posted June 19, 2007 | 06:51 PM (EST)
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The poisonous public attacks on Katie Wright this week--for revealing
that her autistic son Christian (grandson of NBC Chair Bob Wright),
has recovered significant function after chelation treatments to
remove mercury -- surprised many observers unfamiliar with the
acrimonious debate over the mercury-based vaccine preservative
Thimerosal. But the patronizing attacks on the mothers of autistic
children who have organized to oppose this brain-killing poison is one
of the most persistent tactics employed by those defending Thimerosal
against the barrage of scientific evidence linking it to the epidemic
of pediatric neurological disorders, including autism. Mothers of
autistics are routinely dismissed as irrational, hysterical, or as a
newspaper editor told me last week, "desperate to find the reason for
their children's illnesses," and therefore, overwrought and
disconnected.

But my experience with these women is inconsistent with those
patronizing assessments. Over the past two years I've met or
communicated with several hundred of these women. Instead of a
desperate mob of irrational hysterics, I've found the anti-Thimerosal
activists for the most part to be calm, grounded and extraordinarily
patient. As a group, they are highly educated. Many of them are
doctors, nurses, schoolteachers, pharmacists, psychologists, Ph.D.s
and other professionals. Many of them approached the link skeptically
and only through dispassionate and diligent investigation became
convinced that Thimerosal-laced vaccines destroyed their children's
brains. As a group they have sat through hundreds of meetings and
scientific conferences, and studied research papers and medical tests.
They have networked with each other at meetings and on the Web. Along
the way they have stoically endured the abuse routinely heaped upon
them by the vaccine industry and public health authorities and casual
dismissal by reporters and editors too lazy to do their jobs.

Many of these women tell a story virtually identical to Katie Wright's
-- I have now heard or seen this grim chronology recounted hundreds of
times in conversations, e-mails and letters from mothers: At 2-1/2
years old, Christian Wright exceeded all milestones. He had 1,000
words, was toilet-trained, and enjoyed excellent social relations with
his brother and others. Then his pediatrician gave him
Thimerosal-laced vaccines. He cried all night, developed a fever and,
over the coming months, this smart, healthy child disappeared.
Christian lost the ability to speak, to interact with family members,
to make eye contact or to point a finger. He is no longer toilet
trained. He engaged in stereotypical behavior--screaming,
head-banging, biting and uncontrolled aggression, and suffers
continuously the agonizing pain of gastrointestinal inflammation.

After hearing that story a couple dozen times, a rational person might
do some more investigation. That's when one encounters the
overwhelming science -- hundreds of research studies from dozens of
countries showing the undeniable connection between mercury and
Thimerosal and a wide range of neurological illnesses. In response to
the overwhelming science, CDC and the pharmaceutical industry ginned
up four European studies designed to disguise the link between autism
and Thimerosal. Their purpose was to provide plausible deniability for
the consequences of their awful decision to allow brain-killing
mercury to be injected into our youngest children. Those deliberately
deceptive and fatally flawed studies were authored by vaccine industry
consultants and paid for by Thimerosal producers and published largely
in compromised journals that neglected to disclose the myriad
conflicts of their authors in violation of standard peer-review
ethics. As I've shown elsewhere [seewww.robertfkennedyjr.com], these
studies were borderline fraud, using statistical deceptions to mislead
the public and regulatory community.

The CDC and IOM base their defense of Thimerosal on these flimsy
studies, their own formidable reputations, and their faith that
journalists won't take the time to critically read the science. The
bureaucrats are simultaneously using their influence, energies and
clout to derail, defund and suppress any scientific study that may
verify the link between Thimerosal and brain disorders. (These would
include epidemiological studies comparing the records of vaccinated
children with those of unvaccinated populations like the Amish or
home-schooled kids who appear to enjoy dramatically reduced levels of
autism and other neurological disorders.) The federal agencies have
refused to release the massive public health information accumulated
in their Vaccine Safety Database (VSD) apparently to keep independent
scientists from reviewing evidence that could prove the link. They are
also muzzling or blackballing scientists who want to conduct such
studies.

Ironically, it is the same voices that once blamed autism on "bad
parenting," and "uninvolved" moms that are now faulting these mothers
for being too involved.

Due to this campaign of obfuscation and public deception,
Thimerosal-based vaccines continue to sicken millions of children
around the world and potential treatments -- like the chelation that
benefited Christian Wright -- are kept out of the hands of the
mainstream doctors now treating autistic kids with less effective
tools. Like thousands of other mothers of autistic children, Katie
Wright knows what sickened her child. Her efforts to spare other
families this catastrophe, deployed with a cool head and calm
demeanor, are truly heroic. Maybe it's time we all started listening.
Maybe it's time to start respecting and honoring the maternal
instincts and hard work of Katie and her fellow mothers by
aggressively funding the studies that might verify or dispute them.

--------------------------------------------------

Diagnosed with the Aspergers Syndrome form of autism, my grandson has
naturally been a family concern. Gene or vaccine? Instead of
focusing (and fighting) over the 'hows and whys' of his condition, our
family worked together for what we could do to help him overcome it.

I'm delighted to say that this 'problem-child' recently challenged the
education system for his GED (getting the highest math scores they
have seen in 3 yrs), and will be starting college in the fall....at 16
yrs old.

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is
a waste of time.

wrote:

...

Diagnosed with the Aspergers Syndrome form of autism, my grandson has
naturally been a family concern. Gene or vaccine? Instead of
focusing (and fighting) over the 'hows and whys' of his condition, our
family worked together for what we could do to help him overcome it.

I'm delighted to say that this 'problem-child' recently challenged the
education system for his GED (getting the highest math scores they
have seen in 3 yrs), and will be starting college in the fall....at 16
yrs old.

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is
a waste of time.

Great post.

I agree. Take care of the things that you can help, in this case your
grandson.

I don't think there is a cause of autism. There are most likely several.
It's not a question of genes vs. environment, but rather, a question of
how genes and environment together are involved.

Jeff

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/coleah.htm makes this absurd and quacky
comment:

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is a waste of time.

I know scores of families with children injured after their "safe"
vaccinations who indeed want to find out why ... only bought off
shills and idiots like Stephen Barrett, JPUtz, David "Orac Knows
Nothing" Gorski, and quackbooster Coleah Penley Ayers want to stop
the scientific research.

On Jun 20, 9:54 am, Ilena Rose wrote:
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/coleah.htmmakes this absurd and quacky
comment:

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is a waste of time.

I know scores of families with children injured after their "safe"
vaccinations who indeed want to find out why ... only bought off
shills and idiots like Stephen Barrett, JPUtz, David "Orac Knows
Nothing" Gorski, and quackbooster Coleah Penley Ayers want to stop
the scientific research.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blatant Lie.
"quackbooster Coleah Penley Ayers want to stop the scientific
research."
I said nothing about wanting to 'stop' research. I said that the
'fighting' and looking to place blame (above the focus of finding a
solution) is a waste of time.

All of the noise-making and badmouthing 'personalities' by the likes
of you, Ilena Rosenthal, does nothing but support a radical and
ineffective result. But then, I guess you never worked in a medical
research environment to understand the complexity of proving
'theories' or how very long it takes. But do rave on....I understand
it is a titilating form of mental masturbation, for your ilk.

On Jun 20, 9:43 am, Jeff wrote:
wrote:

...

Diagnosed with the Aspergers Syndrome form of autism, my grandson has
naturally been a family concern. Gene or vaccine? Instead of
focusing (and fighting) over the 'hows and whys' of his condition, our
family worked together for what we could do to help him overcome it.

I'm delighted to say that this 'problem-child' recently challenged the
education system for his GED (getting the highest math scores they
have seen in 3 yrs), and will be starting college in the fall....at 16
yrs old.

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is
a waste of time.

Great post.

I agree. Take care of the things that you can help, in this case your
grandson.

I don't think there is a cause of autism. There are most likely several.
It's not a question of genes vs. environment, but rather, a question of
how genes and environment together are involved.

Jeff

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bingo!

The problem with Ilena Rosenthal, is her blatant misrepresentation of
facts, while she is so totally incapable of intelligently debating an
issue. For example: never has Coleah advocated, or stated that she
wanted to stop scientific research.

I also think that autism can come from a variety of sources. I
suspect Mercury may be a culprit, I also think genes "may" have
something to do with it. Something that hasn't been mentioned is that
if Mercury (in the environment or in vaccinations), has affected a
parent, than it isn't a stretch to believe that it could cause damage
to the offspring.

I certainly think more research would be beneficial.

But I also agree with Coleah's stance, that the 'fighting' over hows
and whys, looking to place blame, is
a waste of time. And am so glad her grandson is doing so well.

We have a similar situation on our family. The child required extra
attention in school, received it, and has grown into one of our more
creative, and excelling family members.

I find it odd, that Ilena Rosenthal, would be so eager to pummel the
FDA for not doing an adequate job of regulating, but yet is so quick
to SHILL for the alternative medicine field, which has little study,
little proof, little scrutiny, and absolutely NO OVERSIGHT!

http://www.webstarmagic.com/wisletter.htm

I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is a waste of time.

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/coleah.htm parrots the Vac Machine ...
here is what a parent has to say to you True Believers who buy and
spread the propaganda campaign partly based at Quack Inc. Coleah
doubles online as the head of the "I Hate Ilena Rosenthal & You Should
Too" Campaign and a promoter of the amoral Invasion of Iraq.


http://www.BreastimplantAwareness.or...WatchWatch.htm


She recieved her MMR vaccine in early Dec 1995. "In a heartbreaking
home video shot in mid-February 1996 that was projected in the
courtroom, Michelle is seen sitting in a toy caboose, flapping her
arms. She ignores the entreaties of her mother and grandfather. A year
later, she was diagnosed with autism".
Now this doesn't prove much, except for the fact that you don't spend
much time reading before your opinions slip from between your teeth.
Perhaps she could have been diagnosed at 16 months old, before the
shots, but it would have been very difficult.
The other illnesses this young girl suffers from may or may not have
anything to do with vaccines and mercury. But, I say, as an American
taxpayer, and I will write it slowly, so you may fully comprehend its
full implications...
I would rather my tax money be spent on finding out once and for all
if there is a connection between these vaccines and this illness, than
one more dollar spent on KBR's $100 dollar a bag laundry service in
Iraq.She recieved her MMR vaccine in early Dec 1995. "In a
heartbreaking home video shot in mid-February 1996 that was projected
in the courtroom, Michelle is seen sitting in a toy caboose, flapping
her arms. She ignores the entreaties of her mother and grandfather. A
year later, she was diagnosed with autism".
Now this doesn't prove much, except for the fact that you don't spend
much time reading before your opinions slip from between your teeth.
Perhaps she could have been diagnosed at 16 months old, before the
shots, but it would have been very difficult.
The other illnesses this young girl suffers from may or may not have
anything to do with vaccines and mercury. But, I say, as an American
taxpayer, and I will write it slowly, so you may fully comprehend its
full implications...
I would rather my tax money be spent on finding out once and for all
if there is a connection between these vaccines and this illness, than
one more dollar spent on KBR's $100 dollar a bag laundry service in
Iraq.

On Jun 20, 1:22 pm, Ilena Rose wrote:
I think the 'fighting' over hows and whys, looking to place blame, is a waste of time.

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/coleah.htmparrots the Vac Machine ...
here is what a parent has to say to you True Believers who buy and
spread the propaganda campaign partly based at Quack Inc. Coleah
doubles online as the head of the "I Hate Ilena Rosenthal & You Should
Too" Campaign and a promoter of the amoral Invasion of Iraq.

And Chicken Little said......
Sigh.

Like I said....opinions are like assholes....everyone has one. My
opinion is that your opinion shows troublesome signs of untreated
mental illness.

Ilena Rose wrote:
Note from Ilena Rosenthal & The Humantics Foundation:
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/

Hope everyone has seen "Bobby" ...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert...s_b_52894.html
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Attack on Mothers

For another view, a tad more objective, see:

http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/20...fpo_agai_1.php

Why is Kennedy lying?