CDC AIMS TO DENY OUTSIDE ACCESS TO VACCINE DATABASE.

CDC AIMS TO DENY OUTSIDE ACCESS TO VACCINE DATABASE. PARENTS OF
VACCINE-INJURED CRY, "COVER-UP!" AND ASK, "WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE?"

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) has paid for another Institute of Medicine (IOM) meeting on August
23rd to do its dirty work in hiding the vaccine-autism link.

This time they want to deny access to the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD)
containing data that could further confirm the link between thimerosal, the
mercury-based preservative found in vaccines and flu shots, to
neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD. The VSD, housed at
the CDC, is an epidemiological gold mine recording millions of doses of
vaccines and has cost taxpayers $11 million a year for 14 years.
In Oct. 2003, at the behest of Congress, two independent researchers
were the first to gain access to the database. They found shocking evidence
that the link between autism and thimerosal was real. Data prove that
children are 27 times more likely to develop autism after exposure to three
TCVs, than those who receive thimerosal-free versions. (Symptoms of autism
and mercury poisoning are almost identical.) The relative risk of 27 is
higher than that between lung cancer and smoking, which according to the
American Cancer Society is only 22 for men and 11 for women.

Soon after, the CDC denied further access to these investigators.
Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL) and others got involved to help but with no
success. Now, 10 months later, the CDC wants to close the VSD forever to
those who seek the truth. CDC officials say it's to protect patient privacy.
But, according to government officials, the VSD was specifically created
with patient privacy in mind to failitate scientific research. There are no
names or other identifying numbers. VSD information includes gender, age,
vaccination dates and any subsequent diagnosis: asthma, speech/language
delay, ADD, ADHD, autism, etc.

"This blatant act of secrecy and manipulation of data for the benefit of
the vaccine industry is corruption at its worst," said Jo Pike, President of
NAA. "Follow the money. Many of these officials have financial ties to the
pharmaceutical industry. They fear well-deserved public backlash for
allowing catastrophic damage to children, want to protect their careers and
drug companies from liability. To do so, they intend to deny Americans their
rights to vital records about vaccination risks. If there is no evidence of
mercury-poisoning in the VSD, why are they so determined not to let
qualified, professional scientists look at the data?"

NAA will hold a joint press conference with five other organizations
representing the vaccine-injured at 9 a.m. in the main hall of the National
Academies of Sciences in D.C. Jo Pike, Rita Shreffler, Scott Bono and Laura
Bono, parents of mercury-poisoned children, will be available for
interviews. http://www.nationalautismassociation.org