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Old March 12th 10, 11:41 PM posted to misc.kids.health
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Default 'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases

The court is right on this one.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/...,1003758.story
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Old March 14th 10, 12:25 AM posted to misc.kids.health
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Default 'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases


"dr_jeff" wrote in message
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The court is right on this one.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/...,1003758.story


Yeah, right

SafeMinds: Federal Vaccine Court Rules Against Autism Families

Government's Refusal to Fund Sound Science Stacks Deck Against
Vaccine-Injured Children and Casts Doubt on the Integrity of the National
Immunization Program says SafeMinds.

Washington, D.C. - March 12, 2010 - Autism and mercury advocacy organization
SafeMinds regrets today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against
three families who argued that vaccines which contained the mercury based
preservative thimerosal contributed to their child's autism. The denial of
reasonable compensation to families was based on inadequate vaccine safety
science and poorly designed and highly controversial epidemiology studies
supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the defendant in
vaccine injury cases and is also responsible for carrying out the very
vaccine safety research that should be integral to court decisions. This
conflict of interest means the deck is stacked against families when they
enter "vaccine court" and is yet one more reason for parents to doubt the
integrity of the National Immunization Program.

"The government has its thumb on the scales of justice," said Laura Bono,
parent of a vaccine injured child whose case was dismissed. "The Vaccine
Injury Compensation Act passed by Congress in 1986 gave immunity to vaccine
manufacturers and diminished the incentive to create safer products.
Meanwhile, the law only gives the illusion that parents will have their day
in court. The process is dysfunctional and many families will not see
justice done."

Two HHS agencies, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), are responsible for conducting vaccine safety
research. Calling into question the scientific integrity of this research, a
top CDC funded vaccine researcher, Poul Thorsen, responsible for the
oversight of some of the most influential and controversial studies that
have been claimed as evidence for no link between autism and thimerosal, is
alleged to be under investigation when funding documents were found to be
forgeries and millions of dollars were missing.

The director of the NIH institute in charge of autism studies has admitted
that HHS has a conflict of interest in conducting autism-vaccine research
due to the court cases. Last year, the government dominated Interagency
Autism Coordinating Committee blocked critical vaccine-autism research
studies from moving forward. "The government must fund an extensive vaccine
safety program, including studies of the health outcomes of vaccinated and
unvaccinated children," stated Lyn Redwood, Vice President of SafeMinds.
"Trust in the immunization program will continue to deteriorate without
adequate and unbiased safety science."

Over 5,000 petitions have been filed in the vaccine court alleging that
vaccines caused a variety of damage to the developing brain, immune system,
and other metabolic pathways ultimately giving rise to a diagnosis of
autism. Already, the court has awarded approximately $5 million in
compensation for such cases, of which the Hannah Poling case is the most
well-known. Many of these cases were quietly settled by the government so
the public is not aware of them. Thus the court has already decided that
vaccine injury is linked to autism. Today's
ruling against families demonstrates that the process is arbitrary. The
question is not whether some cases of autism have a vaccine etiology. The
government has admitted that. The only remaining question is how many kids
have been injured - and what must be done now to treat these kids and
prevent further injury.

SafeMinds wishes to recognize the bravery and perseverance of the families
who now may face a lifetime of inadequate support for their disabled
children.

The Coalition for SafeMinds (Sensible Action for Ending Mercury-Induced
Neurological Disorders) is a nonprofit organization founded to investigate
and raise awareness of the risks to infants and children of exposure to
mercury from medical products, including thimerosal in vaccines. Further
information about SafeMinds and the harmful effects from mercury exposure
may be found at www.safeminds.org

SafeMinds | 16033 Bolsa Chica Drive #104-142 | Huntington Beach | CA | 92649



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Old March 14th 10, 12:27 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
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Special Masters Protect Vaccine Program and Deny Justice to Vaccine-Injured
Children
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/03/s...-children.html


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Old March 14th 10, 11:47 PM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
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Default 'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases

Coalition for Vaccine Safety Explains the Autism Omnibus Proceeding
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/03/c...roceeding.html

Managing Editor's note: The following information is to assist you in
speaking to media, friends, family and colleagues from the Coalition for
Vaccine Safety:

Please contact local media to discuss the Omnibus Autism Proceeding
decisions. Here are the three main take-away points:

1. The Special Masters protected the vaccine program - and denied justice to
vaccine-injured children.

2. Vaccines cause autism - this Court and HHS have previously acknowledged
that.

3. These decisions highlight the inadequacy and possible suppression of
vaccine safety science.



1. The Special Masters protected the vaccine program - and denied justice to
vaccine-injured children.

a. The Special Masters' denied compensation to the King, Mead and Dwyer
families apparently out of the misguided government policy that their role
is to protect the vaccine program before doing justice for vaccine-injured
children.

b. They apparently believe that if they acknowledge that mercury causes
autism, parents will stop vaccinating their children. Based on this policy,
the court failed to weigh the evidence in an impartial way.

c. The scientific evidence at the hearing that mercury causes neurological
and immune damage to infants leading to autism was credible and strong.

d. The petitioners met their burden of proof to show that the
thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCVs) they received more likely than not
contributed to their autism. These petitioners will likely appeal.

2. Vaccines cause autism - this Court and HHS have previously acknowledged
that.

a. HHS conceded in the 2008 Poling case that Hannah Poling's autism was
caused by vaccines affecting her mitochondrial condition.


b. In another Court of Claims decision, Banks v. HHS, the Court held that
vaccines caused the child's acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
which, in turn, caused the autism spectrum disorder PDD-NOS.

3. These decisions highlight the inadequacy and possible suppression of
vaccine safety science.

a. There is overwhelming, uncontested scientific evidence that mercury
causes neurological damage and immune dysfunction.

b. The health of these children improved dramatically when they were treated
for heavy metal toxicity and immune dysfunction. Their condition was
treatable, not immutable.

c. The government removed thimerosal from routine childhood vaccines because
of safety concerns.

d. The government has failed to do serious research on children with
regressive autism.

e. Until December 2009, the Centers for Disease Control denied any real rise
in autism prevalence.

f. Petitioners were unable to gain access in this Court to taxpayer-financed
data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, the most important source of data on
vaccine safety.

g. HHS' assertion of no thimerosal-autism link is dubious.

4. These test cases further erode trust in the National Immunization
Program, when trust is already at an all-time low.

a. There is a crisis of confidence in the U.S. vaccine program.

b. A recent study of the American Academy of Pediatrics found that half of
all parents have serious concerns over vaccine side effects, and one in four
believe that some vaccines cause autism.

c. Parents will not participate in a program that is not as safe as possible
or that fails to compensate those who are injured.

5. These test cases highlight the failure of the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program.

a. Simply put, vaccine cases in the Court of Federal Claims are
fundamentally unfair. Petitioners fight for compensation at a tremendous
disadvantage.

b. Government actors defend a government program, using government-financed
science, before government judges.

c. In countless ways - a short statute of limitations, an extremely
adversarial atmosphere, no jury, inadequate procedural rules, extremely
limited discovery - the deck is stacked against petitioners.

d. The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program should be radically reformed or
abolished.

6. We lost this round, but we will win this war.

a. The truth will win out. This is the beginning, not the end of this
issue.

b. These cases will be appealed; the previous Omnibus test cases on MMR and
autism are already in the appeals process. The Cedillo appeal will be
argued later this spring.

c. The Supreme Court took Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, a vaccine injury case, and
will hear it this fall. It will decide whether petitioners in vaccine court
can file in civil court to claim that a vaccine design was defective.

d. The Thorsen investigation will continue.

e. Contact your Senators and your Congressional Representatives to support
the Coalition for Vaccine Safety's call for hearings on vaccine safety.
See http://www.coalitionforvaccinesafety...,1003758.story


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Old March 15th 10, 01:36 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
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john wrote:
Special Masters Protect Vaccine Program and Deny Justice to Vaccine-Injured
Children
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/03/s...-children.html


Have you read the justices opinions? They were very thorough and
well-researched. The justices based their opinions on the facts.

Jeff
 




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