OpEdNews - Page 2 of Article: "Another child is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes." And nobody protests this?

"Because of the mercury?"

"No. Because their fragile little systems simply can't handle the introduction of that much radical change into their bloodstreams at so young an age...." That sounds plausible. But is it REAL research? So I googled. And I consulted my friend Melinda who knows everything. And I discovered an article that read, "After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.... The claim [was] one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal 'Vaccine Court'.... The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal). Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of 'relatedness;' insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and 'watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination.'"

Every 20 minutes, America wastes another precious child's mind due to autism. Think of the costs in terms of medical treatment. Think of the loss in terms of human resources. Think of the anguish and pain for the families of autistic children. "Every 20 minutes...."

But with another child developing autism once every 20 minutes -- only since the mass marketing of vaccines for infants and with this link between vaccines and autism appearing to be so obvious, then why haven't pharmaceutical companies backed off and launched a huge new media campaign such as, "Please Wait to Vaccinate!" They'd still make tons of money, only they'd make it a year later.

"But, Jane," argued another young mother, "what if in the meantime my baby gets diphtheria and dies?" That would be terrible! But the chances of your baby getting diphtheria and dying in this day and age of antibiotics are going WAY down -- while the chances of your baby getting autism are going WAY up. Which one outweighs the other? At this point, I would chose to avoid autism. Diphtheria you can recover from. Autism is for LIFE.

While I was contesting a parking ticket today down at city hall, I ran into another young mother. "Did you get your baby vaccinated," I asked her while we were waiting in line.

"Yes and no. I did the polio vaccine because once you get polio, you're in big trouble and can't get cured. But the tetanus shot? No way! My baby is going to have to be at least a year old and walking before she can step on a rusty nail. And all of the other ones? I figure that if a disease is curable, its vaccine could wait. Plus they have so many vaccines these days that they are always trying to stick needles into my baby. My baby is NOT a pincushion! They even have a vaccination against diarrhea. And hepatitis? Aren't you supposed to be exposed to that by having sex?"

Good grief. If this mother hadn't been holding her baby, I woulda given her a high-five!

Then I went to the Berkeley-Albany Bar Association's monthly luncheon and was telling the attorney next to me over the pasta and poached salmon that there was no autism when I was a child. "Maybe they had another name for it, Jane." What? Village idiot? Nope. That only happens in Texas. "Or maybe it's caused by television." It can't be caused by television. Eighteen-month old babies don't watch that many episodes of "Deal or No Deal".

"But, Jane, why are you so passionate about having babies avoid getting vaccinations?" asked the attorney. When you go to one of these meetings, you always gotta be prepared to get put on the witness stand.

"Well, first of all," I replied, "it totally bothers me that every time a drug company wants to make a bit more extra cash, they just dream up yet another reason to stick needles into our babies. They need to get a life and stop hatin' on babies!"

"And, second, I am passionate about this for personal reasons. Some friends of mine's baby became autistic about twelve years ago and I have watched the pain and hardship and struggle that autism brought to their lives. The couple ended up in divorce court and the child ended up in a nursing home. And both parents were intelligent and accomplished. Their child could have been a genius. But he ended up being a burden and a heartbreak." Sigh.

Did I vaccinate my own children? Heck, no. I practiced what I preached. And they turned out fine.

Bottom line? The losses from "Bush's War" on Iraq are tragic for sure. But in relation to the far heavier losses being endured by America's babies, even they pale in comparison. The war on Iraq was a phony war, a war for profit, a "Bush's War". What if the war on our babies is a phony war too? What if autism is caused by vaccines? And what if the drug companies are hiding evidence of this in order to keep the profits rolling in -- like they have done in several other cases in the past?

What if the tragedy of autism is just another "Bush's War"?

And if it is, then why aren't we protesting this "War" as well? Why aren't a billion mothers out marching in the streets?

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