The fact is that the FDA and CDC knew children were being poisoned and they kept the information hidden and allowed it to continue. "Because the FDA chose not to recall thimerosal-containing vaccines in 1999," the April 2003, House Committee on Government Reform report concludes, "in addition to all of those already injured, 8,000 children a day continued to be placed at risk for overdose for at least an additional two years."
There's also no doubt that the drug companies knew of the dangers more than 30 years ago. In 1972, Lilly received an article that confirmed that thimerosal had caused 6 deaths when too much of it had been used, which said: "The symptoms and clinical course of the 6 patients suggests subacute mercury poisoning."
In an October 12, 1979 memo, Merck scientists discussed the "potential problem" of having mercury in its flu and meningococcal vaccines, as well as the Hepatitis B vaccine that was under development and asked: "Should a program of replacement be initiated now to guard against any spontaneous rally to avoid its (thimerosal) use in injectables?"
Last fall, the LA Times released a 1991 internal memo from Merck, that proves the company knew back then that the overuse of mercury in vaccines posed a dangerous health threat to children. The memo noted that 6-month-old children who received their shots on schedule would get a mercury dose up to 87 times higher than guidelines for the maximum daily consumption of mercury from fish.
Using state by state statistics produced by the Department of Education, to compare the increase in cases of autism over a 12-year period between 1992-93 and 2003-04, reveals horrendous results. In Ohio, in 1992-93 there were only 22 cases of autism, in 2003-04 there were 5146 cases. In Illinois, there were only 5 cases twelve years ago, while there were 6005 in 2003-04. Mississippi had no cases of autism 12 years ago, but had 622 in 2003-04. Wisconsin had 18 cases in 1992-93 and 3259 in 2003-04.
We are on the verge of the biggest welfare disaster that his country has ever seen. Eighty percent of the autistic children in the US are under the age of 17. In a few short years, the states will be forced to provide support for an overwhelming number of disabled adults. "The costs will be in the trillions," according to Ann Dachel, a special education teacher and the mother of a boy with autism and a daughter who developed epilepsy after receiving a Hepatitis B vaccine.
On February 15, 2005, the GAO, released a report titled, "Special Education Children With Autism," that revealed that the number of children ages 6 through 21 diagnosed with autism who receiving special ed services has increased by more than 500% over the past 10 years, from under 20,000 in 1993 to almost 120,000 in 2002.
The cost of educating this number of autistic kids will be enormous. The Department of Education spends about $53 billion a year on K-12 education. If it provides $60,000 per year to educate each of the currently identified school-age autistic children nationwide, the price tag will be over $7 billion a year, or about 13% of the Department's entire budget. And by the end of each year, the cost will be even higher due to the increased number of autistic kids entering the system each year.
In the absence of a cure and drug company accountability, local tax payers will be forced to carry the life-long load of educating and caring for a generation of injured people and state and local taxes will go through the roof.
The CDC and FDA policy decisions regarding vaccine approval and safety recommendations are made through physician advisory panels whose members often have financial relationships with the very same drug companies that they are supposed to regulate.
For example, during a congressional hearing on potential conflicts of interests at the FDA, it was revealed that 60% of the advisory board members who voted to approve the poisonous rotavirus vaccine had financial ties to the drug companies manufacturing the vaccine. The committee also discovered that half of the CDC members had ties to the rotavirus makers.
If parents are expected to trust the government's approval process, they have a right to know that the vaccines they are forced to inject into their children have been approved based on the best scientific advice available, without the undue influence of pharma money being funneled to scientists, politicians, and officials within the regulatory agencies.
Evelyn Pringle
epringle05@yahoo.com
(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for Independent Media TV and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government)
There's also no doubt that the drug companies knew of the dangers more than 30 years ago. In 1972, Lilly received an article that confirmed that thimerosal had caused 6 deaths when too much of it had been used, which said: "The symptoms and clinical course of the 6 patients suggests subacute mercury poisoning."
In an October 12, 1979 memo, Merck scientists discussed the "potential problem" of having mercury in its flu and meningococcal vaccines, as well as the Hepatitis B vaccine that was under development and asked: "Should a program of replacement be initiated now to guard against any spontaneous rally to avoid its (thimerosal) use in injectables?"
Last fall, the LA Times released a 1991 internal memo from Merck, that proves the company knew back then that the overuse of mercury in vaccines posed a dangerous health threat to children. The memo noted that 6-month-old children who received their shots on schedule would get a mercury dose up to 87 times higher than guidelines for the maximum daily consumption of mercury from fish.
We are on the verge of the biggest welfare disaster that his country has ever seen. Eighty percent of the autistic children in the US are under the age of 17. In a few short years, the states will be forced to provide support for an overwhelming number of disabled adults. "The costs will be in the trillions," according to Ann Dachel, a special education teacher and the mother of a boy with autism and a daughter who developed epilepsy after receiving a Hepatitis B vaccine.
On February 15, 2005, the GAO, released a report titled, "Special Education Children With Autism," that revealed that the number of children ages 6 through 21 diagnosed with autism who receiving special ed services has increased by more than 500% over the past 10 years, from under 20,000 in 1993 to almost 120,000 in 2002.
The cost of educating this number of autistic kids will be enormous. The Department of Education spends about $53 billion a year on K-12 education. If it provides $60,000 per year to educate each of the currently identified school-age autistic children nationwide, the price tag will be over $7 billion a year, or about 13% of the Department's entire budget. And by the end of each year, the cost will be even higher due to the increased number of autistic kids entering the system each year.
In the absence of a cure and drug company accountability, local tax payers will be forced to carry the life-long load of educating and caring for a generation of injured people and state and local taxes will go through the roof.
The CDC and FDA policy decisions regarding vaccine approval and safety recommendations are made through physician advisory panels whose members often have financial relationships with the very same drug companies that they are supposed to regulate.
For example, during a congressional hearing on potential conflicts of interests at the FDA, it was revealed that 60% of the advisory board members who voted to approve the poisonous rotavirus vaccine had financial ties to the drug companies manufacturing the vaccine. The committee also discovered that half of the CDC members had ties to the rotavirus makers.
If parents are expected to trust the government's approval process, they have a right to know that the vaccines they are forced to inject into their children have been approved based on the best scientific advice available, without the undue influence of pharma money being funneled to scientists, politicians, and officials within the regulatory agencies.
Evelyn Pringle
epringle05@yahoo.com
(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for Independent Media TV and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government)
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