U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., created a firestorm on Capitol Hill recently when he presented evidence the Centers for Disease Control destroyed data linking the MMR vaccine, (measles, mumps and Rubella) and autism.
Posey based his
indictment on the allegations of Dr. William Thompson, a 17-year veteran of the
CDC, who became a whistleblower and charged
in a report by Robert E. Kennedy Jr. that was published on WND his superiors pressured him to manipulate data
in order to conceal possibly harmful side effects of the MMR vaccine.
It was in August 2014,
Thompson alleged, the CDC hid data which revealed the MMR vaccine caused an
increased risk of autism when administered to children younger than
three years
old, with an even greater risk for African-American children.
Thompson stated he led
or co-led three major vaccine safety studies while working for the CDC. After
finding the risks for autism and the disproportionate impact on black children,
Thompson charged:
"All the authors
and I met and decided sometime between August and September 2002 not to report
any race effects from the paper. Sometime soon after the meeting, we decided to
exclude reporting any race effects. The co-authors scheduled a meeting to
destroy documents related to the study.
"The remaining four
co-authors all met and brought a big garbage can into the meeting room, and
reviewed and went through all the hardcopy documents that we had thought we
should discard, and put them into a huge garbage can.
"However, because I
assumed it was illegal and would violate both FOIA and DOJ requests, I kept
hard copies of all documents in my office, and I retain all associated computer
files. I believe we intentionally withheld controversial findings from the
final draft of the Pediatrics paper."
Posey had this and other
excerpts from Thompson's account entered into the Congressional
Record. He said the federal
government has a responsibility to provide accurate information to parents
about vaccines. "It's troubling to
me that in a recent hearing on childhood vaccinations, it was never mentioned
that our government has paid out over three billion dollars through a vaccine
injury compensation program for children who have been injured by vaccinations.
Regardless of the subject matter, parents making decisions about their
children’s health deserve to have the best information available to them."
Posey went on to request
a "thorough investigation" and concluded, "I ask, Mr. Speaker, I
beg, I implore my colleagues on the Committee on Appropriations to please,
please take such action." Orthopedic surgeon, past
president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and WND columnist Dr. Lee Hieb applauded Posey's actions but
stated he needed to go father. "I wish he'd
address the larger issue. The MMR vaccine is generally bad not just because of
the mercury, but even if you subtract out mercury, it's about giving children
under three years a massive dose. You're giving a child a whopping load when
their immune system just isn't ready.
Hieb, author of the
recent book "Surviving
the Medical Meltdown: Your Guide to Living Through the Disaster of
Obamacare," argues that the MMR
vaccine is uniquely dangerous.
"We don't see these
problems when we vaccinate for measles, for example," she says. She argues
what is needed is a calm look at the science in order to determine the risks
and benefits of this specific procedure. However, Hieb believes
such a dialogue is unlikely in the current political climate.
"This is an age of
anti-science," she told WND. "Science is based on doubt. They are
using coercion and the tactics of fascism rather than the tactics of science.
They're saying, 'It's proven there's no argument.' Well, that's not how science
works."
Hieb said she and some
of her patients have received calls from the CDC asking if they had children
under four years old and inquiring about their views on vaccination. "This is none of
their business," she complained. The actions of Posey and
the reported actions by the CDC are likely to draw new attention to the battle
over mandatory vaccination.
In the wake of
California passing a tough mandatory vaccination law, voters have
launched an effort to recall
Democratic State Sen. Richard Pan, a legislator who made it more difficult for
parents to opt out of the program. Pan stated those trying to drive him out of
office are using "anti-science rhetoric to ignore division and fear."
But Hieb says Pan has it
backwards and parents should be cautious about certain kinds of vaccinations at
certain times. Doubt and skepticism, she argues, is what is needed in a real
scientific approach. "Look, there is no
reason to give an infant a
hepatitis B vaccine, for example. This is
the government imposing an unneeded medical procedure, one that has risks,
unnecessarily, on small children whose bodies may not be ready for it. And then
they tell us we are not even allowed to discuss the data surrounding these
issues. Indeed, the CDC may have actually destroyed the data. "We need to
investigate this. We need to get into the specifics. But if we did what these
vaccination Nazis wanted, we'd never move ahead."
http://www.wnd.com/2015/08/stunner-whistleblower-claims-feds-hiding-vaccine-autism-link/
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