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- CarolH,
I guess i might be offended by your surely heartfelt sympathy for my child if i thought you had the slightest idea what you were talking about. (Just one example: Neurotransmitters are not "in" our food like some kind of prize in a cereal box; they're synthesized in the body using the nutrients we consume.)
For the record, my son has been (and continues to undergo) intensive therapy for autism. I'm hardly "celebrating a desire not to find answers," whatever that means. We as a family are doing everything we can to help our son, without subjecting him to therapies that are untested, unwarranted and sometimes dangerous. (Did you know a boy died last year while undergoing chelation, a technique supported by many who believe in the vaccine hypothesis?)
I do, however, celebrate my son, because he did not ask to be born with autism, and the least i can do for him is to love him and respect him for who he is, while also doing all i can to make his world better.
It's too bad there is as yet no vaccine for ignorance and misplaced pity (although i'm afraid it might be too late for your sake). But again, thanks for all your kind thoughts.
(And for anyone seeking an opinion on this matter from a qualified expert -- an actual doctor -- the following article in yesterday's SanFran Chronicle is worth checking out:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/17/INGMLQEPNT1.DTL - Reply to this comment
- Thanks for an article that should open many people's eyes. You are one of my heroes, along with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Ingri Cassel, and many others.
Susan Pearce - Reply to this comment
- please be aware that both the tetanus and flu vaccine still have mercury in them. Can anyone tell me the name of the test that will identify children with holes in their immune make up. I would pay anything to spare my children the reaction I had in Oct 2005 to a flu vaccine.
Lisa Smith
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- Thank you and thank you again for this article that speaks of truths that most seem to be avoiding. I hope that you will continue to investigate this as so many of us have. It will be a victory when these truths become evident to all.
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- It%u2019s incredibly inaccurate to say that no evidence exists to disprove a link. Sadly the people who believe this is a balanced report really should read the transcripts of the supreme court case, this reporter clearly has not.
Everybody should read the transcripts for the real reason this myth continues. It%u2019s because of a handful of unethical doctors and researchers, who earn money through the court system bringing frivolous cases. In one case a doctor earned $500,000 for a few months work, for her support of the link. And these doctors? They have consistently lied about their qualifications. In once case just about every qualification on an immunologists resume was false.
The transcripts can be found here I urge everybody, including the reporter to read them, to see clearly just who is lying to line their own pockets.
ftp://autism.uscfc.uscourts.gov/autism/index.html - Reply to this comment
- Sharyl Attkisson;
Thanks for this story on Autism but more broadly the issue of "whom does one trust?"
I have a story on a vaccine program that I have researched and "lived" for 6 years which I would like to convey to a responsible investigative reporter.
Thanks for contacting me at ralippin@aol.com or cell- 570-242-1414
Be Well,
Rick Lippin MD
Southampton, Pa - Reply to this comment
- Sharyl Attkisson
Thanks for the story on Autism and "whom does one trust?
Please contact me at cell- 570-242-1414 or ralippin@aol.com
I am requesting an opprtunity to serve as a confidential source on a vaccine story which I know well.
Thanks
Rick Lippin MD
Southampton Pa - Reply to this comment
- As a doctor and author on the subject of medically-induced birth trauma, I want to thank you for your thoughtful and accurate reporting on this subject. Your piece will be required reading for anyone wishing to discuss the matter in our clinic, and my hope is that you will continue to state the facts rather than the governmental/pharmaceutical party line.
I must say that reading it provoked the same emotional response as listening to a flawless musical performance from a great master, as something that resonates with truth and beauty. Please do not allow corporate bullying to ever stop your honest statement of facts, especially when so many lives are at stake. Those of us in the trenches applaud your efforts and look forward to the day you will be recognized by your former critics. - Reply to this comment
- To qchan63,
I feel sorry for your child. You can celebrate your desire not to find the answers so many other parents seek. But the rest of us who do read the science and actually know what a neurotransmitter is and what foods and medicines they are in will continue to demand answers. Real science is the open search for answers, ignorance is smug, and those who are hiding something will do anything to keep it hidden. Best of luck to you. - Reply to this comment
- Thank you so much for this informative and balanced look at a vitally important topic. We seem to be expected to simply just trust that all Vaccines are suited and right for our children - yet all children are NOT the same, although vaccine doses are and children will react differently.
The paragraph that says:
...He said that, ideally, every child should undergo such a test before their first vaccinations. But he also said the test is very expensive and so "not worth it." Many parents might disagree.
....is particularly telling about the priorities and importance that ONE life holds to
I don't know the answers but I do have a lot of questions that need to be answered (by someone not connected to the profit vaccines provide). I do not want to take ANY chances with the precious lives that I am responsible for.
Thanks again for covering this and I look forward to more information in the future.
Namaste,
Tina Louise
England - Reply to this comment
