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commentaries are not necessarily those of all who contribute to this publication.
Special note to the humour-impaired reader or Latent Autistic Personality Syndrome Entity (LAPSE): The above anecdote is intended as a
satirical treatment. Some statements may be exaggerated to illustrate absurdities and are not intended to be taken literally. That includes
elements of this disclaimer, which have been rendered in accordance with the guidelines established by the American Sarcastological
Association, and the Internet Derisive Insights Act. -LS]
-----------------------------------------------------------When are people going to realise that children ARE damaged? The government is playing a game of mimicking the proverbial ostrich
which will have profound sociological consequences for us all. Already the results of some kind of environmental damage seems to be
affecting our children causing a massive increase in disorders such as ADHD, Asperger's and behavioural disorders. The research so far
does seem to indicate vaccine damage is responsible for this rise. This argument will be settled once and for all in the courts next year.
Already, Japan has settled compensation on parents for MMR vaccine damage this year.
It is no coincidence that we are now seeing a massive jump in the numbers of children committing crimes, (crime rates in the UK are at an
all-time high - with the largest increase in the youngest offenders), literacy is at an all time low in the population, and even related
immunological diseases such as asthma and food allergies have rocketed in incidence.
How is it possible, in today's society with all the supposed stringent tests that the Government have in place, for a child to reach the age
of 15 with no ability to read or write autonomously whatsoever? What does this young man do to survive in the world after school? Teen
suicide has rocketed in the last few years, and social services - the bastion of last resort to whom many desperate parents eventually turn,
are denying that support due to sheer pressure of numbers.
What kind of society will we have in 10, 20 or even 30 years time if we don't act now to prevent a sociological breakdown from the rising
numbers of children developing these problems? Already the health service is stretched to breaking point trying to cope with ASD, just
think how much worse it will be in 10 years time. Lisa Blakemore-Brown's prophecies are indeed dire, but they are also coming true.
I would urge medical professionals to look at the children and listen to the trained specialists like Lisa Blakemore-Brown, Andrew
Wakefield and Paul Shattock, amongst the many others who see these children every day. Don't rely on what is often heavily biased
epidemiological evidence (often funded by the very drug companies that produce the vaccines) that takes no account of the problems our
children are facing. The Piano story may sound funny, but actually it is heartbreaking in its truth.
Competing interests: Parent and carer of a New Variant Autistic child who lives with daily pain from chronic headaches, bowel problems
and now has to use a wheelchair. He has no formal medical diagnosis because there is no formal recognition of his vaccine damage
status.
Competing interests: None declared
Vanessa King, Biopsychologist/carer
Norfolk
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To the Point
14 February 2001
If a group of people collapse after eating, say, Lemon Sole,in a particular restaurant, it would be ludicrous for those responsible to wave a
hand over the problem saying that millions of people eat Lemon Sole every day and there are no problems. Health and Safety officials will
get straight to the point of the issue and look at the fish in the restaurant, look at the individuals, test findings in the lab.
As hundreds of parents have found their children to react to vaccine, in some cases leading to the `new variant autism` of loss of
communication skills, motor impairments and bowel problems, is it not these cases the Government should be looking at for answers?
The incidence of this particular tapestry of autism is indisputable. This is not related to increased recogniton of autism, The TYPE is
unusual and baffling to education and health professionals. In one of my cases of very obvious and indisputable reaction to pertussis
vaccine the child in question has been found to have Kawasaki disease, her own immune system attacking itself. She presents as
Asperger. There is no autism in the family. but the baby had allergies prior to the vaccine.It is scientific examination of cases like this
which will enable us to ultimately put measures in place to reassure the public.
Blanket refusal to look at the real issues and prevention of individuals exercising choice seems a dangerous policy, especially just before
an election.
Editorial comment
The parents of the child whose case is mentioned in this response have given their written informed consent to publication.
Competing interests: None declared
Lisa Blakemore-Brown, Independetn Psychologist, specialising in Autism and ADHD
UK
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Re: I am amazed
25 January 2001
Editor
I would disagree with the suggestion that only way to solve the issue is to study MMR against measles vaccines; the way to solve the
issue is to do long term prospective studies using cohorts of MMR-vaccinated against unvaccinated children, for which a cohort must now
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I am amazed
23 January 2001
I am amazed that BMJ found so much space (1) to report a non controlled study - with a three week follow up - that did not address the
issue of autism (2).
The only way to stop the sterile discussions on the possible link between MMR and autism would be to start large long term prospective
randomised controlled studies comparing measles vaccines and MMR. We must keep in mind that measles vaccine has positive non
specific effects on health detectable in third world countries where child survival rates can be used as criteria of health (3,4).
References
-1 - Wise J. Finnish study confirms safety of MMR vaccine. BMJ 2001; 322: 129.
- 2 - Patja A, Davidkin J, Kurki T, et al. Serious adverse events after measles - mumps - rubella vaccination during a fourteen - year
prospective follow - up. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000; 19 (12): 1127-34.
-3 - Aaby P, Samb B, Simondon F, et al. Non specific beneficial effects of measles immunisation: analysis of mortality studies from
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Like BSE - The Truth Will Out - and like BSE - who will take
responsibility?
22 January 2001
Editor
The Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation appear to have accepted unscientific
evidence, or have come to an unscientific conclusion, as a basis for their stance on vaccine safety. The Government must remedy this
situation in the public interest, that is their duty of care.
A couple of years ago the Fin study was promoted, along with the Swedish study (Gillberg et al), by our Department of Health as 'proof'
that the MMR is safe and does not result in children suffering inflammatiory bowel disorders or autism. A 6th Form science student could
probably debunk these studies in that regard, why not our esteemed government scientific advisors?
For example
FIN study
1. The study was very dependent on ADR reporting by medical professionals, and any study which is totally dependent on adverse
reaction reporting by medical professionals must be flawed from the start. In recent years it has been widely reported that ADR-based
statistics cannot be trusted. A 1997 French study (Moride et al) suggested that doctors may be under-reporting ADRs by 24,500 times
2. Only one company supplied the vaccines, Merck Research Labs, West Point, PA, USA. the company that part- funded the research
paper.
3. The study only identified 31 children as having any ADR after MMR vaccination, that in itself is questionable. One has to note that the
children with identified ADRs typically suffered orchitis, rashes or seizures and therefore would no doubt have been returned to their
physician or to hospital to investigate. It is equally reasonable to assume that many more children may have suffered ADRs, which did not
appear to require return for medical support.
4. In the case of autism many children have been noted by their parents to have developed what they refer to as ADRs and which include
sudden regression in mental faculties, physical deterioration and the onset, albeit gradual, of speech and communication deficit.
5. Although some of the children may have experienced digestive and bowel disorders the overwhelming problems mentioned above may
have taken precedence when seeking medical support. The increasing pain threshold associated with autism may have masked any
bowel discomfort. When one's child is having a seizure, or has begun to lose significant communication skills, the last thing parents and
medical professionals are likely to focus on are runny tummies or loss of appetite. Anti-epileptic drugs are quickly introduced after EEG
and can themselves be then accused of precipitating gastric or digestive ADRs.
6. The study does not appear to have in anyway attempted to identify children who rapidly developed speech and communication
difficulties or epilepsy-like symptoms despite the high prevalence of such effects prior to the later diagnosis of autism. A high percentage
of autistic individuals suffer from epilepsy and one rare form, infantile spasms, is actually common in autism.
7. The authors note that from the onset of the MMR vaccination schedules in 1982 to the time of their study Finland had dealt out some
three million doses of MMR vaccine saying that the practice was been safe. Without doubt a large proportion of the one and a half million
children who received a double MMR assault will now exhibit not only autistic traits (1 in 100) but other chronic disorders such as asthma,
eczema, inflammatory bowels, SIDS, whether or not the vaccine was involved. That is a statistical certainty. No attempt has been made to
highlight this fact or to assess whether any of the children developed such serious events in close proximity to their vaccinations.
8. Does not Finland now have an extraordinary high rate for childhood diabetes, is this also linked to their mass vaccination campaign?
Swedish Study
The Swedish study was broadcast nationally by government sources with statements concluding that parents should not be worried about
the MMR vaccination with respect to autism as more children developed autism prior to the MMR being introduced into the Swedish
population than appear to have developed autism after introduction in 1982.
The figures were for 55 children said to have been found with autism during a major screening in 1988, 34 were believed to have
developed the disorder before MMR introduction in 1982 and 21 after.
1. Quite remarkably the study did not appear to have taken into account the fact that as many as 50% of the 34 children would have been
vaccinated in the 1970s with the measles vaccine which had been introduced during that decade. It is therefore possible that the
increased number of children identified as having autism prior to the introduction of the MMR vaccine may have been so afflicted by the
measles vaccine.
2. Furthermore, as in the UK, it is highly likely that autism was not diagnosed in children during the 1970s and 1980s until the child was at
least eight years old. The 21 children diagnosed in the 1980s may be only the tip of the iceberg. They would have been only four to seven
years old themselves when Dr. Gillberg's study took place in 1988 and many other children may have been 'incubating' autism and related
disorders due to the MMR vaccine but had not yet reached the typical age for diagnosis.
I am surprised that neither Government nor the media have presented the following study which provides compelling evidence of a link
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