Guest guest Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Marie, Well said! Bravo! I will be sending a letter to as my son received thimerosal in 2001 when they say they got it out! Haven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Letter To the Editor I am writing regarding Pang's 6/26/06 story, " Governor Announces 28 Potential Vetoes, 6/26/2006, on SB 2133, Relating to Health. " The explanation given was, " This bill limits the use of vaccines that contain a preservative called thimerosal. The limit could adversely affect the ability of the medical community to provide inoculations to people in Hawaii seeking protection from the flu and other communicable diseases. The bill is too general and does not focus on those thought most susceptible to thimerosal, namely very young children. The medical community has expressed significant concerns that this bill could have negative implications for the public health and safety of the community. "   A very sad possibility is Hawaii's Governor may not have met Lee Grossman, his son with autism, and their family. Grossman runs the Autism Society of America and lives with his family right in Hawaii! Did the Governor contact Grossman before she considered her possible veto of the bill? I doubt it. Did the Governor bother to find out how many of her constituents' families have a loved one with autism? Probably not. Did the Governor even do her homework? Apparently, not so.  Perhaps it's not too late to save future Hawaiian generations from autism. All the Governor needs to do is a little research; make some calls and meet some people. Her staff should have done all its homework before advising her. Information on autism is, after all, as close as the Governor's phone and the Internet. These days to do so all one must do is turn on CNN, CSPAN and MSNBC. It doesn't take a lot of work to get the whole story. Bob (NBC) and his daughter (Autism Speaks) would be glad to fill in any blanks.  Marie A. Sherrett 13934 King Way Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 301-627-3042 (home) virri345@... (home) 202-756-8208 (work) msherrett@... (work)  ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.  ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 , Excellent letter. I suspect there won't be too many people who read your comments that will be standing in line early tomorrow morning awaiting their dose of the "toxic" stew listed as "ingredients" on the flu vaccine insert. By the way, I have heard the doctor is warned against giving a flu vaccine containing thimerosal unless he first questions his patient if they are allergic to it? When and where would the average patient learn they are allergic to thimerosal? Isn't it the doctor's responsibility to alert the patient of an allergy rather than the other way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Thanks Bob. Recently I've noticed a shift in health related stories to putting more responsibility on the patient and lessening the doctors. Actually, there was a legal case here where a man almost died because he was on mulitple meds, prescribed by various doctors, and the jury determined he did not adequately inform the doctor he was suing about everything he was on. God knows what side effects he was suffering from. How would most people know if they are allergic to Thimerosal, let alone what Thimerosal even is? I highly doubt the doctor would bother to explain. Besides, don't most doctors assume Thimerosal is out of most vaccines and even if it's in there it's such a minute amount, who cares? > > , > > Excellent letter. I suspect there won't be too many people who read your > comments that will be standing in line early tomorrow morning awaiting their > dose of the " toxic " stew listed as " ingredients " on the flu vaccine insert. > > By the way, I have heard the doctor is warned against giving a flu vaccine > containing thimerosal unless he first questions his patient if they are > allergic to it? When and where would the average patient learn they are allergic > to thimerosal? Isn't it the doctor's responsibility to alert the patient of > an allergy rather than the other way around? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thanks Thais for the laugh. Thanks Margie Al Cindi and Ellen for your comments. Still formulating an approach. I start and then sputter!! Probably need to calm down a bit before trying to write. L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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