and Offit have the same coaches

[Guest guest]

Rmoffi, your observations are hilarious and insightful.

I have made some of the same observations about Offit's statements and

now, having just heard the Diane Rehm show on NPR, see some

similarities. Interesting, isn't it, that both Offit and spend

time talking about Lupron and chelation deaths (while only giving a

partial picture). Hmm, the PR firm(s) must be using the same coaches

for both these dubious medical men. They need to vary the company

line- it's getting too obvious.

For Offit to talk about Iraq in the 70's being able to reliably

diagnose all sorts of neurologic problems from mercury poisoning,

except autism, is ludicrous. For him to trivialize the parents who try

" silly " gluten-free diets which are " not harmless " is insensitive at

best. The guy who Kirby has documented saying thimerosal is the

" gentle " mercury, like " lime juice " , is now associating it with water

and breastmilk. Thimerosal, essential to life itself! Yes, even

Baghdad Bob couldn't say that with a straight face.

> The more this sock puppet is exposed to the public, the more he

> resembles

> Saddam's Baghdad Bob who was last seen on Arabian television

> proclaiming

> glorious victory for Iraq's Republican Guard forces as American forces

> were

> steadily advancing, unopposed, into the heart of Baghdad.

>

> Offitt stated that " a toxic or environmental agent " can trigger a

> genetic

> pre-disposition for autism and to buttress his conclusion he states

> " thalidomide

> clearly caused an increase incidence in autism " and the " rubella

> virus..also

> caused autism " . I may be wrong but wasn't this the guy who claimed

> the

> cause of autism was a complete mystery?

>

> Offitt " thinks " that mercury does not cause autism as did thalidomide

> and

> rubella because " research...disproves any link between thimerosal and

> autism " .

> Apparently, the Director of the Vaccine Education Center believes

> parents

> should continue injecting thimerosal into their babies because he

> " thinks " it

> may be harmless.

>

> Offitt observed that Iraq's disastrous exposure to methyl mercury in

> the

> early 1970's resulted in " babies being delivered who had a variety of

> neurological problems, including mental retardation and epilepsy, but

> not autism " . How

> does Offit know the hundreds of babies that suffered a " variety of

> nuerological problems " were properly diagnosed 30 years ago in Iraq

> and how can he be

> certain none would be found on the autism spectrum had the diaster

> happened

> today?

>

> Offitt stated " methyl mercury is naturally found in the water we drink,

> formula and breast milk we give our babies " ergo " we wouldn't

> recommend anyone

> stop drinking water or breast/formula feeding our babies anymore than

> we would

> recommend not receiving an influenza vaccine that contains

> thimerosal " . How

> stupid is this statement? Yes, government efforts to eliminate

> environmental

> toxins like mercury in our drinking water, breast/formulas has proven

> difficult but that does not mean government should further expose

> children by

> failing to remove mercury from childhood vaccines.

>

> I did agree with Offitt's observation the medical profession needs

> things

> like " ethical, professional or licensing agencies to take away the

> licenses of

> people " who ignore " abundant evidence " that may prevent them from

> doing harm

> to children. Hopefully, someday in the near future, the public health

> bureaucracy that continues to recommend pregnant women and babies

> receive mercury

> in flu vaccines will be exposed and licenses will be withdrawn for

> ignoring

> the growing body of evidence that has provided ample warning of the

> harm being

> done by thimerosal.

>

> The questions by Maggie Fox and T.J. Greaney were excellent. The sock

> puppet zigged and zagged all over the place, regurgitating ad nauseam

> the entire

> spectrum of self-protective denial, including disparaging the Journal

> of

> American Physicians and Surgeons for not being a " reputable

> epidemiological

> journal " and explaining away any increase in autism as being a

> somewhat devious

> ploy by greedy parents seeking " to get a lot of therapies that would

> be paid for

> by the county that otherwise they wouldn't get " . Gluten free diets

> are

> " silly " and a child died " because he received a theraphy (chelation)

> that had no

> chance of making him better " .

>

> At one time I would have shaken in rage when reading his answers but

> this

> time I was moved to sing " ding dong, the witch is dead, ding dong, the

> wicked

> witch is dead " . Perhaps someday Baghdad Bob will resent being

> compared to Dr.

> Offitt.

>

" I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be

depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring

them the real facts. "

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