Re: Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defect

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lynn is about 8 toxicology credits short of understanding why she should feel guilty.

Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defect

maybe lynn is just PO'd that so many kids these days can't eatJimmy's peanuts anymore - without going into anaphylactic shock, forsome strange mysterious reason.sorry Ros - "no child is expendable" trumps "every child by two" -randy>> "birth defect" WTH?? > > -----------------> > > http://tinyurl.com/kuvt5> > Act could turn the tide on common birth defect> By Hotez and lynn > McClatchy-Tribune News Service> Published: Friday, August 18, 2006> > WASHINGTON - A bill that marshals an army of new research dollars to> strike a forceful blow against autism deserves - and we hope will get> - full consideration from the House of Representatives when it returns> in September.> > Passed unanimously by the Senate on Aug. 3, the Combating Autism Act> will increase research funds for autism and offers new hope that a> cure can be found for the nation's most common genetic disorder.> > The bipartisan act would bolster an already strong base of existing> science about the origins of autism. Medical researchers believe it> could lead to breakthroughs that might eventually help cure a disease> that affects a growing number of children and their families.> > Equally important, the bill could finally lay to rest an unfounded> theory propounded by a small group of physicians and parents, who> claim a link between autism and the thimerosal preservative contained> in many vaccines.> > Recently, five recent major studies examining the health records of> hundreds of thousands of children in the United States, Britain,> Denmark, Sweden and Canada found no link between autism and vaccines> or thimerosal. The peer-reviewed studies - published in prestigious> medical journals - show that the rates of autism either remained the> same or increased after mercury-containing thimerosal was removed from> childhood vaccines.> > Unfortunately, misplaced media attention to this nonexistent link> obscures the very real issues surrounding autism and shifts attention> away from what is genuinely needed: federal funding for increased> research into the disorder, advanced training for medical> professionals, increased early diagnosis and improved services for> autistic children and their parents.> > Given that autistic spectrum disorders are among the most common> genetic conditions - occurring in one of every 166 live births - we> should not waste any more time pursing what amounts to a dead-end> speculation.> > The Combating Autism Act would, among other things:> > • Double the amount that the National Institutes of Health spends on> autism research.> > • Create a screening program in all 50 states for the early> identification of children with autism.> > • Fund the efforts of the Autism Treatment Network to identify the> best medical practices in the treatment of autistic kids.> > • Continue funding of the epidemiological and public education> programs on autism at the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion..> > The bill, which would authorize nearly $1 billion over the next five> years to conduct a variety of activities to fight the disease, is long> overdue and deserves swift passage.> > At present, research about autism is lim- ited.> > We do know it is a genetic disorder associated with structural changes> in the brain that begin prior to birth. We also know that autism genes> produce effects that lead to an excessive increase in head size at> about one month of age, well before a baby receives its first set of> pediatric vaccines. And we know heredity is the most important risk> factor for these structural changes in autistic brains.> > A stepped-up effort to fund such research could lead to the> development of new treatments, genetic screening tools and an> evidence-based program of genetic counseling.> > The Combating Autism Act is, indeed, an act of enlightenment. In> addition to helping us to understand the root causes of autism, it> should undercut those who inaccurately blame lifesaving vaccines for> the disorder.> > That mistaken belief, if perpetuated, could create a public health> crisis that will make urgently needed vaccines unavailable to our> children. Already, there have been widespread demands by state> legislatures to limit the use of vaccines in children or to change> their mode of production.> > In California, for instance, soon children will no longer be allowed> to receive the influenza vaccine - a ban that could trigger an> epidemic in the nation's most populous state. Reduced immunization> rates will substantially reverse public health gains made over the> last four decades and lead to unnecessary childhood deaths.> > In the meantime, it is important to remember that today's vaccines> save lives. Some estimates indicate that the global use of childhood> vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella,> Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and polio have saved 160 million> lives over the last 25 years. That number is equivalent to all of the> lives lost in all world wars during the 20th century.> > By passing the Combating Autism Act this year, Congress can help> millions of American families - both those who are affected by autism> and those who will continue to have access to vaccines that protect> their children from many other preventable diseases.> > Dr. Hotez heads the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and> Tropical Medicine at Washington University in Washington, D.C.> Former first lady lynn is co-founder of Every Child by Two,> the /Bumpers Campaign for Early Childhood Immunization. Readers> may write them in care of Hotez, 2300 I St. N.W., Ross Hall 736,> Washington, DC 20032.>

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The proactive vaccine ladies of the various administrations must be feeling some significant heat.

Their good intentions are completely blowing up in their faces.

A person who has good intentions, but is otherwise a nitwit acting in an area outside of their common sense and knowledge base, with the power of government at his or her disposal, may create more damage than the most pernicious dictator.

Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defect

> > >> > > "birth defect" WTH?? > > > > > > -----------------> > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kuvt5> > > > > > Act could turn the tide on common birth defect> > > By Hotez and lynn > > > McClatchy-Tribune News Service> > > Published: Friday, August 18, 2006> > > > > > WASHINGTON - A bill that marshals an army of new research dollars to> > > strike a forceful blow against autism deserves - and we hope> will get> > > - full consideration from the House of Representatives when it> returns> > > in September.> > > > > > Passed unanimously by the Senate on Aug. 3, the Combating Autism Act> > > will increase research funds for autism and offers new hope that a> > > cure can be found for the nation's most common genetic disorder.> > > > > > The bipartisan act would bolster an already strong base of existing> > > science about the origins of autism. Medical researchers believe it> > > could lead to breakthroughs that might eventually help cure a> disease> > > that affects a growing number of children and their families.> > > > > > Equally important, the bill could finally lay to rest an unfounded> > > theory propounded by a small group of physicians and parents, who> > > claim a link between autism and the thimerosal preservative> contained> > > in many vaccines.> > > > > > Recently, five recent major studies examining the health records of> > > hundreds of thousands of children in the United States, Britain,> > > Denmark, Sweden and Canada found no link between autism and vaccines> > > or thimerosal. The peer-reviewed studies - published in prestigious> > > medical journals - show that the rates of autism either remained the> > > same or increased after mercury-containing thimerosal was> removed from> > > childhood vaccines.> > > > > > Unfortunately, misplaced media attention to this nonexistent link> > > obscures the very real issues surrounding autism and shifts> attention> > > away from what is genuinely needed: federal funding for increased> > > research into the disorder, advanced training for medical> > > professionals, increased early diagnosis and improved services for> > > autistic children and their parents.> > > > > > Given that autistic spectrum disorders are among the most common> > > genetic conditions - occurring in one of every 166 live births - we> > > should not waste any more time pursing what amounts to a dead-end> > > speculation.> > > > > > The Combating Autism Act would, among other things:> > > > > > . Double the amount that the National Institutes of Health spends on> > > autism research.> > > > > > . Create a screening program in all 50 states for the early> > > identification of children with autism.> > > > > > . Fund the efforts of the Autism Treatment Network to identify the> > > best medical practices in the treatment of autistic kids.> > > > > > . Continue funding of the epidemiological and public education> > > programs on autism at the Centers for Disease Control and> Preven- tion..> > > > > > The bill, which would authorize nearly $1 billion over the next five> > > years to conduct a variety of activities to fight the disease,> is long> > > overdue and deserves swift passage.> > > > > > At present, research about autism is lim- ited.> > > > > > We do know it is a genetic disorder associated with structural> changes> > > in the brain that begin prior to birth. We also know that autism> genes> > > produce effects that lead to an excessive increase in head size at> > > about one month of age, well before a baby receives its first set of> > > pediatric vaccines. And we know heredity is the most important risk> > > factor for these structural changes in autistic brains.> > > > > > A stepped-up effort to fund such research could lead to the> > > development of new treatments, genetic screening tools and an> > > evidence-based program of genetic counseling.> > > > > > The Combating Autism Act is, indeed, an act of enlightenment. In> > > addition to helping us to understand the root causes of autism, it> > > should undercut those who inaccurately blame lifesaving vaccines for> > > the disorder.> > > > > > That mistaken belief, if perpetuated, could create a public health> > > crisis that will make urgently needed vaccines unavailable to our> > > children. Already, there have been widespread demands by state> > > legislatures to limit the use of vaccines in children or to change> > > their mode of production.> > > > > > In California, for instance, soon children will no longer be allowed> > > to receive the influenza vaccine - a ban that could trigger an> > > epidemic in the nation's most populous state. Reduced immunization> > > rates will substantially reverse public health gains made over the> > > last four decades and lead to unnecessary childhood deaths.> > > > > > In the meantime, it is important to remember that today's vaccines> > > save lives. Some estimates indicate that the global use of childhood> > > vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps,> rubella,> > > Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and polio have saved 160 million> > > lives over the last 25 years. That number is equivalent to all> of the> > > lives lost in all world wars during the 20th century.> > > > > > By passing the Combating Autism Act this year, Congress can help> > > millions of American families - both those who are affected by> autism> > > and those who will continue to have access to vaccines that protect> > > their children from many other preventable diseases.> > > > > > Dr. Hotez heads the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and> > > Tropical Medicine at Washington University in Washington,> D.C.> > > Former first lady lynn is co-founder of Every Child> by Two,> > > the /Bumpers Campaign for Early Childhood Immunization.> Readers> > > may write them in care of Hotez, 2300 I St. N.W., Ross> Hall 736,> > > Washington, DC 20032.> > I am not educated enough to beable to prove the link between thimerasal and autism. But then why does the CDC and the N.I.H do everything possible to hide their findings? They should have a 6ft5in 240lb 28 year chase his mother out doors in a rage for no apparent reason.>> >>

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The unvaccinated children don't have autism.

Case closed.

Act could turn the tide on common birth defect> > > "birth defect" WTH?? > > -----------------> > http://tinyurl.com/kuvt5> >

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// My colleagues and I have witnessed infants and children die excruciating deaths from measles//

really? I never read about anything like that anywhere. Not anywhere with any verifiable stats.

Never heard of a single "excruciating death from measles"

If the media missed those events, shame on them! It's a shame the public school is the only place his daughter has any structure in her life. If I read correctly that's what he stated. Very sad indeed.

-------------- Original message -------------- From: " McDonough" <kevntimmcd@...> > Or not suspicious enough. > > > > > > > > > I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often > repeated > > > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often > for it > > > to be coincidental... > > > > > > "unfounded theory" > > > "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..." > > > "lifesaving vaccines" > > > "perpetuate" > > > "vaccine-preventable diseases" > > > > > > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the > opinion > > > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress >

by > > > the Immunization Action Coalition. > > > > > > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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We need to answer the question ...why does this guy hold his position ? Does anyone know if he holds connection/s with pro vaccine pharmaceutical co's or political groups ? He might use catch phrases, but why is he so adament on his position ? What is it about his field that sways him away from seriously questioning the efficacy of vaccines ? His position seems intransigently steadfast from reading his comments. Take care n "Missy P. Bach" <ms_pi_2006@...> wrote: Maybe I'm too suspicious..http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/Media/transcripts/t050719.htm Telebriefing TranscriptMedia Briefing on Vaccines and Child HealthJuly 19, 2005DR. HOTEZ: Good afternoon. My name is Hotez. I'd like to thank the Department of Health and Human Services for allowing me to speak this afternoon. My day job is that I'm chair of the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine at Washington University here in the District where I lead a multinational effort to develop a vaccine for human hookworm infection, a parasitic disease that affects hundreds of millions of children in developing countries. In addition to being a pediatrician and a vaccine researcher, however, I am also a husband the father of our children.

My 12-year-old daughter has pervasive developmental disorder, autism, which was first diagnosed at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut, when she was just a few years old. I can say authoritatively without question that having a child with autism has been my family's single greatest challenge and my own personal greatest challenge. My own opinion is that autism is one of the cruelest medical conditions that could befall a child of her parents. Although has some special gifts and unique charms and we love her, there have also been a number of occasions where the grueling and unrelenting care that she requires as well as the incredible financial hardships she creates have caused clinical depression in some members of my family, and on multiple occasions have come close to tearing apart our family. The good news is that so far we have made it and we've remained together. So my

wife and I often as each other what did we do to become so unlucky as to have a child with a condition that occurs with the frequency of only 3 to 6 per 1,000 births? One thing that we're totally confident about is that 's autism had absolutely nothing to do with the vaccines that she received. Even if we could turn back the clock and do it all over again, I can honestly say that we would still give her fill complement of pediatric vaccines. Our confidence about this is based on what we know to date about autism. Autism has a huge genetic component and it's more or less a genetic disorder associated with structural changes in the brain that occur prior to birth. We know that autistic children have a reduced head size at birth and then experience and sudden and excessive increase in head size at about 1 month of age, even before they receive their first set of pediatric vaccines. We

know heredity is the single most important risk factor for autism. At least five major studies that examined the health records of hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S., Britain, Denmark and Sweden, have conclusively shown no link between autism and vaccines or the thimerosal previously contained in vaccines. Indeed, these studies which are published in some of the best medical journals show that rates of autism either remain the same or may have even increased after mercury containing thimerosal was removed. As a scientist this makes sense to me, that autism does not cause vaccines, thimerosal does not cause autism. Instead, we know that mercury exposure in infancy produces a unique syndrome that bears no resemblance to pervasive developmental disorder. We know this because of the unfortunate children living in Minamata City, Japan, who were exposed to toxic levels of mercury from environmental

pollution during the 1950s. These children exhibited stunted growth, limb deformities, and a unique type of brain atrophy that looks nothing like the enlarged brains of children with autism. There are two important messages I want to convey today. First, as a pediatrician and child advocate, I want to remind the audience today of the consequences we face by not vaccinating our nation's children. Because of my interest in parasitic and tropical diseases, I work extensively in developing countries such as Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, China and Indonesia where because vaccines were missed or were not available, children suffered devastating consequences. My colleagues and I have witnessed infants and children die excruciating deaths from measles, from tetanus, from H flu meningitis, as well as from cancer caused by hepatitis B. We have seen children gasping for air because of whooping cough, and we

have seen children permanently disabled from polio. There is nothing intrinsicly different about these children compared to children in the United States. The only difference was that the children living over there did not get vaccinated and ours did. Second, as a parent of an autistic child, I want to focus our national attention away from these unfounded claims about vaccines and shift it to what we really need to make our lives and our children's lives bearable, we need access to child services and respite care that can help us get us through our day especially when our autistic children are not in school. Even the very best public school systems provide education and care Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m., 5 days a week, not including summers and school holidays. is only in school and has a structured environment only 20 percent of her waking hours. We need venues that provide stimulating

games and fun activities when our children are not in school. We need pediatricians, we need neurologists, we need child psychiatrists, to understand the complex and diverse needs of autistic children and who have access to the latest psychiatric medicines and have the training on how to use them. We need insurance companies that are willing to step up and to again reimburse families for visits to the child psychiatrist. We need research to better understand the causes of autism and to develop genetic screening tests for this devastating condition. We need a war on autism, not a war on childhood vaccines. Thanks. >> I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often repeated > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often for it > to be coincidental...>

> "unfounded theory"> "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..."> "lifesaving vaccines"> "perpetuate"> "vaccine-preventable diseases"> > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the opinion > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress by > the Immunization Action Coalition.> > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf>

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Well there you go......I visited the sabin inst website a while back. They are very pro vaccine................so......... which I can understand given it's one of their main reasons for existing. They originated back in the old days before many of the current relevant questions, issues pertaining to vaccines arose. Having grown up in Africa, I do know that these parasitic organisms like hookworm, tapeworm etc wreak havoc amongst the poor indigent peoples, so I'm not against these type of vaccines or research into finding methods and alternatives. I am against the inclusion of thimerosal and other toxic preservatives or additives etc Take care n"Missy P. Bach" <ms_pi_2006@...> wrote: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20048 PJH is an inventor on an international patent application (PCT/US02/33106; filed 11 November, 2002) entitled "Hookworm Vaccine." PJH is also Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Sabin Vaccine Institute (New Canaan, Connecticut, United States of America) and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Pfizer Fellowships in Infectious Diseases. http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v3/n9/full/embor071.html Cures for the Third World's problems Broder1, L. Hoffman2 & J. Hotez3The application of genomics to the diseases plaguing the developing world may have huge medical and economic benefits for those countries and might even prevent armed conflict ...P.J.H. is supported by the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and grants from the NIH, March of Dimes and The China Medical Board of New York. >> We need to answer the question

....why does this guy hold his position ? Does anyone know if he holds connection/s with pro vaccine pharmaceutical co's or political groups ?> > He might use catch phrases, but why is he so adament on his position ? What is it about his field that sways him away from seriously questioning the efficacy of vaccines ? His position seems intransigently steadfast from reading his comments.> Take care> n > >

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Perhaps the scientists, as part of the grant issuing process, had to participate in this nonsense. For someone scientifically trained and in light of how scientifically wrong the post is, the guy's got to be cringing. This is not going to be hleping his ultimate reputation any.

Maybe Gates is squeezing him.

Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defect

I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often repeated phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often for it to be coincidental..."unfounded theory""Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals...""lifesaving vaccines""perpetuate""vaccine-preventable diseases"Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the opinion piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress by the Immunization Action Coalition.www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf

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Perhaps he believes this. Maybe someone can send him something on the work with the Amish.

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Maybe I'm too suspicious..http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/Media/transcripts/t050719.htm

Telebriefing TranscriptMedia Briefing on Vaccines and Child HealthJuly 19, 2005DR. HOTEZ: Good afternoon. My name is Hotez. I'd like to thank the Department of Health and Human Services for allowing me to speak this afternoon. My day job is that I'm chair of the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine at Washington University here in the District where I lead a multinational effort to develop a vaccine for human hookworm infection, a parasitic disease that affects hundreds of millions of children in developing countries. In addition to being a pediatrician and a vaccine researcher, however, I am also a husband the father of our children. My 12-year-old daughter has pervasive developmental disorder, autism, which was first diagnosed at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut, when she was just a few years old. I can say authoritatively without question that having a child with autism has been my family's single greatest challenge and my own personal greatest challenge. My own opinion is that autism is one of the cruelest medical conditions that could befall a child of her parents. Although has some special gifts and unique charms and we love her, there have also been a number of occasions where the grueling and unrelenting care that she requires as well as the incredible financial hardships she creates have caused clinical depression in some members of my family, and on multiple occasions have come close to tearing apart our family. The good news is that so far we have made it and we've remained together. So my wife and I often as each other what did we do to become so unlucky as to have a child with a condition that occurs with the frequency of only 3 to 6 per 1,000 births? One thing that we're totally confident about is that 's autism had absolutely nothing to do with the vaccines that she received. Even if we could turn back the clock and do it all over again, I can honestly say that we would still give her fill complement of pediatric vaccines. Our confidence about this is based on what we know to date about autism. Autism has a huge genetic component and it's more or less a genetic disorder associated with structural changes in the brain that occur prior to birth. We know that autistic children have a reduced head size at birth and then experience and sudden and excessive increase in head size at about 1 month of age, even before they receive their first set of pediatric vaccines. We know heredity is the single most important risk factor for autism. At least five major studies that examined the health records of hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S., Britain, Denmark and Sweden, have conclusively shown no link between autism and vaccines or the thimerosal previously contained in vaccines. Indeed, these studies which are published in some of the best medical journals show that rates of autism either remain the same or may have even increased after mercury containing thimerosal was removed. As a scientist this makes sense to me, that autism does not cause vaccines, thimerosal does not cause autism. Instead, we know that mercury exposure in infancy produces a unique syndrome that bears no resemblance to pervasive developmental disorder. We know this because of the unfortunate children living in Minamata City, Japan, who were exposed to toxic levels of mercury from environmental pollution during the 1950s. These children exhibited stunted growth, limb deformities, and a unique type of brain atrophy that looks nothing like the enlarged brains of children with autism. There are two important messages I want to convey today. First, as a pediatrician and child advocate, I want to remind the audience today of the consequences we face by not vaccinating our n ation's children. Because of my interest in parasitic and tropical diseases, I work extensively in developing countries such as Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, China and Indonesia where because vaccines were missed or were not available, children suffered devastating consequences. My colleagues and I have witnessed infants and children die excruciating deaths from measles, from tetanus, from H flu meningitis, as well as from cancer caused by hepatitis B. We have seen children gasping for air because of whooping cough, and we have seen children permanently disabled from polio. There is nothing intrinsicly different about these children compared to children in the United States. The only difference was that the children living over there did not get vaccinated and ours did. Second, as a parent of an autistic child, I want to focus our national attention away from these unfounded claims about vaccines and shift it to what we really need to make our lives and our children's lives bearable, we need access to child services and respite care that can help us get us through our day especially when our autistic children are not in school. Even the very best public school systems provide education and care Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m., 5 days a week, not including summers and school holidays. is only in school and has a structured environment only 20 percent of her waking hours. We need venues that provide stimulating games and fun activities when our children are not in school. We need pediatricians, we need neurologists, we need child psychiatrists, to understand the complex and diverse needs of autistic children and who have access to the latest psychiatric medicines and have the training on how to use them. We need insurance companies that are willing to step up and to again reimburse families for visits to the child psychiatrist. We need research to better understand the causes of autism and to develop genetic screening tests for this devastating condition. We need a war on autism, not a war on childhood vaccines. Thanks.

>> I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often repeated > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often for it > to be coincidental...> > "unfounded theory"> "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..."> "lifesaving vaccines"> "perpetuate"> "vaccine-preventable diseases"> > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the opinion > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress by > the Immunization Action Coalition.> > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf>

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For whatever reason, perhaps arrogance, these people have to understand people want safe vaccines. The thimerosal debacle is such a huge blackeye, and the response is so corrupt and inadequate, they are doing so much more damage continuing in this charade, then simply cleaning it up.

It shows that they are completely incapable of policing themselves.

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Well there you go......I visited the sabin inst website a while back. They are very pro vaccine................so......... which I can understand given it's one of their main reasons for existing. They originated back in the old days before many of the current relevant questions, issues pertaining to vaccines arose.

Having grown up in Africa, I do know that these parasitic organisms like hookworm, tapeworm etc wreak havoc amongst the poor indigent peoples, so I'm not against these type of vaccines or research into finding methods and alternatives. I am against the inclusion of thimerosal and other toxic preservatives or additives etc

Take care

n"Missy P. Bach" <ms_pi_2006 > wrote:

http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20048

PJH is an inventor on an international patent application (PCT/US02/33106; filed 11 November, 2002) entitled "Hookworm Vaccine." PJH is also Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Sabin Vaccine Institute (New Canaan, Connecticut, United States of America) and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Pfizer Fellowships in Infectious Diseases.

http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v3/n9/full/embor071.html

Cures for the Third World's problems Broder1, L. Hoffman2 & J. Hotez3The application of genomics to the diseases plaguing the developing world may have huge medical and economic benefits for those countries and might even prevent armed conflict

....P.J.H. is supported by the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and grants from the NIH, March of Dimes and The China Medical Board of New York. >> We need to answer the question ...why does this guy hold his position ? Does anyone know if he holds connection/s with pro vaccine pharmaceutical co's or political groups ?> > He might use catch phrases, but why is he so adament on his position ? What is it about his field that sways him away from seriously questioning the efficacy of vaccines ? His position seems intransigently steadfast from reading his comments.> Take care> n > >

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Arrggh! How could a doctor make that comment? "one thing we are absolutely sure of that her autism has nothing to do with the vaccines she received?".

From: i_know_jack@...Reply-EOHarm To: EOHarm Subject: Re: Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defectDate: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:44:09 +0000

// My colleagues and I have witnessed infants and children die excruciating deaths from measles//

really? I never read about anything like that anywhere. Not anywhere with any verifiable stats.

Never heard of a single "excruciating death from measles"

If the media missed those events, shame on them! It's a shame the public school is the only place his daughter has any structure in her life. If I read correctly that's what he stated. Very sad indeed.

-------------- Original message -------------- From: " McDonough" <kevntimmcdsbcglobal (DOT) net> > Or not suspicious enough. > > > > > > > > > I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often > repeated > > > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often > for it > > > to be coincidental... > > > > > > "unfounded theory" > > > "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..." > > > "lifesaving vaccines" > > > "perpetuate" > > > "vaccine-preventable diseases" > > > > > > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the > opinion > > > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress > by > > > the Immunization Action Coalition. > > > > > > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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//I cannot imagine participating in any type of propaganda in order to further my career, at the expense of my child's health....//

That would be difficult to rationalize. Could cause severe depression.

The truth would set him free. I feel so sorry for this family.

--------- Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth > defect > > > > > > I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often > repeated > > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often > for it > > to be coincidental... > > > > "unfounded theory" > > "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..." > > "lifesaving vaccines" > > "perpetuate" > > "vaccine-preventable diseases" > > > > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of

the > opinion > > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress > by > > the Immunization Action Coalition. > > > > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf > > > > > > > > > > >

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Is there any room for research and funding for any type of vaccine/s ? Are we just blanketly opposed to all vaccine research ? The following excerpts from Aasa's post gives me cause for concern. " Good sanitation, clean water systems, and access to basic healthcare prevent people in wealthier countries from falling victim to these ailments. Neglected diseases primarily affect people who are poor to start with, and they often deepen their poverty. Take hookworm, for example. Hookworms feed on the blood of their human hosts’ intestines, leaving infested patients debilitated and anemic, lacking energy to pay attention in school or show up for work. Although deworming drugs exist, they don’t protect patients from becoming reinfested. That leaves 740 million hookworm victims around the world trapped in a chronic cycle of poverty and infection. Another 460 million people are affected

by the slightly less ignored “Big Three”—HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria—which claim 5.6 million lives each year. Every 30 seconds, it is said, malaria takes a child’s life. The typical victim is too poor to pay for treatment. As with any commercial entity, a pharmaceutical company is driven by the promise of profits. If a firm spends time and money developing a new drug, it hopes to reap financial rewards by selling the final product. But remove the profit motive from this engine, and it sputters to a grinding halt. " All people on this planet, especially the poor deserve a better and decent shot at life. Theses diseases are horrendous and, they are very widespread and infect and kill MILLIONS. Malaria kills a child approximately EVERY THIRTY SECONDS ! ! ! ! I deplore the despicable intransigence of the political/pharmaceutical cabal when it comes to their

disposition with respect to the vaccine Hg connection and aetiology of Autism, but I strongly disagree with just bashing ANYTHING to do with vaccines designed to help and cure diseases that they could possibly help. Our Autism numbers are not yet anything close to those diseases mentioned in the article which affect and kill HUNDREDS of milllions annually throughout the world. I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE with Dr Hotez's view on vaccines and autism but I absolutely encourage, endorse and thank him for his efforts to research and find cures for these horribly debilitating, devastating parasitic diseases which mow down millions of victims each year. Remember one thing here, American troops can be deployed anytime, anywhere in the world. They could become victims of these diseases. How many American veterans still suffer from diseases they

picked up in Vietnam ? I agree with most of what's said on this list in terms of Hg vaccines and autism, but I believe it's totally wrong to put someone in a bad light, because their position is opposed to ours. Even though I disagree with Hotez on vaccines and autism and the guy has spent a lot of time doing vaccine research, so he does know more about the concept than we do. Take care n Aasa <penas7ar@...> wrote: Dr. Hotez will be happy about this: http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200601/010606.html More about Dr. Hotez: http://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3494 After reading all of the above, do you think this doctor would ever implicate vaccines as having anything to do with his child's autism? Hell, no...that would likely put an end to the little bit of funding that he is about to receive for his research. Aasaelevatordance <elevatordancemsn> wrote: Arrggh! How could a doctor make that comment? "one thing we are absolutely sure of that her autism has nothing to do with the vaccines she received?". From: i_know_jackcomcast (DOT) netReply-EOHarm To: EOHarm Subject: Re: Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defectDate: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:44:09 +0000 // My colleagues and I have witnessed infants and children die excruciating deaths from measles// really? I never read about anything like that anywhere. Not anywhere with any verifiable stats. Never heard of a single "excruciating death

from measles" If the media missed those events, shame on them! It's a shame the public school is the only place his daughter has any structure in her life. If I read correctly that's what he stated. Very sad indeed. -------------- Original message -------------- From: " McDonough" <kevntimmcdsbcglobal (DOT) net> > Or not suspicious enough. > > > > > > > > > I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often > repeated > > > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often > for it > > > to be coincidental... > > > > > > "unfounded theory" > > > "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..." > > > "lifesaving vaccines" >

> > "perpetuate" > > > "vaccine-preventable diseases" > > > > > > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the > opinion > > > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress > by > > > the Immunization Action Coalition. > > > > > > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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The present situation requires an Enron/MCI/TYCO reorganization of the underlying institutions/structures. Anything less will just fuel the fires. The government institutions, because of their monopoly positions, have been able to so totally abuse the public trust, that they must be restructured.

Re: Act could turn the tide on common birth defect

n,Government Health Agencies and Pharma have seriously compromised the public's trust by the way they've handled the autism/thimerosal situation. Giving the manufacturers liabililty protection certainly adds to this problem, and the advesarial manner in which the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program operates all serve to deepen the mistrust. The Vaccine Safety Bill, HR5887, is the first step in what I believe will be a very long road to regaining trust in the vaccine program.One has to wonder why the Gates Foundation doesn't take their billions and provide good sanitation, clean water, and basic healthcare to the millions of people at risk for hookworm infection. > > > > > > > > I suspect Dr. Hotez had "help" writing this. There are often > > repeated > > > > phrases in these pro-mercury letters that I've seen too often > > for it > > > > to be coincidental... > > > > > > > > "unfounded theory" > > > > "Peer-reviewed, prestigious medical journals..." > > > > "lifesaving vaccines" > > > > "perpetuate" > > > > "vaccine-preventable diseases" > > > > > > > > Just compare not only the the wording, but the tone of the > > opinion > > > > piece to the April 3rd letter written to all members of Congress > > by > > > > the Immunization Action Coalition. > > > > > > > > www.immunize.org/thimerosalletter.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >