Fwd: Response from the CDC:

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In a message dated 07/03/2008 15:26:34 GMT Standard Time, MandiRodwell writes:

Despite 'Sad' Case of Georgia Girl, CDC Reiterates 'Life-Saving ...MedPage Today, NJ - 1 hour agoThe court agreed that vaccines worsened a rare underlying mitochondrial disorder and gave rise to autism-like symptoms.

.. . .In a telephone press conference, Dr. Gerberding said the case -- although "sad" -- doesn't change the CDC's recommendations on childhood vaccinations.

"There is nothing about the particulars of this situation that should be generalized to an understanding of the risks associated with vaccines for normal children," he said.

"Our message to parents is that immunization is life-saving," she said.

Dr. Gerberding spoke after a special federal "vaccine court" ruled that the family of Hannah Poling, now nine, of Athens, Ga., is entitled to compensation from a federal vaccine injury fund.

Dr. Gerberding said the CDC could not comment on the Georgia case, but she added that mitochondrial disorders are known to have the potential to cause nerve and muscle tissue degeneration, sometimes with autism-like symptoms.

During the CDC press conference, Edwin Trevathan, M.D., director of the agency's Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said there is no solid evidence that administration of vaccines by themselves can cause a pre-existing mitochondrial effect to manifest itself.

.. . . "Most children with autism do not seem to have mitochondrial disorders," he said. \

(How would he know?)

The CDC, the FDA, the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all said there is no evidence linking autism with thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative that is no longer used in many childhood vaccines.

Most children with autism do not seem to have mitochondrial disorders," he said.

What about Abnormal Purine and Pyrimidine metabolism in Autism?

Isabella

Despite 'Sad' Case of Georgia Girl, CDC Reiterates 'Life-Saving ...MedPage Today, NJ - 1 hour agoThe court agreed that vaccines worsened a rare underlying mitochondrial disorder and gave rise to autism-like symptoms.

.. . .In a telephone press conference, Dr. Gerberding said the case -- although "sad" -- doesn't change the CDC's recommendations on childhood vaccinations.

"There is nothing about the particulars of this situation that should be generalized to an understanding of the risks associated with vaccines for normal children," he said.

"Our message to parents is that immunization is life-saving," she said.

Dr. Gerberding spoke after a special federal "vaccine court" ruled that the family of Hannah Poling, now nine, of Athens, Ga., is entitled to compensation from a federal vaccine injury fund.

Dr. Gerberding said the CDC could not comment on the Georgia case, but she added that mitochondrial disorders are known to have the potential to cause nerve and muscle tissue degeneration, sometimes with autism-like symptoms.

During the CDC press conference, Edwin Trevathan, M.D., director of the agency's Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said there is no solid evidence that administration of vaccines by themselves can cause a pre-existing mitochondrial effect to manifest itself.

.. . . "Most children with autism do not seem to have mitochondrial disorders," he said. \

(How would he know?)

The CDC, the FDA, the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all said there is no evidence linking autism with thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative that is no longer used in many childhood vaccines.

Most

children with autism do not seem to have mitochondrial disorders, " he

said.

What

about Abnormal Purine and

Pyrimidine metabolism in Autism?

Isabella

Despite 'Sad' Case of Georgia Girl, CDC Reiterates 'Life-Saving ...

MedPage Today, NJ - 1 hour ago

The court agreed that vaccines worsened

a rare

underlying mitochondrial disorder and gave rise to autism-like symptoms.

.. . .In a

telephone press conference, Dr. Gerberding said the case -- although " sad "

-- doesn't change the CDC's recommendations on childhood vaccinations.

" There

is nothing about the particulars of this situation that should be generalized

to an understanding of the risks associated with vaccines for normal

children, " he said.

" Our message

to parents is that immunization is life-saving, " she said.

Dr.

Gerberding spoke after a special federal " vaccine court " ruled that

the family of Hannah Poling, now nine, of Athens, Ga., is entitled to

compensation from a federal vaccine injury fund.

Dr.

Gerberding said the CDC could not comment on the Georgia case, but she added

that mitochondrial disorders are known to have the potential to cause nerve and

muscle tissue degeneration, sometimes with autism-like symptoms.

During

the CDC press conference, Edwin Trevathan, M.D., director of the agency's

Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said there is no

solid evidence that administration of vaccines by themselves can cause a

pre-existing mitochondrial effect to manifest itself.

.. .

.. " Most

children with autism do not seem to have mitochondrial disorders, " he

said. \

(How would he know?)

The CDC, the FDA, the World Health Organization, the Institute of

Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all said there is no evidence

linking autism with thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative that is no

longer used in many childhood vaccines.