Re: CDC Warning about the Larry King show on autism!!

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02/13/2008

" ALL HANDS ON DECK! " CDC BRACES FOR LARRY KING LIVE

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) By J.B. Handley

Can it get any sillier? First, the AAP tries to get ABC to pull a fictional

episode of Eli Stone off the air because the show addresses the vaccine-autism

controversy.

Now, the CDC issues a “warning†that Larry King Live will be airing a show

on autism tomorrow night (February 14th) that may not align with the CDC’s

wildly biased, ill-informed, and self-protectionist point of view on autism.

The email, circulated to health care professionals far and wide, states:

“We have been informed that the Larry King Live show will be about on autism

on Tuesday, February 12 [Note: date is wrong, actually airing on 2/14]. The

panelists for the show will include McCarthy, Holly , Dr. Jerry

Kartzinel (author of the introduction to McCarthy's book) and others

[Note: List of panelists is wrong, will actually be , Dr. Jerry

Kartzinel, Doug Flutie, and McElwain.]

Recently, we distributed a timeline of key events related to thimerosal and

vaccines. We are sending that to you again.

I have also attached the transcription of an interview conducted by 11Alive

news in Atlanta with Dr. Melinda Wharton, Deputy Director of CDC's National

Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

In this interview, Dr. Wharton addresses many of the issues raised by

McCarthy. Our transcription is probably not perfect but we want to share it

with

you nonetheless. We hope these resources, along with our websites, will be

helpful to you if the Larry King show generates inquiries.

_Autism Information Center_ (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/)

_Information on Mercury and Vaccines_

(http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/concerns/thimerosal.htm)

e M. Sheedy, PhD

Associate Director for Communication Science

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS-E05

Atlanta GA, 30333

phone: 404-639-6482

fax: 404-639-8905

Rather than trying to find an answer to the autism epidemic, the CDC is

spending your tax dollars trying to combat the point of view of people who,

unlike the CDC, do the following:

1. Acknowledge that the prevalence of autism is rising

2. Offer a hypothesis for cause with independent science and many anecdotal

experiences of parents to back them up, thereby also offering insight into

how to prevent autism

3. Offer hope and a roadmap for treatment that may lead to recovery for our

kids

Yes, it’s just the same old thing from CDC. But it still takes my breath away

to see it in print.

JB Handley is co-founder of Generation Rescue and Editor at Large for Age of

Autism.

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JB,

Love the work you do. This blog is possibly the equivalent of

lin’s Pennsylvania Gazette, and hopefully will lead to a revolt against

the

current vaccine schedule. Want to throw a test balloon your way. How about

asking all these expert MDs who make the vaccination schedule recommendations to

provide the schedules their kids/grandkids have received. As an MD a good

barometer of therapeutic benefit is what you would want done, if you were the

patient. Since these experts have access to data we may not what are they

doing, (not just saying). Case in point Dr ston, who had a grandson

while attending Simpsonwood, when did his grandson receive his vaccinations?

Did he get a jab for Hep B or the MMR? I think their recommendations would be

greatly undermined if what they say is different from what they do.

Nelly Huppert MD

Posted by: Nelly Huppert MD | _02/14/2008 at 09:08 AM_

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It's very telling that that the Associate Director for Communication Science

at the CDC, e M. Sheedy, PhD, couldn't get the date or

the guest list right for the Larry King Show.

And Poor Dr. Wharton. Her interview will be hauled out every time the CDC

needs to counter the growing coverage of the vaccine controversy.

" Autism Controversy: The CDC Responds "

_http://www.11alive.com/news/health/article_health.aspx?storyid=107120_

(http://www.11alive.com/news/health/article_health.aspx?storyid=107120)

Wharton's uniform may be impressive, but there's nothing here that we

haven't heard before and no one's convinced by any of it.

Anne Dachel

Posted by: Anne Dachel | _02/14/2008 at 01:26 AM_

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Oh, good heavens. If the CDC put a mere fraction of their energy into simple

customer service, the agency would not be stuck in this defensive muddle.

If a consumer product harms the consumer, make it right for them. Or the

customer will not return. Capitalism 101.

Get out in the field. Talk with parents. Look at their children's lab tests.

Prescribe a treatment. Figure out what went wrong with the vaccine. Work to

ensure it doesn't happen again.

Posted by: nhokkanen | _02/13/2008 at 10:13 PM_

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It seems like they have the lineup from the Larry King Show on 9/26/07.

Dr. e writes " Our transcription is probably not perfect " . She sounds

like a woman with low self-esteem. " You probably wouldn't want to go out with

me, right? " .

Another great post JB- thanks!

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