Posts Tagged ‘MMR’
Putting Measles and the MMR Vaccine into Perspective
Despite assurances of the safety of the measles vaccine (MMR), some children suffer permanent brain damage from the vaccine, and some die from it. Vaccine manufacturers were paying out large settlements for successful lawsuits filed after devastating vaccine injuries occurred. This led them to heavily lobby the federal government to pass the National Childhood Vaccine…
Read MoreExamining the Possibility of a Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—AUGUST 27, 2014 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM W. THOMPSON, Ph.D., REGARDING THE 2004 ARTICLE EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MMR VACCINE AND AUTISM My name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where I have worked since 1998. I regret that my coauthors…
Read MoreMeasles and the MMR Vaccine – Setting the Record Straight
With the current media frenzy and fear mongering over a few dozen cases of the measles, it is astonishing to note that very few mainstream reports provide balance by also reporting on the damage being done by the MMR vaccine. The CDC continues to brazenly lie about the MMR, as evidenced in a media teleconference…
Read MoreParent of Autistic Child in Wakefield Study Says Key Journalist Got Facts Wrong
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — When reporter Dan Olmsted met with the father of an autistic boy whose medical history is central to a British Medical Journal article refuting the vaccine/autism link, Olmsted never expected to be shown a letter written by the boy’s father that would reveal the facts of the…
Read MoreLatest IOM Report Omits Vaccine Injury Data, Denies Victims, Says MMR Causes Measles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Contact: Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota Wayne Rohde 651-705-5030 / 405-973-7049 Latest IOM Report Omits Vaccine Injury Data, Denies Victims, Says MMR Causes Measles On August 25 the Institute of Medicine’s Panel on Adverse Effects of Vaccines issued a report that inadvertently reveals that much more rigorous science…
Read MoreThe Confidence Gap
Why the Obama administration needs to restore public faith in the safety of childhood vaccines. The mainstream media applauded the U.S. federal “vaccine court”‘s decision Feb. 12 that the MMR vaccine and vaccines containing ethyl mercury as a preservative did not cause autism in three children chosen as test cases. But that’s not enough to…
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