Regardless of its cause, shouldnt HHS sponsor research into Mt disease and the biological mechanisms by which vaccines could aggravate the disorder? We still do not know what it was, exactly, about this girls vaccines that aggravated her condition. Was it the thimerosal? The three live viruses? The two attenuated viruses? Other ingredients like aluminum? A combination of the above? And of course, if vaccine injuries can aggravate Mt disease to the point of manifesting as autism features, then what other underlying disorders or conditions (genetic, autoimmune, allergic, etc.) might also be aggravated to the same extent? And, if a significant minority of autism cases can be linked to Mt disease and vaccines, shouldnt these products one day carry an FDA Black Box warning label, and shouldnt children with Mt disorders be exempt from mandatory immunization? 8) What are the implications for the vaccine-autism debate? Its too early to tell. But this concession could conceivably make it more difficult for some officials to continue insisting there is absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. Its key words are aggravated and manifested. Without the aggravation of the vaccines, it is uncertain that the manifestation would have occurred at all. When a kid with peanut allergy eats a peanut and dies, we dont say his underlying metabolic condition was significantly aggravated to the extent of manifesting as an anaphylactic shock with features of death. No, we say the peanut killed the poor boy. Remove the peanut from the equation, and he would still be with us today. Many people look forward to hearing more from HHS officials about why they are settling this claim. But whatever their explanation, they cannot change the fundamental facts of this extraordinary case: The United State government is compensating at least one child for vaccine injuries that resulted in a diagnosis of autism. And that is big news, no matter how you want to say it. NOTE: Full text of the governments statement is posted here m.huffpost/us/entry/88323
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:20:21 +0000
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