Sent Today: Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota 2525 Chicago Avenue South Mail Stop 32-T6305 Minneapolis, MN 55404 Dr. Robert Bonar CEO Dr. Phil Kibort CMO 612-813-6000 Jeffrey J. Prager Founder & Publisher Senior Magazine 3951 Elliot Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-353-XXXX Dear Drs Bonar and Kibort, In regard to the influenza vaccination, Dr. Pamela Gigi Chawla stated in an ABC interview aired Monday, January 13th, 2015, the following: “You get more mercury from the fish you eat, in reference to the thimerosal still found in certain multi-dose vials of influenza vaccine as opposed to thimerosal-free single dose vials. This statement isnt only seriously misleading, its deceptive, fallacious and its medical fraud and an unconscionable statement from what is supposed to be a medical professional. Thimerosal, which releases the ethyl mercury radical as the active species, has been used as a preservative in many currently marketed vaccines throughout the world. Information extracted from decades of studies indicates that: (a) activity of low doses of Thimerosal against isolated human and animal brain cells was found in all studies and is consistent with Hg neurotoxicity; (b) the neurotoxic effect of ethylmercury has not been studied with co-occurring adjuvant-Al in TCVs; (c) animal studies have shown that exposure to Thimerosal-Hg can lead to accumulation of inorganic Hg in the brain, and that (d) doses relevant to TCV exposure possess the potential to affect human neuro-development [1]. Mercurials have been reported to cause apoptosis in cultured neurons. Study findings suggest deleterious effects on the cytoarchitecture by thimerosal and initiation of mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis [2]. Environmental methyl mercury has been shown to be highly neurotoxic, especially to the developing brain [3] yet ingestion is vastly different than injection as I hope you know. Injecting thimerosal into the blood stream is thoroughly dissimilar and contrastive to eating fish that might contain mercury. There is a dramatic and significant difference. In fact, these two methods of assaulting the body with a neurotoxin are as different as night and day. Thimerosal injected directly into the blood stream completely bypasses the immune system while if we ingested thimerosal when consuming fish the thimerosal would make its way through the entire complex immune system. Making such a statement on a national media forum such as ABC News is simply wrong and a national media apology should be forthcoming. How could someone whose risen to the position of Chief of Staff at Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota make such a flippant and erroneous statement? For goodness sakes, we removed thimerosal from most vaccines because we have a plethora of peer reviewed data that shows beyond any doubt whatsoever that it releases a neurotoxin in the human brain. Based on payouts from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program we know that injected thimerosal has caused irreparable harm to some children—3,895 children have thus far been compensated [4] and although not all compensations may be related to thimerosal, some surely are. Based on decades of peer reviewed data we know that certain neurologically damaged children were unable to excrete ethyl mercury or significantly less able to excrete than normal children. Im dumbfounded by the doctors statement on national media. Parents in the 21st century try to educate themselves, as they should, in regard to the many multiple vaccines theyre faced with injecting into their childrens blood stream during the childs early development. I am not anti-vaccine but I am pro-education and understanding the risks inherent in vaccination is an integral part of being a parent. The whole reason we have influenza vaccines without thimerosal is to give parents a choice. Dr. Chawla virtually removed that choice by indicating that ingestion is the same as injection. The difference is vast. In this day and age, when we have a larger and larger percentage of parents choosing not to vaccinate we exacerbate that phenomenon by employing profound dishonesty [5]. Cordially, Jeff Prager References: 1. Integrating Experimental (in vigor and in vivo) neurotoxicity studies of low-dose thimerosal relevant to vaccines, Neurochemical Research, June 2011: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21350943 2. Mitochondrial mediated thimerosal-induced apoptosis in a human neuroblastoma cell line (SK-N-SH), Neurotoxicology, June 2005: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869795 3. Thimerosal neurotoxicity is associated with glutathione depletion: protection with glutathione precursors, Neurotoxicity, January 2005: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15527868 4. HRSA, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Statistics Report For January 2015: hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/statisticsreport.pdf 5. Parents Refusing Vaccines Raising Fears Among The Medical Community Of Disease Outbreaks, Boston Globe, by Karen D. Brown, November 11, 2013: bostonglobe/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/11/11/more-parents-are-refusing-immunizations-for-their-children-raising-fears-among-medical-community-disease-outbreaks/m3mGJgFhzrT7PUehai87tN/story.html
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