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PUBLIC HEALTH
U.S. Concedes Vaccine - Autism Case
in Federal Court - Now What?
By David Kirby, The Huffington Post,
February 25, 2008 tinyurl.com/37sras
After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the
onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly
conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to
protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated
to the case.
The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal
"Vaccine Court," was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter
Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department
of Health and Human Services, the "defendant" in all Vaccine Court cases.
The child's claim against the government- that mercury-containing
vaccines were the cause of her autism- was supposed to be one of three
"test cases" for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration
by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in
Federal Claims Court.
Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and "concluded that
compensation is appropriate."
The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing
normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations
against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal).
Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses
and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism,
including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye
contact; loss of "relatedness;" insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and
"watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination."
Click here for entire story tinyurl.com/37sras.
Full Text: Autism Vaccine Case: www.ageofautism.com/
U.S. Concedes Vaccine - Autism Case
in Federal Court - Now What?
By David Kirby, The Huffington Post,
February 25, 2008 tinyurl.com/37sras
After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the
onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly
conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to
protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated
to the case.
The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal
"Vaccine Court," was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter
Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department
of Health and Human Services, the "defendant" in all Vaccine Court cases.
The child's claim against the government- that mercury-containing
vaccines were the cause of her autism- was supposed to be one of three
"test cases" for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration
by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in
Federal Claims Court.
Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and "concluded that
compensation is appropriate."
The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing
normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations
against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal).
Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses
and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism,
including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye
contact; loss of "relatedness;" insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and
"watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination."
Click here for entire story tinyurl.com/37sras.
Full Text: Autism Vaccine Case: www.ageofautism.com/
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