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Thimerosal and Autism on Trial: Closing statement by Mr. Matanoski

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

This is a portion of the government’s closing argument given by Mr. Matanoski. It is found on the audio from Dwyer called Day02-PM3.
First I want to point out on the specific causation … lawyers are kind of slick they move things around, they kind of play a shell game. When I heard [...]

Tags: hhs, vaccine court, vaccine trial, vincent matanoski
Posted in Autism, Autism Omnibus, DAN!, Thimerosal | 8 Comments »

David Kirby, he’s making a list, he’s checking it twice…

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

As has become apparent in recent weeks, there seems to be a ‘backdoor’ movement underway from the mercury militia.

It all started when Kelli Ann Davis attempted to rewrite US legislative history by stating in a speech to the IACC Working Group that the Combatting Autism Act contained specific phraseology on vaccination. It of course did [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Blogging, David Kirby, Generation Rescue, IACC, Mark Blaxill, NIH, Safe Minds | 54 Comments »

Protecting Public Trust in Immunization

Monday, July 28th, 2008

That’s the title of a special article in Pediatrics:

Public trust in the safety and efficacy of vaccines is one key to the remarkable success of immunization programs within the United States and globally. Allegations of harm from vaccination have raised parental, political, and clinical anxiety to a level that now threatens the ability of children [...]

Posted in AAP, Autism, CDC, MMR, Thimerosal | 2 Comments »

Conflicts of interest, whats good for the goose…

Monday, July 28th, 2008

As recently blogged by Autism News Beat, CBS Evening News (an American news outlet) recently performed an investigation into ‘how independent are vaccine defenders’? Something of an exercise in futility, it concluded that:

Ideally, it [vaccines] makes for a healthier society. But critics worry that industry ties could impact the advice given to the public about [...]

Posted in AAP, ARI, Autism, Chelation, DAN!, Laura Hewitson, Mercury, Paul Offit | 27 Comments »