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As I herd from the news the media is now cracking down on autisim as something that was caused by a certain chemical in vaccinations. In the news it was told by an author that the government has been hiding this from us here is the article:
(CBS) Because Alex Donnelly is autistic, he can't communicate normally or lead a normal life.

Yet he has some amazing abilities. When asked what the capital cities of Turkmenistan and Venezuela are, he can answer "Ashkerbad" and "Caracas" accurately.

His father claims Alex wasn't autistic - until he got certain vaccinations containing a mercury preservative.

As kids got more and more vaccines over the years, more mercury came with them - in amounts way over safety limits. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has long claimed it's not the cause of autism or related disorders, and mercury is still in flu shots recommended for babies this fall, reports CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

A half dozen childhood vaccines still have mercury,but the shots most kids get have little to none, so flu shots this fall are the biggest outstanding issue.

Does the amount in a flu shot matter? The theory is yes. In genetically susceptible children, even small amounts of mercury can damage the brain and the mercury buildup is cumulative in those children who lack the ability to shed it.

The flu shot is particularly important because babies will get it twice the first year and then continue getting it once a year thereafter. There are 25 micrograms of mercury in a single flu shot. Compare that to the current safe levels of mercury most kids get in their cumulative vaccinations in 2004 which is something like .4 micrograms all together over several years.

Nobody makes the claim that all ADD and autism cases are caused by the mercury in vaccines. But many researchers believe it plays a large role in our epidemic of the 1990's.

But now, a landmark study by Dr. Mady Hornig, from the Mailman School Of Public Health, Columbia University, is adding to the mercury worries, as Attkisson finds out.

Hornig injected a strain of mice with genetic tissues similar to those found in children with mercury-laden vaccines equivalent to what kids got in the 1990's. The mice developed profound brain problems.

So what types of behavior did Hornig see in the mice, and how does that compare with what we call autism? Dr. Hornig answers, "All sorts of strange behaviors that were repetitive in nature, where animals would just keep repeating the same behavior in a very stereotyped fashion."

It wasn't just repetition -- the mice withdrew from their surroundings like autistic children. They resisted change and developed brain abnormalities affecting emotion and thinking, also like autistic children.

Alex's father, Jim Donnelly, says it only confirms what he's believed all along: most kids aren't harmed by mercury in vaccines; they shed it naturally, but some retain it, and it poisons their brains.

Says Donnelly, "When (Alex's) testing came back, he had mercury levels that were 20 times the EPA safety margin residing in his body. It was unbelievable."

Other scientists and the CDC dispute such a link. But if it's true, hundreds of thousands of American kids could be living with the fallout. And the results could be devastating to vaccine makers and federal health officials who have steadfastly defended the use of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in childhood vaccines.


By Sharyl Attkisson©MMIV, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

And the video by MSNBC if you don't feel like reading:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=rE8kmifM6HU[/youtube]

Do you belive this and how does this make you feel???

As I've posted previously, mercury is a KNOWN neurotoxin and causes significant brain damage in vulnerable children. While there is strong evidence that it doesn't cause autism, the fact is the brain damage it does cause can produce enough autism-like symptoms that the end result doesn't matter.

Except that the level of mercury that used to be in vaccines is nowhere near significant enough to do much.

Beau, mercury accumulates in ALL our bodies; it's bioaccumulative. The body can get rid of tiny amounts of it, but if you add it up and add it up it becomes a toxic overload.

Now, mercury poisoning isn't autism. They're different. We know that.

But mercury DOES cause damage to the brain, amongst other things. When you also consider that pretty much every other vaccine ingredient is also a neurotoxin, and they're given in much higher doses than they were, say, 20 years ago, and they add up and add up, it's not hard to see that there's going to a problem for those kids who are genetically susceptible. I'm not saying all autism is vaccine-induced at all, that's not the point. I am saying there is good evidence that vaccines can induce autism-like symptoms and behaviours in those who are susceptible though.

And why would you get the flu vaccine anyway? This year's one didn't protect against any of the current strains anyway, and how many times do you hear people saying they ended up with the flu after getting the flu vaccine?! I don't know one person who's not ended up sick after it, it's appalling. Why would you bother?

Please remember nobody's claiming ALL autism is caused by vaccines (I know this well enough, mine certainly wasn't and it's prolific in my family!!).

Beau, just PMed you dude.

Not a fluke shot topic

I have had the flu shot every October since 1994 and have not had one of those bad flus since, and I will tell you, I suffered nasty from it.

But how do you know you'd have had the flu without it?

You can't prove efficacy without knowing for sure that you'd have had the disease without the shot...


[I keep meaning to say I love your post headings by the way! ]

Every time this topic comes up, this point seems lost: Brain damage due to ethyl mercury is not particularly similar to autism. Look up a clinical description of it, and it's quite apparent. A lot of "similarities" fall apart upon closer examination. For example, people with mercury poisoning often have trouble with motor tasks. This is NOT like dyspraxia which autistics often have, however. The stims and repetitive behaviors associated with autism would often be impossible for someone with mercury-caused brain damage. Those kinds of quick motor motions can be impossible for someone in this situation. The idea of "similarity" between the two conditions is the result of misunderstanding.