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Dr. Wakefield's wife's appeal is at the end of this email.
Please read and take action! Directions and sample letters below.
Response to Dr. Ari Brown and the Immunization Action Coalition's' “Clear Answers and Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots,” which attempts to deal with the vaccine-autism controversy.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Please feel free to distribute the letters below to parents, healthcare providers and policy makers.
A letter to parents:
Dear Concerned Parents:
As new parents we face decisions great and small; to inform them, our vocabulary expands to include new ideas, new worlds and phrases such as “sippy cup”, “Diaper Genie,” and “nasal syringe.” Open-minded, we spend hours researching car seats, organic mattresses, day care, the benefits of sleep schedules, and playgroups.
One of the most important decisions you’ll make is how to vaccinate your child. Educating yourself on the risks and benefits of vaccination is the first and most crucial step. Your baby’s doctor probably assumes that vaccines and the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule are safe, but you’ve heard rumors that there might be a connection to autism. Dr. Ari Brown has written an article called “Clear Answers and Smart Advice about Your Baby’s Shots” that makes it sound as if there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
What is the truth?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Practitioners believe that vaccines are one of the most significant public health measures of all time. We couldn’t agree more. But are there unnecessary risks for the individual? Don’t forget that antibiotics were rightly greeted with similar enthusiasm, but we now know that antibiotics can backfire, and that more isn’t always better. Is it possible that the same could be true for vaccines?
Vaccines are recommended, licensed, and assessed for safety by federal authorities including the FDA and CDC, but how comprehensive are the safety tests? We know from one large university study that early administration of the DTP shot is implicated in the development of asthma. Is it true that serious side effects are rare? Would the vaccine manufacturer’s safety testing methods even reveal a link to autism, if there were one?
The vaccine-autism controversy persists because the appointed watchdogs are willfully ignoring evidence concerning vaccine safety issues; the AAP’s response to parents’ concerns has been to just insist more and more vociferously that vaccines are safe. But denying it will not dispel the controversy. Shouldn’t they be insisting instead on really good testing? The research to date is inconclusive. No one can say yet with complete certainty that vaccines do or do not cause autism.
Nothing is more important that than the health of our children. Please read this article, print it out, and take it to your pediatrician. Share it with other parents. It will take you about the same amount of time to read this as it takes to research that car seat, and it will let you have a more thoughtful and informed discussion about vaccines with your baby’s doctor.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE DOCUMENT
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
With
ACT Today!
Cryshame
Age of Autism
International Chiropractors Association
Autism Action Network
Medical Veritas
Autism File
National Vaccine Information Center
Autism One
National Autism Association
Autism Research Institute
NoMercury
Autism Today
SafeMinds
Autisme et troubles envahissants du developpement Montreal
Schafer Report
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Unlocking Autism
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
World Autism Association
A letter to healthcare providers:
Dear Healthcare Provider:
We believe that vaccines are one of the most significant public health measures of all time. But are there risks we should pay attention to? Just as antibiotics - another great success story - have important limitations and can even backfire, might it be possible that the same can be said for vaccines?
Vaccines are recommended, licensed, and assessed for safety by federal authorities including the FDA and CDC, but how comprehensive are the safety tests? Are they looking for complex reactions beyond mere inflammation at the injection site? Did you know that one large study reported that early administration of the DTP shot is heavily implicated in the development of asthma (J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008;121:626-631)? Would the vaccine manufacturer's safety testing methods reveal a link to autism if there were one?
How much do you really know about vaccines, apart from the standard information we're all spoon-fed? How much does anybody know? We hope you'll read the enclosed, a rebuttal to a recent piece promoting the status quo. Because many parents are aware of the issues we discuss, nay-saying alone won't dispel the controversy.
This document presents both sides of the vaccine-autism debate, boiled down to the key issues. Bottom line: the basic science has never been done to demonstrate that the vaccine schedule is safe and ethical. Although there are obvious benefits to society in preventing infectious disease, the costs and burdens of vaccine-caused disease are on the way to becoming so great that they overwhelm, or at least undermine, any benefits. The baseline rates of chronic disease in unvaccinated (or alternatively vaccinated) children should be measured and they never have been; this leaves parents increasingly worried as they attempt to weigh the risks and benefits of vaccination.
Until more research is done, the best we can do is to keep discourse open, for it forms the foundation of the trust we need to have with the families we serve. We hope you'll read this article, and that it will lead to thoughtful and informed discussion. We look forward to hearing your comments.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
WITH
ACT Today!
Age of Autism
Autism Action Network
Autism File
Autism One
Autism Research Institute
Autism Today
Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
Cryshame
International Chiropractors Association
Medical Veritas
National Vaccine Information Center
National Autism Association
NoMercury
SafeMinds
Schafer Report
Unlocking Autism
World Autism Association
A letter to Policy Makers:
The public is not getting the facts. Neither are you. We are facing a health crisis, and the time has come for Congress to intervene.
Please read the enclosed analysis addressing what is now a confirmed epidemic of childhood developmental disorders (including autism) in the US, in addition to a worrying crisis in the public's confidence in the current recommended vaccine schedule. These two issues are related.
The epidemic imposes a massive burden on families and enormous costs on the healthcare system. Congress must take action to prevent new cases and to investigate treatments for existing cases in order to improve outcomes and decrease the growing financial and emotional burden.
Public confidence in the vaccine program is at a tipping point. More and more parents are seeking alternatives (including vaccine exemptions) to the CDC schedule because of legitimate concerns over safety. Congress must address this by adopting an aggressive "safety first" agenda so as to protect the vaccine program.
This document presents both sides of the vaccine-autism debate, boiled down to the key issues. Bottom line: the basic science has never been done to demonstrate that the vaccine schedule is safe and ethical. Although there are obvious benefits to society in preventing infectious disease, the costs and burdens of vaccine-caused disease are on the way to becoming so great that they overwhelm, or at least undermine, any benefits. The baseline rates of chronic disease in unvaccinated (or alternatively vaccinated) children should be measured and they never have been; this leaves parents increasingly worried as they attempt to weigh the risks and benefits of vaccination.
Parents' concerns are further fueled because the "science" claiming to exonerate vaccines of any potential for harm suffers from serious methodological flaws; it's also badly misrepresented. Furthermore, the CDC and NIH have erected a virtual stone wall blocking research that would either demonstrate safety or fix problems, for fear that it might reveal a larger-than-expected burden of vaccine-caused disease. The public will understandably respond to this policy of "disinformation" by being even more fearful of vaccines. There is no alternative: public policy must rest on a "safety first", science-driven agenda. We must not accept anything less than this.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
WITH
ACT Today!
Age of Autism
Autism Action Network
Autism File
Autism One
Autism Research Institute
Autism Today
Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
Cryshame
International Chiropractors Association
Medical Veritas
National Vaccine Information Center
National Autism Association
NoMercury
SafeMinds
Schafer Report
Unlocking Autism
World Autism Association
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Please read and take action! Directions and sample letters below.
Response to Dr. Ari Brown and the Immunization Action Coalition's' “Clear Answers and Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots,” which attempts to deal with the vaccine-autism controversy.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Please feel free to distribute the letters below to parents, healthcare providers and policy makers.
A letter to parents:
Dear Concerned Parents:
As new parents we face decisions great and small; to inform them, our vocabulary expands to include new ideas, new worlds and phrases such as “sippy cup”, “Diaper Genie,” and “nasal syringe.” Open-minded, we spend hours researching car seats, organic mattresses, day care, the benefits of sleep schedules, and playgroups.
One of the most important decisions you’ll make is how to vaccinate your child. Educating yourself on the risks and benefits of vaccination is the first and most crucial step. Your baby’s doctor probably assumes that vaccines and the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule are safe, but you’ve heard rumors that there might be a connection to autism. Dr. Ari Brown has written an article called “Clear Answers and Smart Advice about Your Baby’s Shots” that makes it sound as if there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
What is the truth?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Practitioners believe that vaccines are one of the most significant public health measures of all time. We couldn’t agree more. But are there unnecessary risks for the individual? Don’t forget that antibiotics were rightly greeted with similar enthusiasm, but we now know that antibiotics can backfire, and that more isn’t always better. Is it possible that the same could be true for vaccines?
Vaccines are recommended, licensed, and assessed for safety by federal authorities including the FDA and CDC, but how comprehensive are the safety tests? We know from one large university study that early administration of the DTP shot is implicated in the development of asthma. Is it true that serious side effects are rare? Would the vaccine manufacturer’s safety testing methods even reveal a link to autism, if there were one?
The vaccine-autism controversy persists because the appointed watchdogs are willfully ignoring evidence concerning vaccine safety issues; the AAP’s response to parents’ concerns has been to just insist more and more vociferously that vaccines are safe. But denying it will not dispel the controversy. Shouldn’t they be insisting instead on really good testing? The research to date is inconclusive. No one can say yet with complete certainty that vaccines do or do not cause autism.
Nothing is more important that than the health of our children. Please read this article, print it out, and take it to your pediatrician. Share it with other parents. It will take you about the same amount of time to read this as it takes to research that car seat, and it will let you have a more thoughtful and informed discussion about vaccines with your baby’s doctor.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE DOCUMENT
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
With
ACT Today!
Cryshame
Age of Autism
International Chiropractors Association
Autism Action Network
Medical Veritas
Autism File
National Vaccine Information Center
Autism One
National Autism Association
Autism Research Institute
NoMercury
Autism Today
SafeMinds
Autisme et troubles envahissants du developpement Montreal
Schafer Report
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Unlocking Autism
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
World Autism Association
A letter to healthcare providers:
Dear Healthcare Provider:
We believe that vaccines are one of the most significant public health measures of all time. But are there risks we should pay attention to? Just as antibiotics - another great success story - have important limitations and can even backfire, might it be possible that the same can be said for vaccines?
Vaccines are recommended, licensed, and assessed for safety by federal authorities including the FDA and CDC, but how comprehensive are the safety tests? Are they looking for complex reactions beyond mere inflammation at the injection site? Did you know that one large study reported that early administration of the DTP shot is heavily implicated in the development of asthma (J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008;121:626-631)? Would the vaccine manufacturer's safety testing methods reveal a link to autism if there were one?
How much do you really know about vaccines, apart from the standard information we're all spoon-fed? How much does anybody know? We hope you'll read the enclosed, a rebuttal to a recent piece promoting the status quo. Because many parents are aware of the issues we discuss, nay-saying alone won't dispel the controversy.
This document presents both sides of the vaccine-autism debate, boiled down to the key issues. Bottom line: the basic science has never been done to demonstrate that the vaccine schedule is safe and ethical. Although there are obvious benefits to society in preventing infectious disease, the costs and burdens of vaccine-caused disease are on the way to becoming so great that they overwhelm, or at least undermine, any benefits. The baseline rates of chronic disease in unvaccinated (or alternatively vaccinated) children should be measured and they never have been; this leaves parents increasingly worried as they attempt to weigh the risks and benefits of vaccination.
Until more research is done, the best we can do is to keep discourse open, for it forms the foundation of the trust we need to have with the families we serve. We hope you'll read this article, and that it will lead to thoughtful and informed discussion. We look forward to hearing your comments.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
WITH
ACT Today!
Age of Autism
Autism Action Network
Autism File
Autism One
Autism Research Institute
Autism Today
Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
Cryshame
International Chiropractors Association
Medical Veritas
National Vaccine Information Center
National Autism Association
NoMercury
SafeMinds
Schafer Report
Unlocking Autism
World Autism Association
A letter to Policy Makers:
The public is not getting the facts. Neither are you. We are facing a health crisis, and the time has come for Congress to intervene.
Please read the enclosed analysis addressing what is now a confirmed epidemic of childhood developmental disorders (including autism) in the US, in addition to a worrying crisis in the public's confidence in the current recommended vaccine schedule. These two issues are related.
The epidemic imposes a massive burden on families and enormous costs on the healthcare system. Congress must take action to prevent new cases and to investigate treatments for existing cases in order to improve outcomes and decrease the growing financial and emotional burden.
Public confidence in the vaccine program is at a tipping point. More and more parents are seeking alternatives (including vaccine exemptions) to the CDC schedule because of legitimate concerns over safety. Congress must address this by adopting an aggressive "safety first" agenda so as to protect the vaccine program.
This document presents both sides of the vaccine-autism debate, boiled down to the key issues. Bottom line: the basic science has never been done to demonstrate that the vaccine schedule is safe and ethical. Although there are obvious benefits to society in preventing infectious disease, the costs and burdens of vaccine-caused disease are on the way to becoming so great that they overwhelm, or at least undermine, any benefits. The baseline rates of chronic disease in unvaccinated (or alternatively vaccinated) children should be measured and they never have been; this leaves parents increasingly worried as they attempt to weigh the risks and benefits of vaccination.
Parents' concerns are further fueled because the "science" claiming to exonerate vaccines of any potential for harm suffers from serious methodological flaws; it's also badly misrepresented. Furthermore, the CDC and NIH have erected a virtual stone wall blocking research that would either demonstrate safety or fix problems, for fear that it might reveal a larger-than-expected burden of vaccine-caused disease. The public will understandably respond to this policy of "disinformation" by being even more fearful of vaccines. There is no alternative: public policy must rest on a "safety first", science-driven agenda. We must not accept anything less than this.
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm
Thank you for your time and continued interest.
Thoughtful House Center for Children
WITH
ACT Today!
Age of Autism
Autism Action Network
Autism File
Autism One
Autism Research Institute
Autism Today
Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Alan D. Clark, M.D. Memorial Research Foundation
Cryshame
International Chiropractors Association
Medical Veritas
National Vaccine Information Center
National Autism Association
NoMercury
SafeMinds
Schafer Report
Unlocking Autism
World Autism Association
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Dr. Wakefield's wife's (Carmel Wakefield) appeal:
Dear Friends
We really need your help and support in signing the petition linked below - ignore the donation request it is not relevant to our campaign. Andy has worked so hard to maintain his work and to help autistic children and he (and his family) have paid the high price of leaving our home country in order that this can continue. Now, 5 years on with a 2 year disciplinary enquiry still ongoing the smear has started again and it is clearly intended to destroy his reputation world-wide. The evidence presented to the UK enquiry by Andy and his two colleagues went so well that it would seem that this is a last ditch attempt and one which must be thwarted.
Please sign the petition and forward it to as many people as you possibly can.
Thanks so much. Carmel
www.ipetitions.com/petition/wakefield
(Ignore the second screen where it asks you to pay - you can just log out).
The petition
Five years after launching a campaign to discredit the work of Dr Andrew Wakefield, freelance journalist Brian Deer and the Sunday Times in the UK made additional allegations on Sunday 8th February 2009. Three pages of articles while offering no new evidence accused Dr Wakefield of having 'fixed' research data. These allegations have no basis in fact and have been fully addressed during Dr Wakefield's response to the GMC prosecution, now well into its second year.
This petition will bring attention to the scientific evidence in support of Dr Wakefield's position and demand a formal enquiry into the activities of Brian Deer, the Sunday Times and their connection and co-operation with the vaccine industry.
Throughout the 1990's Dr Andrew Wakefield, a research scientist at the Royal Free Hospital and his colleagues, were contacted by parents of a large number of children suffering from a form of inflammatory bowel disease with a regressive developmental disorder. Many of the parents who brought these children to the hospital reported that their children had become seriously ill after receiving the MMR vaccination.
In February 1998, a press briefing was organized by the Dean of the medical school at the Royal Free Hospital to coincide with the publication of a peer-reviewed case series in the The Lancet. At the press briefing, Dr Wakefield suggested the precautionary alternative that there could be a return to single vaccines whilst concerns regarding MMR were investigated. This signalled the beginning of an orchestrated and oppressive campaign to discredit Dr Wakefield.
In 2004, Brian Deer lodged a complaint against Dr Wakefield, with the General Medical Council (GMC) of the UK. Since that time Deer has been supported in his drive to discredit Dr Wakefield by influential lobbyists and lobby groups supported by major pharmaceutical companies. No parent has ever complained to the GMC about Dr Wakefield, or the other doctors whose cases are only now being heard.
The GMC took more than three years to frame their charges against Dr Wakefield, Professor Simon Murch and Professor Walker-Smith, none of which questioned the underlying scientific and medical findings in the original paper.
The 'trial' of these three doctors - all co-authors of The Lancet paper - began in July 2007 and although this hearing was due to finish within four months, it is still continuing, almost two years later.
In the attempt to discredit Dr Wakefield and the other defendants, the prosecution, employed and paid for by the GMC, has suggested that none of the children referred to the Royal Free Hospital were actually ill. In order to support this suggestion, they have had to ensure that none of the parents of vaccine damaged children appear at the hearing. Meanwhile, in the background, Brian Deer has mounted significant attacks on these parents, accusing them of manufacturing information about the illnesses suffered by their children, and about its cause.
The GMC panel finished hearing the evidence and, at the time of writing, has been in recess awaiting the closing speeches of counsel, due to begin in March. The prosecution, during presentation of evidence from ‘witnesses to fact’ and the cross examination of the three defendants, has consistently failed to make a case out of Deer's allegations. In the last weeks of the hearing, it became clear that this failure was disturbing Deer. As his case collapsed, he resorted to writing to the GMC re-affirming his views about Dr Wakefield's unproven guilt and instructing the GMC in how they should have conducted the prosecution.
So upset was Deer by the evidence of Professor Murch who claimed that Deer might have breached the Data Protection Act and gained access to patient records, that he allegedly confronted and attempted to intimidate the professor in the foyer of the GMC hearing rooms while Professor Murch was giving evidence.
In the new attack on Dr Wakefield that appeared in the Sunday Times on February 8th 2009 Deer cited no new evidence. Furthermore, if allegations relating to ‘altered records’ held any merit at all, they would have been included in the hundred odd original GMC charges that the prosecution pored over for three years, whilst preparing its case.
The current attack comes five years – almost to the day – after Deer first began his campaign against Dr Wakefield in February 2004. It also comes as a clear indication that the government, the vaccine industry and the Sunday Times are fearful of losing 'their' case at the GMC. There is a transatlantic aspect to this fear, as more legal and medical decisions are made public in the US, which endorse the clinical and research positions taken by Dr Wakefield and his colleagues in Britain.
This fear of losing is generated by the fact that if the GMC do not find the three doctors guilty of the charges against them, the voice of the parents will finally be heard and the scandal of over one and a half thousand unrecognised vaccine damaged children in the UK and many, many thousands worldwide will be brought to the attention of the public.
Deer's new attack on Dr Wakefield is equally an attack on the parents and children who sought treatment at the Royal Free Hospital and represents a new low for British journalism. The parents of vaccine damaged children will not be silenced and research into possible causes and treatments will continue. Members of the public, parents, doctors and scientists worldwide are now calling for a formal enquiry into the activities of Brian Deer, the Sunday Times and their connection and co-operation with the vaccine industry.
In the following weeks, the organisations endorsing this statement will join together in providing clear documentation in support of the science to date. Please follow the links given in the right hand panel for a progress update.
_____________________________________________________________________
PLEASE NOTE: After you have entered the required information, you may be asked for a donation to help maintain the ipetitions site. THIS IS TOTALLY VOLUNTARY AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE A DONATION IN ORDER TO SIGN THE PETITION. Simply close your browser and know that your name has been included in the petition.
We really need your help and support in signing the petition linked below - ignore the donation request it is not relevant to our campaign. Andy has worked so hard to maintain his work and to help autistic children and he (and his family) have paid the high price of leaving our home country in order that this can continue. Now, 5 years on with a 2 year disciplinary enquiry still ongoing the smear has started again and it is clearly intended to destroy his reputation world-wide. The evidence presented to the UK enquiry by Andy and his two colleagues went so well that it would seem that this is a last ditch attempt and one which must be thwarted.
Please sign the petition and forward it to as many people as you possibly can.
Thanks so much. Carmel
www.ipetitions.com/petition/wakefield
(Ignore the second screen where it asks you to pay - you can just log out).
The petition
Five years after launching a campaign to discredit the work of Dr Andrew Wakefield, freelance journalist Brian Deer and the Sunday Times in the UK made additional allegations on Sunday 8th February 2009. Three pages of articles while offering no new evidence accused Dr Wakefield of having 'fixed' research data. These allegations have no basis in fact and have been fully addressed during Dr Wakefield's response to the GMC prosecution, now well into its second year.
This petition will bring attention to the scientific evidence in support of Dr Wakefield's position and demand a formal enquiry into the activities of Brian Deer, the Sunday Times and their connection and co-operation with the vaccine industry.
Throughout the 1990's Dr Andrew Wakefield, a research scientist at the Royal Free Hospital and his colleagues, were contacted by parents of a large number of children suffering from a form of inflammatory bowel disease with a regressive developmental disorder. Many of the parents who brought these children to the hospital reported that their children had become seriously ill after receiving the MMR vaccination.
In February 1998, a press briefing was organized by the Dean of the medical school at the Royal Free Hospital to coincide with the publication of a peer-reviewed case series in the The Lancet. At the press briefing, Dr Wakefield suggested the precautionary alternative that there could be a return to single vaccines whilst concerns regarding MMR were investigated. This signalled the beginning of an orchestrated and oppressive campaign to discredit Dr Wakefield.
In 2004, Brian Deer lodged a complaint against Dr Wakefield, with the General Medical Council (GMC) of the UK. Since that time Deer has been supported in his drive to discredit Dr Wakefield by influential lobbyists and lobby groups supported by major pharmaceutical companies. No parent has ever complained to the GMC about Dr Wakefield, or the other doctors whose cases are only now being heard.
The GMC took more than three years to frame their charges against Dr Wakefield, Professor Simon Murch and Professor Walker-Smith, none of which questioned the underlying scientific and medical findings in the original paper.
The 'trial' of these three doctors - all co-authors of The Lancet paper - began in July 2007 and although this hearing was due to finish within four months, it is still continuing, almost two years later.
In the attempt to discredit Dr Wakefield and the other defendants, the prosecution, employed and paid for by the GMC, has suggested that none of the children referred to the Royal Free Hospital were actually ill. In order to support this suggestion, they have had to ensure that none of the parents of vaccine damaged children appear at the hearing. Meanwhile, in the background, Brian Deer has mounted significant attacks on these parents, accusing them of manufacturing information about the illnesses suffered by their children, and about its cause.
The GMC panel finished hearing the evidence and, at the time of writing, has been in recess awaiting the closing speeches of counsel, due to begin in March. The prosecution, during presentation of evidence from ‘witnesses to fact’ and the cross examination of the three defendants, has consistently failed to make a case out of Deer's allegations. In the last weeks of the hearing, it became clear that this failure was disturbing Deer. As his case collapsed, he resorted to writing to the GMC re-affirming his views about Dr Wakefield's unproven guilt and instructing the GMC in how they should have conducted the prosecution.
So upset was Deer by the evidence of Professor Murch who claimed that Deer might have breached the Data Protection Act and gained access to patient records, that he allegedly confronted and attempted to intimidate the professor in the foyer of the GMC hearing rooms while Professor Murch was giving evidence.
In the new attack on Dr Wakefield that appeared in the Sunday Times on February 8th 2009 Deer cited no new evidence. Furthermore, if allegations relating to ‘altered records’ held any merit at all, they would have been included in the hundred odd original GMC charges that the prosecution pored over for three years, whilst preparing its case.
The current attack comes five years – almost to the day – after Deer first began his campaign against Dr Wakefield in February 2004. It also comes as a clear indication that the government, the vaccine industry and the Sunday Times are fearful of losing 'their' case at the GMC. There is a transatlantic aspect to this fear, as more legal and medical decisions are made public in the US, which endorse the clinical and research positions taken by Dr Wakefield and his colleagues in Britain.
This fear of losing is generated by the fact that if the GMC do not find the three doctors guilty of the charges against them, the voice of the parents will finally be heard and the scandal of over one and a half thousand unrecognised vaccine damaged children in the UK and many, many thousands worldwide will be brought to the attention of the public.
Deer's new attack on Dr Wakefield is equally an attack on the parents and children who sought treatment at the Royal Free Hospital and represents a new low for British journalism. The parents of vaccine damaged children will not be silenced and research into possible causes and treatments will continue. Members of the public, parents, doctors and scientists worldwide are now calling for a formal enquiry into the activities of Brian Deer, the Sunday Times and their connection and co-operation with the vaccine industry.
In the following weeks, the organisations endorsing this statement will join together in providing clear documentation in support of the science to date. Please follow the links given in the right hand panel for a progress update.
_____________________________________________________________________
PLEASE NOTE: After you have entered the required information, you may be asked for a donation to help maintain the ipetitions site. THIS IS TOTALLY VOLUNTARY AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE A DONATION IN ORDER TO SIGN THE PETITION. Simply close your browser and know that your name has been included in the petition.
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