Autism Mothers - The Final Cut

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Autism Mothers - The Final Cut
Uploaded on May 28, 2009

Tweeted tonight, day 2 of #CDCwhistleblower effort to attract MSM coverage of developing autism news.

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1. "Hear This Well" response to CNN's Elizabeth Cohen: 115 videos by autism parents and growing

CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCrfK5rP_B6huriP1hLApw

LIST:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJpPObXpZncOfT0bG2ghgkVb2Nxjd_bNe

Published on Sep 1, 2014

Senior CDC vaccine safety research scientist William Thompson has admitted that his research team found a link between vaccines and autism, and then hid it from the public. http://tinyurl.com/l4dj665 He has turned thousands of documents over to Congressman Bill Posey and is cooperating with a congressional investigation. Please call on your Congressional representatives and ask them to contact Posey's office to join his investigation and to demand hearings in Darrell Issa Government Oversight and Reform Committee. See Sharyl Attkisson's reporting on the disclosure for more information: http://sharylattkisson.com/cdc-responds-to-allegation-it-omitted-vaccine-autism-study-link

#‎CDCwhistleblower #‎hearthiswell

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2. Sharyl Attkisson?

Same ditz who made up stories at CBS, either quit or was fired, and ran straight to Faux "news?"

Yup.

http://crooksandliars.com/solr/Attkisson

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3. #HearThisWell has 179 videos; Attkisson interviews Dr. Frank DeStefano on #CDCwhistleblower.

PLEASE LISTEN HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJpPObXpZncOfT0bG2ghgkVb2Nxjd_bNe

And please read the interview before you dismiss it.

http://sharylattkisson.com/cdc-responds-to-allegation-it-omitted-vaccine-autism-study-link-576

CDC Responds to Allegation it Omitted Vaccine-Autism Study Link
by sattkisson on August 28, 2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responding to a charge from one of its own senior scientists that it omitted key data in a 2004 study that would have revealed a link between autism and a commonly-required childhood vaccine, MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella).

The allegation was made by CDC epidemiologist William Thompson in a statement this week issued through his attorney. It states: “I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism.”

It is highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for a sitting CDC senior scientist to blow the whistle on alleged scientific misconduct involving a study article that he co-authored. In this instance, the impact of the charge is magnified by more than a decade of allegations from autism advocates who say the federal government and pharmaceutical interests have worked to downplay or hide associations between vaccines and autism.

A spokesman for the journal Pediatrics today said the publication stands by the study despite the news. “There’s a standard process that journals follow when an article is questioned,” said the spokesman. “Those discussions took place between the editors of Pediatrics and the authors of this study, and the editors concluded the research was appropriately conducted.” Pediatrics is published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which accepts vaccine industry funding.

The Director of the CDC Immunization Safety Office, Dr. Frank DeStefano, is a co-author of the now-questioned study which has been widely-cited to dispel an MMR-autism link. DeStefano is frequently quoted as an expert who debunks vaccine-autism ties.

“I stand by the research and the conclusions in our 2004 paper, and I’ll reiterate that the evidence, thus far, the weight of the evidence, is against a causal association between vaccines and autism,” DeStefano told me in a telephone interview this week.

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The CDC’s DeStefano acknowledges that he and his study co-authors changed their study analysis plan midstream, which resulted in reducing the statistical vaccine-autism link among black boys. But he says they did so for good scientific reason.

“(Vaccine) exposure around (three years of age) is just not biologically plausible to have a causal association with autism,” DeStefano says. “I mean autism would’ve already started by then…it probably starts in the womb. So I think from a biological argument, it’s implausible this was a causal association.”

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This week, in response to a query, the CDC stated that it is not currently investigating the relation between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). “Further, CDC does not have any planned research addressing vaccines and autism,” said a CDC spokesman.

“CDC believes that this topic has been thoroughly studied and no causal links have been found. Current CDC ASD related research focuses on determining how many people have ASD and understanding risk factors and causes for ASD.”–CDC spokesman

More.

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4. The "Industry Shill" talking point...

Accuse a researcher of being a "vaccine manufacturer shill."
Meanwhile no one is taking this so-called "whistleblower" seriously, except for the anti-vaccination kooks.
The same people who still think Andrew Wakefield is not a discredited "doctor" who lost his license.

Well, Attkinsson is a hack.
She works for the right-wing Heritage Foundation.


After reportedly leaving CBS News because of the network's supposed political bias, Sharyl Attkisson is now working for the conservative Heritage Foundation as a "senior independent contributor" to their online news outlet The Daily Signal.

Politico's Dylan Byers reported in March that sources said Attkisson left CBS because she "had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network's liberal bias," while some staffers characterized her work as "agenda-driven," leading "network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting." Attkisson had supported CBS' disastrous Benghazi reporting, which the network ultimately had to apologize for and retract, and CBS executives reportedly saw her as "wading dangerously close to advocacy on the issue." She also released an error-ridden report on clean energy, and relied on partial information from House Republicans in a botched story on the Affordable Care Act.

Following her departure from the network, Attkisson attempted to paint herself has a victim of media bias, floating baseless conspiracy theories suggesting Media Matters had been paid to attack her work. She was unwilling to provide specifics, but claimed there was a "political aspect" to her troubles at CBS and that her supervisors gave in to "well organized" outside campaigns that complained about coverage. Conservative media outlets, particularly Fox News, rallied to Attkisson's defense, with personalities showering praise on her shoddy work and indicating they wanted her to join the conservative network.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/06/03/calling-out-ideologically-driven-media-sharyl-a/199557

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6. AUDIO/TRANSCRIPT of interview with Dr. Frank DeStefano, CDC Director of Immunization Safety, here.

No matter what you think about the reporter, or her politics, this is solid journalism regarding allegations by a respected CDC whistleblower scientist (and DeStefano's co-author) of scientific fraud. You will note that Dr DeStefano does not dispute the facts that the study protocol was changed after the results were analyzed and that the data manipulation erased the finding (which he didn't regard as 'biologically plausible'). Is that how SCIENCE works?

http://sharylattkisson.com/audio-cdc-addresses-allegations-on-vaccine-autism-link-omission

(Audio) CDC Addresses Allegations on Vaccine-Autism Link Omission
by sattkisson on August 29, 2014

CDC Senior Scientist William Thompson has alleged that a 2004 study he co-authored omitted key data that would have revealed a link between autism and a commonly-required childhood vaccine, MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella).

“I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism,” said Thompson in a statement issued through his attorney Wednesday.

The CDC and Thompson’s co-author Dr. Frank DeStefano, CDC Director of Immunization Safety, defend the study as originally published.

At issue are steps the researchers allegedly took when they discovered a statistically significant link between MMR vaccine and autism among African American boys. They “refined” the analysis by excluding study children for which a Georgia birth certificate could not be produced, and used birth certificate data to “adjust” the results. When they did so, the strong statistical association diminished.

In a statement, Thompson implies his CDC employer and colleagues have not always been forthright with the public about vaccine safety issues. But DeStefano argues their final analysis produced more valid results.

Below is the audio from a telephone interview I conducted with the CDC’s Dr. DeStefano this week, so you can hear his reasoning in his own words. For his part, Thompson says he is not speaking to reporters. “I am providing information to Congressman William Posey, and of course will continue to cooperate with Congress,” Thompson said.

AUDIO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE AT LINK.

As for the rest of your post, I don't know what you're talking about. I've never called anyone names. This is not about politics.

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11. 9/10/14: Questions Surrounding Review of Challenged Vaccine-Autism Study

DEVELOPING: TWO respected independent watchdog groups imply AAP response violates ethics standards.

...internationally recognized medical ethicist Dr. Michael Carome:

“If the evidence seems substantial, the journal should contact all co-authors, present them with the allegations and supporting evidence, and ask them to respond,” says Carome, a research ethics expert who heads the Health Research Group at the watchdog group Public Citizen.

...But a source familiar with Thompson claims that Pediatrics officials never contacted him about his allegations.

When asked for details about its review process and why Thompson wasn’t consulted, the Pediatrics spokeswoman would only say, “The journal takes allegations of the use of fraudulent data seriously” and that it “investigated the allegations in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines and has decided that a retraction is not warranted.”

The Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines states that a journal should “issue an expression of concern” about an article if “authors produce conflicting accounts.”

http://sharylattkisson.com/questions-surrounding-review-of-challenged-vaccine-autism-study

Questions Surrounding Review of Challenged Vaccine-Autism Study

by sattkisson on September 10, 2014

Did the medical journal Pediatrics stand by a questioned vaccine-autism study without interviewing the coauthor who confessed to and exposed alleged scientific misconduct?

If so, that would deviate from what should be standard procedure in such an investigation, according to internationally recognized medical ethicist Dr. Michael Carome.

“If the evidence seems substantial, the journal should contact all co-authors, present them with the allegations and supporting evidence, and ask them to respond,” says Carome, a research ethics expert who heads the Health Research Group at the watchdog group Public Citizen.

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It may be unprecedented for the author of a scientific, peer-reviewed article to publicly expose alleged flaws in his own work and that of his colleagues.

“Upon receiving such an allegation, the journal editors should ask the co-author making the allegations to submit them in writing along with the supporting evidence,” says Carome. “In this case, that should include the data that was allegedly withheld improperly.”

However, it appears officials with Pediatrics may have disregarded Thompson’s allegations without speaking to him or examining his documentation. That would mean they interviewed only the co-authors who are accused of improprieties.

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But a source familiar with Thompson claims that Pediatrics officials never contacted him about his allegations.

When asked for details about its review process and why Thompson wasn’t consulted, the Pediatrics spokeswoman would only say, “The journal takes allegations of the use of fraudulent data seriously” and that it “investigated the allegations in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines and has decided that a retraction is not warranted.”

The Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines states that a journal should “issue an expression of concern” about an article if “authors produce conflicting accounts.”

Pediatrics is published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which receives significant funding from vaccine makers but will not disclose the amount.

“As a publisher we take very seriously any questions about articles in our journal and have a set procedure to investigate such issues. We have followed that process, discussed the research methods with the authors, and have determined to take no action regarding the article. Additional questions about the study and its data should be referred to CDC,” said Martin.

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12. No updates yet. (nt)

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5. Currently, 200 video uploads. (nt)

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7. Currently, 229 videos - RECOMMENDED. (nt)

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8. Currently, 245 videos (select any video, hover mouse over channel link); 149,989 views (see About).

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9. "...almost 300 and counting."

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PINNED: Hear This Well: Breaking the Silence...
August 31
Please email all #hearthiswell videos to (see FB) to be uploaded to our YouTube channel.


Q. How many parents so far have uploaded videos? This is amazing! I hope we are getting the word out! I will be sending ours soon!!!!
September 2 at 3:57pm

Hear This Well: Breaking the Silence on Vaccine Violence - last I checked almost 300 and counting!
September 3 at 11:56am

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10. Around 400 videos have been received now according to organizer, Michelle Schneider. (nt)

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13. IACC Meeting: (Lyn Redwood) Tip Of The Iceberg, (Public Comment) We are the experts #hearthiswell

Published on Sep 23, 2014

Lyn Redwood, IACC member, on more research needed into vaccine/autism link.

We are the experts #hearthiswell

Published on Sep 23, 2014
Thinking Moms Revolution

http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=14470&bhcp=1

IACC Workshop on Under-Recognized Co-Occurring Conditions in ASD

Air date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 8:45:00 AM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views: Total views: 498, (494 Live, 4 On-demand)
Runtime: 06:55:45

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14. Lyn Redwood: "...Some vaccines cause some damage in some susceptible children."

http://www.safeminds.org/blog/2015/02/05/no-hillary-clinton-science-isnt-settled/

No, Hillary Clinton, the Science Isn’t Settled
Date: 05 Feb 2015
By: SafeMinds

By Lyn Redwood, R.N.,M.S.N.

...The late Dr. Bernadine Healy, former Director of the National Institutes of Health, said publicly that the question about whether vaccines cause autism “has not been answered.”

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Here’s what is actually clear, Hillary Clinton: Some vaccines cause some damage in some susceptible children. We need well designed scientific studies to help identify who those susceptible children are so we can make vaccines safer and protect all children from harm...

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/healy-on-vaccine-autism-link/

VIDEO: Healy On Vaccine-Autism Link

JULY 28, 2008, 12:09 AM|"Only On The Web": In an exclusive interview, former NIH Director Dr. Bernadine Healy tells CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson that the question of a link between vaccines and autism is still open for debate.