Is this as incredibly huge as I think it is? I am praying for all of us, and for Dr. Healy, too. She has chosen the humane path, and has made a break from the pack. They will try to impugn her, but her credentials are rock solid. She does not want her professional reputation and career to be forever interlinked with the demise of a generation of children as she knows the truth is finally coming out. Who can blame her? I applaud her courage for coming forward. May God bless her.

Regarding NECC and Bill A'Hole-sorry I meant Ahearn. He is nothing but Strully's foot soldier. If anyone has ever seen this guy speak at a conference all he does is talk about (over and over again) his ridiculous feeding program that consists of shoving crap food in a child's mouth and rewarding him with another piece of crap food.(like Skittles or M & M's) The parents who buy into this are really clueless. How about using a token system and actually feeding them gluten free/caesin free food?

And this line from Linda from this article where she states.."there is so much more we can be doing with the time and energy...." is the exact line that Strully and A'hole (sorry Ahearn) program into people there. This mother is like a robot just spewing out their crap. Sickening.

It amazes me how brainwashed parents at this place can be. The Director sounds like he has a lot in common with Offit. Parents convey that he spends a lot of time convincing them that vaccines do not cause autism and that biomedical is pseudo science.....and they buy right into it. What Linda fails to convey here is that her son would be booted out of the place if she dared to intervene biomedically in any way as parents are required to sign paperwork banning them from any "alternative" practices and they are not permitted to see certain doctors. (mainly DAN doctors) Sounds like attending school in the town of Stepford.

Mom Focuses On Son As Autism Fight Goes To Court
Reporting
Ron Sanders SOUTHBOROUGH (WBZ) ― Harrison Shaffer is a student at the New England Center for Children, a private, non-profit autism education center in Southborough.

His mother, Linda, is thinking more about his future than what causes autism, the disability that limits his development and speech. "He already has autism. Nothing's going to change that. We are focusing on his quality of life and bettering it."

Linda is not part of the autism legal battle that includes nearly 4,900 families who contend thimerosal -- a mercury-based preservative in vaccines -- caused autism and other problems. But in 2004, the Institute of Medicine found no credible evidence to support that contention.

Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in recent years. "And since that point in time, the prevalence rates of autism have continued to rise, which is counter to the idea that thimerosal is causing autism," explains Dr. Bill Ahern, Director of the New England Center for Children Research.

At the New England Center for Children, the focus is not so much on causes, who or what's to blame, but on treatment and education. "There's so much more we could be doing with the time and energy and particularly the money that's being spent on these hypotheses," said Dr. Ahern.

"I believe it's a number of things; environmental, genetics, perhaps the vaccinations," said Linda Shaffer. "I think if we focus in too many areas, we would lose sight of what we, as a family, are trying to achieve for our son."

When Harrison, who is 9, came to the center three years ago, he had an 18-month-old skill level. It's now equal to that of a 5-year-old, and his mother hopes someday he'll be able to go to college.

She says she cannot be consumed by the legal battle now underway.

I am reminded of a letter, sent by a lawyer, to someone who "used" to be considered honorable, intelligent, with a fantastic CV and to have the highest credibility. He no longer did. Why?

As he said to the lawyer, "In answer to your question as to whether I could supply you with a list of 12 doctors with impeccable reputations and CV's who also question vaccines, I regret to reply that I can only provide you with a list of 12 doctors, who, the moment they spoke out against the party line, were immediately dismissed from their jobs, and later character assassinated with various forms of epithet. In this day and age, the doctors who can afford to speak their minds are the nearly retired, who will immediately be discreditted as "nearing dementia".

So, let us wait and see what character assassination is thrown now, at Dr Healy.

You can bet it won't be nice. But we may never get to hear most of it, as the worst of it will be said to her face. What we hear in public will be restrained because of the need to be seen to be reasonable.

Bravo, Dr. Bernadine Healy! Her frank comments will enable other medical professionals to come forward and press for positive change within the CDC. The winds are shifting, the tide is turning.

Dr. Healy's husband is Floyd D. Loop, former head of The Cleveland Clinic. They reside in one of NE Ohio's most affluent communities. He is in his 70's. Interesting that she is now speaking out after heading up NIH herself from '91 - '93, just as the autism epidemic was ratcheting up to full breakneck speed - restores my faith in the power of the conscience. Please keep talking, Dr. Healy.

Brilliant! Bravo Dr Healy!

Isn't it refreshing to actually hear a voice of reason from a respected member of the government? I'd forgotten what it sounds like.

"The question has not been answered."

Thank you, Dr. Healy. Thank you.

Great report! Please consider posting these links if your local CBS website has a comment section.

Vaccine Safety Requests for Our Next Commander in Chief

The full 6 minute video received by each of the campaigns on April 28, 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqMLsrCUoo&feature=related

The 2 minute edited version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGC_U_4nJHc

The video transcript with live link references:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/05/for-mothers-day.html

Brief justification for the two Executive Order requests:

Request #1. Within the first 100 days of taking office, would you issue an Executive Order requiring the removal of mercury from all vaccines by January 1, 2010?

Material Safety Data Sheet for Thimerosal
http://www.putchildrenfirst.org/media/1.13.pdf

Page 2: "Exposure to mercury in utero and in children may cause mild to severe mental retardation and mild to severe motor coordination impairment."

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Request # 2. Within 100 days of taking office, would you issue an Order requiring a Moratorium on the addition of new vaccines to the recommended list for children, until the current vaccine schedule can
be proven safe?

April 4, 2008, page 33:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/00_pdf/draft_agenda_recommendations_080404.pdf

"Simultaneous vaccination

. Usually simultaneous vaccination is incompletely studied at time of licensure.
. Under current infrastructure, prelicensure studies do not assess safety of two unlicensed vaccines administered simultaneously
(e.g., Tdap and MCV4 simultaneous administration was not studied before licensure).
. ACIP recommends simultaneous vaccination, unless contraindications are present (CDC, ACIP General Recommendations, 2006)."

I wonder if Paul Offit finds her endearing....

I wonder what kind of spin they'll put on Dr. Healy's statements? I'm with you JB, God bless her. She's pretty much just committed professional suicide.