3) “Dr Wakefield showed a ‘callous disregard for the safety of the children’ when he carried out colonoscopies”

Not true. Dr Wakefield did not carry out colonoscopies. The ‘callous disregard’ quote from the GMC chairman was referring to the birthday party episode.

4) “It is only in the UK that there is concern about MMR vaccine safety”
 
Not true: This is especially galling for those of us who have many friends worldwide who are equally involved and concerned about MMR. Perhaps the medicos will next try to somehow dis-invent the internet?

I checked Dr Jacquelyn McCandless’s wonderful on-line petition initiative in support of Dr Wakefield and counted the countries that posted from outside the UK and the USA (I think every US state had subscribers).

I will list the countries:

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Federated States of Micronesia, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Israel. Japan, Korea, Macedonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

Think about that. Think about the number of countries. Think about the number of children. Think about your own experience. Think about the distress, the pain, the family breakdown, the disruption, the sleepless nights, the misery, the tears, the unforgiving and unforgivable damage that has been done to God knows how many kids worldwide, and is continuing to be done as you read this article; All in the name of what?--child health, herd immunity? Don’t you believe it, this is done in the name of greed.

These innocent children (our innocent children) are caught in a labyrinthine trap guarded by three minatory creatures. Firstly the vaccine manufacturers; who cannot go backwards, only forward, driven by their profit motive; you can be certain that there will be even more greed in even more countries to follow, and even more damaged children; there is no reverse gear in a capitalist juggernaut.

Next, the second creature, those who administer the vaccines, (the medical profession), the very soul of that profession has been auctioned to the greed machine: holidays in exotic locations, flimsily invented but fully funded conferences around the world (“would your wife like to accompany you”? You bet), bonuses and incentives for administering a product that has not only not been adequately tested but is downright dangerous; injecting it directly into a child’s bloodstream and then turning and walking away from that child when he/she screams in pain and falls ill.
 
Last but not least, minatory politicians, the cowards in the pack; shamefully ignoring the overwhelming and compelling evidence of parents in favour of the greed machine and its apostles: Cowering in publicly funded mansions avoiding contact with the challenging truth of their constituent’s concerns and experience for fear it may disrupt the funding system or alienate the greed machine which has itself insinuated its way into positions of influence in the highest reaches of government.

Parents have arrived at an important juncture in the MMR debate. We can either pack up and go home to nurse our damaged children in the knowledge that the people responsible for visiting this grievous blow on our families will carry on in their pursuit of personal wealth and recognition at the expense of more innocent children worldwide -- or we can decide here and now that enough is enough.
 
Bill Welsh
President
Autism Treatment Trust
Edinburgh.
Scotland.
UK