The Vaccine Court refuses to recognize vaccine strain measles growing in the intestines of vaccine injured autistic children, and they refuse to recognize science and recorded history that goes back hundreds of years regarding Mercury poisoning. "There is no link" they say.

Here is something of relative interest that I just read, which reminds me of the Special Masters and the saying:

"Those who refuse to learn from history will be condemned to repeat it."

Ivan the Terrible

"Died: A.D. 1584
Cause of death: Foul play has long been suspected in the death of Russia's original bad boy, who slaughtered tens of thousands of his subjects and beat his own son to death in a rage. Tests carried out on the czar's corpse in 2002 indicated he might well have been murdered: His body contained more than enough mercury and arsenic to kill a man.

Of course, it's also possible his death was simply caused by medical treatments gone wrong. Mercury was often used to treat syphilis (and Ivan was notoriously promiscuous), and arsenic was taken to fight the plague, which ravaged Russia throughout his rule. Slow poisoning by mercury, known to cause sudden mood changes and madness, might also explain why Ivan was so, well, terrible."

Maybe the Special Masters should take a dose of their own medicine. (They probably already do every time they get a Flu Shot)

John, Brian Deer's post makes me sick. And the behvior of our DoJ makes me more sick:(

@ omnibusted -
I don't know anything from the inside, but in the Spectrum magazine I received this week, an article about the cases of William Mead, Jordan King, and Colin Dwyer states "All three families are expected to appeal the decisions made by the special masters. Hearings for the cases will begin during the summer."

Thank you to the Cedillo family, and may Michelle soon improve in health. You are in our thoughts.

does anyone have any comment on why the king, dwyer and mead cases are not being appealed?

"That said, I’m also very proud that, like the GMC, the US government sought my help in mounting its case in Cedillo, copiously borrowing pages of evidence from my website and displaying some in court. I was surprised by this. I assumed that they would have sophisticated contacts with other governments and with industry, and could pretty much get what they wanted. However, on a number of occasions I would come home, find an email from the department of justice asking me for a document, and see that the next day it was being run in court. Bit of a seat of the pants job by the DoJ (brought about by the plaintiffs changing their case at the last minute). Indeed, I recall supplying a key document on the O’Leary lab business, which the DoJ didn’t seem to know about just weeks before the hearing. Hence the late surfacing of Bustin and Chadwick. It was me wot done that, and I’m glad. I don’t say these things to boast, only perhaps to wonder why — if there are all kinds of grand conspiracies behind the defence of vaccine safety — governments and regulators are so untogether that a mere journalist can get ahead of them in the game."

Brian Deer on LeftBrain/RightBrain

http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3362116/a-deer-in-the-headlights.thtml

Thank you so much Dan for attending, for your support and for posting the day's events.

I had fully intended for Michelle, my husband and myself to attend the oral arguments. But as the time drew nearer Michelle became very tired. I decided at that point to attend by myself. Then just days before the court date, Michelle had a dramatic increase in seizure activity resulting in 24 grand mal seizures in just a few day's time. June 8th I received a phone call from one of Michelle's specialists. She thinks Michelle has a tumor. Everything just kind of turned upside down. As much as I wanted to be there in DC, I knew I could not leave.

I am so proud and so honored to be part of this autism community. I have met and talked to the most amazing people a person could ever hope to know. We are bound by our own tragedies and by our fight for justice for our children. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to each of you for your tremendous support and kind words-especially now.

Theresa

AoA article: "And even if it goes back to vaccine court, Special Master Hastings has already said he would have ruled the same way with or without the British testimony."

Special Master Hasting just publically admitted he has a bias and will not weigh the evidence (data) if presented. More proof that the Cedillo's did not and will not get a fair hearing in vaccine court.

Using this statement by Hastings above as evidence, the Cedillo's lawyer should request that it NOT go back to Vaccine Court.

I keep thinking that surely there are people who really understand the issues that arise in vaccine-autism matters -- scientists, doctors, lawyers, judges -- who will eventually be involved somehow and speak out. To those who simply read the news stories, it all seems so settled, so simple. But if you really look at the facts, it is not settled nor simple (except that quite simply it is true that vaccines can and sometimes do cause autism and IBD!).

For the most part it is parents of affected children who really investigate, research, learn. But surely there are a lot of people who either have not been involved enough to understand or who are intimidated by the medical-govt-industrial-pharm complex, but who will become involved and speak out.

The Omnibus hearings are held in an encapsulated environment. But as these decisions and the psuedo-science supporting them reach the light of day (such as in courts of law), surely there will be many who see the obvious sense in the arguments voiced by so many in our community (such as by attorneys - thank you Sylvia Chin-Caplan!)

We have longstanding democratic traditions in this country, and traditions of open scientific inquiry. We also have established product liability rights, which were given up in relation to vaccines, in exchange for what was supposed to be a non-adversarial system of providing benefits to those who had taken one for the herd, paid for by the herd (vaccine recipients) through a surcharge on vaccines. When basic principles of law and science and medicine are applied (instead of spin) the faults in the Omnibus system and vaccine-defense science are clear.

Dan:

Thanks for doing this important work, thanks to Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Mary Holland, and of course, thanks to the amazing Cedillo family! Like you, I will choose optimism over pessimism at this point.

All the best,
Kent Heckenlively