Ask Congress to Help Release Autism Data - CDC Ignores Law 8 Years
From our friends at Autism Action Network:
Please click on the Take Action link here to send an email to your members of Congress requesting their help in making the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) obey the law. Dr. Brian Hooker, Ph. D., a biochemist and father of a child diagnosed with autism, has been waiting for more than eight years for documents requested from the CDC under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The Freedom of Information Act requires federal agencies to provide requested documents and information to the public. These documents belong to the people of the United States and were created using our tax dollars. In recent years the federal government has flagrantly ignored the FOIA. The requested documents have nothing to do national security, they concern the details of autism studies paid for with your tax dollars.
Dr. Hooker has in the past obtained records from the CDC that showed that several of their studies claiming no correlation between vaccines and autism were rejected by prestigious medical journals for lack of rigor and scientific flaws. He also has obtained documents that show the CDC withheld information when their own studies showed that there is a correlation between vaccines and autism.
After eight years a reasonable question must be, “What is the CDC trying to hide?” But we will not see this information unless we make the CDC give it up.
Requests under the Freedom of Information are given identifying numbers. These are the numbers for Dr. Hooker’s requests:
#05-0435, #05-0499, #05-0674, #05-0680, #05-0222, #05-0942, #05-0924, #10-00555, #10-00556, #10-00579, #10-00696, #10-00697, #11-00295, #11-00368, #11-00438, #11-00439, #11-00440, #11-00451, #11-00706, #13-00172, #13-00200, #13-00203, #13-00235, #13-00271.
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Hi! I signed this petition several months ago and today the office of Pete Gallegos, US Rep from TX, contacted me asking for more info. They stated that they were very interested in this petition and had received numerous letters; however, they couldn't proceed further without speaking to Brian Hooker. Would it be possible to get Brian's contact info so that I can pass it along?
Posted by: Darien McGuire | October 22, 2013 at 04:22 PM
Folks - I appreciate anything you can do. Please take action if your schedule permits. I know you are very busy with your wonderful, special children.
We're exposing the truth and need to hold the CDC accountable for the biggest iatrogenic catastrophe in history. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Brian Hooker | August 24, 2013 at 02:39 PM
@Brian,
Thank you, for your response and all your efforts to get the truth out.
Posted by: Jeannette Bishop | August 23, 2013 at 04:57 PM
Hi Jeannette! Thanks so much! There is some good information on the website putchildrenfirst.org. I'm hoping eventually to update it with a large amount of information that has been received recently.
Posted by: Brian Hooker | August 23, 2013 at 03:06 PM
I signed on yesterday. Thanks for the Action Alert format.
"He also has obtained documents that show the CDC withheld information when their own studies showed that there is a correlation between vaccines and autism."
Is it possible to get a view of the documents showing what is referred to in this statement, even more a somewhat lay level explanation--that's usually most helpful for me?
Posted by: Jeannette Bishop | August 23, 2013 at 01:59 PM
I really appreciate anything you can do! Thank you so much on behalf of me and my family!
Posted by: Brian Hooker | August 22, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Posted by: Tbug | August 22, 2013 at 08:43 PM