There is zero evidence which can prove that, while in the oval office, Reagan was incapacitated by Alzheimer's to the point he relied upon Nancy Reagan in any way greater than he already had as his co-equal wife and business partner throughout his ENTIRE political career. It is utter nonsense for the Age of Autism to run such a masquerading article clearly attempting to alleviate former first lady Hillary Clinton from her direct responsibility for upping the childhood vaccine program nationally to match the Arkansas Every Child By Two program that she and Betty Bumpers co-founded.

Autism rates did NOT begin to soar as a result of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Act. They began to rise as a result of Hillarycare. While the result of Ms. Clinton's medical sector invention was rejected, the only portion of Hillarycare to receive reception from Congress was steep modifications the Childhood Vaccine Program resulting in a federal Every Child By Two plan where the number of vaccines and does of vaccines multiplied to unheard of quantities.

Despite the availability of Thimerosal-free vaccines (ex. Denmark removed mercury from vaccines in 1991), Ms. Clinton expressed no preference at the time, and claimed the program was deliberately under-funded. The pharmaceutical industry countered her claim stating she had miscalculated the costs relating to all of the program's featured vaccines opposed to the actual number of doses for her vaccine program mandated. (Hepatitis B is one vaccine, but Hillary demanded three doses)

Ms. Clinton's Every Child By Two vaccine program set the table for astronomical increases in Autism Spectrum Disorder due to the fact that Hillarycare employed vaccines laced with ethyl-mercury, perhaps the most volatile form of mercury compounds. Preliminary research indicates that vaccine mercury decomposes far faster than tuna mercury, and deposits far more inorganic, mercuric mercury in the brain. Inorganic, mercuric mercury is the form which causes brain neuron degeneration.

http://www.joc.com/reagan-urged-sign-vaccine-bill_19861028.html

They intend to keep the bill in the public eye so that President Reagan can not use a pocket veto - in which the bill would die for lack of his signature - without appearing indifferent to the plight of preschool children who have been severely injured from routine childhood vaccinations.

The legislation has the support of the pharmaceutical industry, parents of injured children and the medical profession.

Barbara Loe Fisher, a spokeswoman for Parents Dissatisfied Together, a group formed to push for the measure, said that the "parents are getting desperate" for financial aid to help care for their youngsters.

"They want to take care of their kids and they're worried about what's going to happen after they die because, basically, there's no way financially to get them into an institution."

Parents also have mounted letter writing and telegram campaigns to urge Mr. Reagan to sign the bill.

http://whale.to/x/ThanksfortheMemoriesbyBriceTaylor.html#Chapter_Ten:_Introduced_to_Governor_Ronald_Reagan_

CHAPTER 9: RONALD REAGAN'S AMERICAN DREAM: A PANDORA'S BOX OF NIGHTMARES
http://whale.to/b/obrien_b1.html#CHAPTER_9:_RONALD_REAGANS_AMERICAN_DREAM:_A_PANDORAS_BOX_OF_NIGHTMARES_

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Ronald_Reagan/RonaldReagan_page.html

very interesting. Thank You all for your contributions. Going to look for the book now.

Says page cannot be found?

I think we shouldn't get off the main track here. I think those in power now and for -- say since Simpsonwood became known, would be happy as pigs in slop for us to go howling down some vengeful little blame trail. Our constitutional rights are in grave danger and at huge risk in this election year. We need to be extending our hands to each other to get justice for our children and grandchildren, and to work to see a future that will be better for all. The bigwigs want us to get focused on little side issues. We the people remember what Abe Lincoln said about fooling all of the people all of the time.

Bayareamom,
Thanks for the info re President Reagan getting allergy shots. I don't know if they still do, but according to Dr. Cutler, they used to. And we're not talking about one or two shots, we're talking about ongoing injections probably every year. I don't know how much thimerosal was (or is) in allergy shots compared to the flu vaccine.

David,
We can't assume that's what occurred. Reading your comment made me wonder if President Obama and family have each gotten a flu shot for each of the past 8 years.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/01/14/reagan-son-claims-dad-had-alzheimers-as-president

SNIP:

The July 4, 1989 horse bucking and discovery of Alzheimer's:

"In July 1989, barely six months out of office, my father visited friends in Mexico. While out riding he was thrown when his horse shied at something in the trailside scrub. That my father, even at age 78, would be bucked off his mount was, in itself, an ominous sign. It's a wonder he didn't break any bones, but he did hit his head hard enough to cause a sizable contusion. After initially refusing medical attention, he ultimately relented and was transported to a hospital in San Diego. Surgeons opening his skull to relieve pressure on the brain emerged from the operating room with the news that they had detected what they took to be probable signs of Alzheimer's disease. No formal diagnosis was given, as far as I know. I have since learned from a doctor who happened to be interning at the hospital when my father was brought in that surgeons involved in his care, in what my informant characterized as 'shameful' behavior, violated my father's right to medical privacy by subsequently gossiping about his condition." Page 217.

"Doctors recommended to my mother that further tests of cognition be conducted the following year to measure any decline. Those tests, at the Mayo Clinic, confirmed the initial suspicion of Alzheimer's." Page 217.

"I've seen no evidence that my father (or anyone else) was aware of his medical condition while he was in office. Had the diagnosis been made in, say 1987, would he have stepped down? I believe he would have. Far less was known about the disease then, of course, than is known now. Today we are aware that the physiological and neurological changes associated with Alzheimer's can be in evidence years, even decades, before identifiable symptoms arise. The question, then, of whether my father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's while in office more or less answers itself." Pages 217-218"

Reagan was not a libertarian nor a conservative. He was a neoconservative, which means "a democrat in disguise". Democrats do not beleive you have the right to refuse a vaccine, because either a) rights don't exist, or b) the health of everyone else is danger, so just shut up and bear with it. If you believe you are a democrat and beleive that people have a right to refuse any kind of medical procedure, then you are not a democrat at all. You may be a progressive or a liberal, but not a pure bred democrat. Democrats are people like John Dewey or Theodore Roosevelt. A full blown God complex. Don't fall for the official story as most republicans and conservatives do and have been doing for more than three decades.

If you beleive "they" have the obligation to not harm you or your children, no matter what, then you are simply a libertarian. Not a libertine, not a pothead, not a Christian, not an Atheist, not an Objectivist, not a science junkie, not a homeschooler, not a pirate, not a murderous psychopath, not a gun freak, not an Anarchist, not a hermit, not a hippie. You are just a libertarian in the most important thing: life.

And, as you very well know, most other people are so confounded about everything. You don't have to beleive conspiracy theories, you don't have to listen to those stupid philosophical podcasts of boastful people, you don't have to study Austrian economics. Just defend your liberty and your life, and allow others to do the same. It is so easy.

God Bless you all!

Here is another one that knows and is part of the problem.
He is going to be at the Drug and Heroin Abuse Sumit coming up soon.
_______________________________________

Dr. Tom Frieden
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Frieden_Tom-lgDr. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in June 2009 and has worked to control health threats from infectious diseases, respond to emergencies, and battle the leading causes of suffering and death in our nation and around the world – including tobacco and prescription drug overdoses. He previously served as Commissioner of the New York City Health Department, where he directed efforts that reduced the number of smokers by 350,000, cut teen smoking by half, and established the largest community electronic health records project in the country – which became the national model to expand electronic health record use. Dr. Frieden received both his medical and Master of Public Health degrees from Columbia University, and completed infectious disease training at Yale University. He has received many awards and honors and has published more than 200 scientific articles.

Cait from Canada,

"Ronald, you have mentioned your ebook a few times; what is the name of the book, and where is it available?"

"Pervasive Causes of Disease"
It is available online, Open Access, at (https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/53714)

It is based on the concept that preventing, halting, or reversing disease requires eliminating the major foundational (tangible) causes of disease. This is almost opposite to present day medical care (for chronic diseases, at least), where treatment comes first, and most causes are allowed to remain in place. The eBook identifies about 800+ foundational pervasive causes of disease, and shows why this may be a gross underestimate (Chapter 9).

Dara,

Countless of us feel the utter anger and pain of vaccine damages (or death) to our children, grandchildren, even great grandchildren.

The parents of every child vaccine-damaged or killed were guided and persuaded by the Vaccine Cabal (and a couple of generations now of pediatricians) that it was best for their child to get their shots.

I don't think you would blame your children, if they had become old enough to become parents, to then have your grandchildren, for the horrible vaccine-damages then inflicted by a totally corrupt Medical System - they (tragically) trusted their doctors!

The Reagans clearly were naive and ignorant -- but so were 98% of their fellow Governors, Congressional Members, etc.

It's still the same today -- Except for the swelling tide of knowledgable parents who have tragically learned, and are now passing their knowledge via such as AoA, your own contributions, and a plethora of like citizens' organizations. And, there are now millions of parents-to-be being aroused to vaccines' horrible consequences.

Yes, I am also very mad ----- but I aim my anger at the hopelessly corrupt Leaders of today's Government Medical Institutions, who literally deserve to jailed the rest of their lives.

Here is some one to blame:

Thomas Insel NIMH 2011.JPG
Born October 19, 1951 (age 64)
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Institutions National Institute of Mental Health
Emory University
Alma mater Boston University (B.A.)
Boston University (M.D.)
Known for Research on oxytocin and vasopressin and their impact on social behavior
Thomas Roland Insel (born October 19, 1951) is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist who lead NIMH as mental illness -- sky rocketed!

I would agree that holding Nancy Reagan "at least partly responsible for the health crisis of our children today" is going a "bit far".

Consider .. an explanation of the legislation that Ronald Reagan signed into law can be read at:

http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/

Upon reading this explanation .. the very last paragraph reads as follows:

"The special master's decision may be appealed and petitioners who reject the decision of the court (or withdraw their petitions within certain timelines) may file a claim in civil court against the vaccine company and/or the health care provider who administered the vaccine."

And so .. Reagan's legislation DID NOT strip a "parent's right to sue a pharmaceutical company's vaccine for damaging their child .. it was the despicable decision of a majority of the Supreme Court in the "Wyeth v. Bruselwitz" case .. that denies parents their constitutional right to seek legal redress in State or Federal CIVIL COURTS if they rejected the FINAL decision of a Vaccine Court Special Master.

We ought not forget that Nancy Reagan .. the same generation as my own .. grew up believing that vaccines were indeed miracles that had successfully eliminated polio and small-pox .. which would explain Ms Clinton's spontaneous ill-informed reaction to concerns raised about vaccine safety with her (paraphrasing here) "the sky is blue, the earth is round and vaccines work .. grandmother knows best".

There are MANY people .. of the best autism organizations of those days .. who .. with the best of intentions .. supported the Combat Autism Act .. over the objections of others .. such as .. Dr. Bernard Rimland who warned should have been named the "Pretend to Combat Autism Act".

I do not hold any of those people "responsible" for their decision to support the CAA .. because .. just like Nancy .. the actual benefits of the CAA have never been fully realized as they believed they would be.

Trust me .. there are a whole host of "living" politicians that are far more deserving of "blame for the health crisis of our children today .. than blaming Nancy Reagan.

Dara,

"I guess what I am saying is that I would like to think that in a perfect world if Ronald Reagan did not have Alzheimers (the adult form of autism) that he would not have signed that law"

In a perfect world, the members of Congress would not have signed, or even proposed, that bill. But, in the world in which we live, the Washington, State, and even some Local politicians are owned lock, stock, and barrel by the GIMC (Government-Industrial-Media Complex). Reagan signed it for the same reasons that the members of Congress authored and signed it.

An added problem is that the great majority of Washington politicians are not scientists, much less immunologists or pediatricians who would understand the workings or consequences of vaccines. Other than non-technical inputs from campaign donors, they get their technical inputs for decision-making from the anointed 'experts'. For an issue like vaccines, they would nominally turn to the NIH, CDC, FDA, IOM, and the leading academics in research institutions typically in their own State. That's the basis on which they would defend their decisions to their constituents. And, in turn, these 'experts' would point to publications in the most 'prestigious' journals to support their recommendations. We all know what those publications conclude. The politicians will not consider seriously advice to the contrary even if coming from non-mainstream M.D.s and researchers.

Congress could have over-ridden Reagan's refusal to sign, if that had happened. I have not been able to find the actual vote on that Bill; all I have seen is that it passed the House on voice vote (if someone has actual numbers from the House and Senate, I would appreciate it). If a President Trump were to veto such a Bill in the future, I have little doubt his veto would be over-ridden without Congress breaking a sweat.

Shifting gears. John Stone's NYT reference (in his comment) focuses on yet another novel high tech diagnostic for AD. That's what fires up the media component of the GIMC: better high tech diagnostics; better drugs; better 'cures', etc. Meanwhile, the incidence of AD keeps increasing, and all we hear is the cry for more 'research' to 'fight the war' on AD.

In my eBook (p.262), I devote a substantial section to the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen, a researcher at the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles. He developed a therapeutic regimen using a total systems approach to 'treat' cognitive impairment, dementia, and AD.

Nine of the first ten patients who utilized this program/ regimen "displayed subjective or objective improvement in cognition beginning within 3‐6 months, with the one failure being a patient with very late stage AD. Six of the patients had had to discontinue working or were struggling with their jobs at the time of presentation, and all were able to return to work or continue working with improved performance. Improvements have been sustained", and at the time his paper was published [mid-2014] the longest patient follow‐up is two and one‐half years from initial treatment.

So, there it is! Why this obsessive focus on high tech diagnostics, high tech research, high tech treatment, high tech cures (none of which works), when at least one researcher has demonstrated that we have enough information here and now to reverse these so-called incurable diseases. Insufficient evidence from one study? Fine; why aren't the Federal agencies responsible for these diseases funding ten parallel clinical trials to validate or invalidate these results? Here is a list of National Institute of Aging clinical trials for AD (https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/clinical-trials/all). Most are for specific drugs; some are alternative approaches. There is nothing listed that appears even in the same league as Dr. Bredesen's study, much less the expanded approach eliminating more causes that I mentioned in my eBook.

Dr. Bredesen's study was published about eighteen months ago. According to the SCI, it has received nine citations. Nine citations for a paper by a credible researcher claiming to have reversed or at least halted the serious diseases mentioned above! This crystallizes the pathology of modern medicine and medical research today: focus on what benefits the GIMC and the bottom line, not the hapless patient.