I saw this Tweet from Dr. Peter McCullough yesterday. "Young people should have thought through genetic shots...."  I wrote two Tweet responses to voice my frustration.

Think about it. An MD asking the young adults who were raised on the birthing person's milk of pharma trust to suddenly have the capability, let alone the nerve, to question a new vaccine out of the blue. Young adults who watched Elmo tell them to get their vaccines. Young adults who never had a moment to themselves to think, process, problem solve. Kids whose critical thinking skills were not installed because Mom and Dad wanted to make sure they never felt discomfort, pain, failure, loss. Kids who never saw a D on a report card because all kids needed to feel safe. And now we're going to tell them their troubles are their own fault? How about the decades of data, science and heartache doled out daily by the autism vaccine injury community. We have a lot of work ahead of us to help people process the damage here, and coming. 

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A couple of years ago, I got a call from JB Handley (hey, this sounds familiar!) and he was wicked stoked! That's a little Massachusetts meets West Coast parlance for wildly excited. His son had begun this thing called "spelling," and he was having success.  Life changing success. JB being JB, wanted to make sure I knew about spelling for my daughters. He wanted, and wants, EVERYONE to know that spelling can open the communication channel for even the most profoundly autistic individuals. He and his son Jameson wrote Underestimated: An Autism Miracle (from Skyhorse Publishing.) I am spelling with my youngest daughter. It's a slow process for her because of her vision and gross motor planning. But I can see that she will become successful in time, in her own way.

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Dr. Paul Offit has been the Godfather of the pediatric vaccine schedule for decades. He has been our Moriarty. I once called him The Pope of the Church of the Immaculate Vaccination on Huffington Post. And yet, in NEJM (below) he is a voice of caution regarding the Covid booster. And caution is the operative word. Remember the tale of the scorpion and the frog. Remember one's nature. Mark Blaxill has written extensively on Dr. Offit's career. Here are a few links.

Offit Cashes In: Closing the Books on the Vaccine Profits of a Merck-Made Millionaire

The Offit Index: Tracking a Patent Owner’s Ongoing Financial Interest in One Vaccine’s Sales

Counting Offit’s Millions: More on How Merck’s Rotateq Vaccine Made Paul Offit Wealthy


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Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale Publication: The New England Journal of Medicine Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society Date: Jan 11, 2023 Copyright © 2023, Massachusetts Medical Society

"...Although boosting with a bivalent vaccine is likely to have a similar effect as boosting with a monovalent vaccine, booster dosing is probably best reserved for the people most likely to need protection against severe disease — specifically, older adults, people with multiple coexisting conditions that put them at high risk for serious illness, and those who are immunocompromised. In the meantime, I believe we should stop trying to prevent all symptomatic infections in healthy, young people by boosting them with vaccines containing mRNA from strains that might disappear a few months later."

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By Cathy Jameson

This was a recent update I shared with family and friends.  It’s not the medication issue that I’d asked them to pray about last month (for that medication, it’s the same status as before…we’re still running out of it), but here was a new thing I asked them to pray about…

For the love of all that is holy and Name Brand ONLY.  Don’t send my kid the generic form when his prescription clearly states he needs name brand.  And don’t let me catch you stretching the truth to make it easy for you when I ask you to read what the doctor wrote.  “The doctor wrote Name Brand Only.”

SO DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!

FYI, the doc wrote it correctly but didn’t add the crucial code.  Words are good but that code! Computers respond to codes, not well-intentioned words anymore.  Without that info, unbeknownst* to a patient, the pharmacy can “legally change it and fill the script with generic”.  

At that point, if I was the pharmacy tech, I’d ringy dingy the doctor and ask, “Did ya mean to leave the code out, or do you wanna maybe fill it in?”

DEAR LORD.

Can we please get a tee tiny break with the meds issues?!

*I beknownst it.  We’ve run into this horrible, worrisome issue before (generic can cause worse issues for Ronan).  Plus, when I called the Rx in on Monday, I asked for the medication by its brand name.  “Yep. Yep, we can send it,” the pharmacy tech told me.  “We’ll have it to you by Wednesday.”  THANK GOD I read labels and package inserts.  I immediately called and let the tech who answered know of the error.  I then asked her to refill the supply with the name brand. 

I was shocked, and actually pretty angry, when she asked me, “Ma’am, can you have him finish out the month supply we just sent?”

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

No!  Fix it!!

We’re already dealing with a potentially scary med issue.  I, and Rone, don’t need two potentially scary med issues.  I’ve called the doc’s office and will pray that one of the amazing nurses jumps through hoops for us again.

Those nurses.  We love how much they help us. (…had to end this on a positive because I was getting all kinds of stabby there for a few minutes…)

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As happens when I share a prayer request, people immediately started to pray.  And Ronan’s nurse quickly attempted to fix the latest problem. 

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I feel absolutely helpless when situations like this happen.  As the parent, I can only do so much.  I am not the pharmacist.  I am not the pharmacy tech.  I am not the insurance company nor am I the delivery driver who will deliver needed medication in a timely manner.  I am the Mom who hopes and prays that things will go only well for my son. 

While that is true, I am also the Mom who will fight like hell to keep my son healthy and safe. 

When I followed up on Friday with the specialty pharmacy, which is a few hours away from us, I spoke to a different pharmacy technician.  She shared that since the insurance covered the generic form that was just delivered, they won’t allow a refill until February 2^nd.  I told her how disappointed I was and blurted out, “Who do I need to fight?”  I was stunned when she said, “The pharmacy manager is working on this for you.  I can ask her to call you when she’s off the phone.”  I quietly answered, “That would be great, thank you so much,” and made sure to keep my phone close by.

Less than an hour later, the pharmacy manager called me with new and hopeful information.

It’s all over Ronan’s profile that he needs and is dispensed name brand medication.  When the doctor sent in the updated refill form with the correct wording at the end of December, the system didn’t ‘see’ the code that pushes Ronan’s name brand prescriptions through.  While everything states name brand medically necessary, the DAW 1 code was missing. 

DAW 1: This means dispense as written; no substitution allowed. [Pharmacy Tech Review]

If it’s left off, the pharmacist can, by law, dispense a generic form – a therapeutically equivalent drug product.   

I’ve heard about that for years, but never thought to look at that law closely.  Today was the day to do that and to tell my family about it.  I oversee most of Ronan’s medical care.  If, God forbid, something happens to me, and my husband or our back-up guardians need to call in a script, they, too, must know to check if that critical wording and code is being used.  

If you also oversee a loved one’s medical care, including managing their prescriptions, it’s important for you to know that “The mandatory substitution and patient consent laws are separate statutes, and each state can choose any combination of the two policy tools.  In any case, the consumer can overrule the substitution, but the laws determine the default option and consent requirements for the pharmacist.”

She didn’t go into all of the legalese, but the pharmacy manager gave me just enough information for me to start a search.  I’m glad she went into some detail.  Before we’d had a chance to talk, I was ready to ask for a patient advocate to assist me or to consider using a tactic my Mom shared in response to my prayer request: 

Long ago, before our world turned upside down, a friend of mine was trying to get treatment. It was legit, insurance allowed, but doc was resistant because in HIS opinion it wasn't needed. My friend, exhausted and ready to stab him with his expensive pen, said through gritted teeth, if I were your mother, would you want her doctor to put her through this crap??

She embarrassed him into submission.

You go, Mama, wish I could give you big hugs.

But I didn’t need to ask for an advocate or for the pharmacy manager to put herself in my shoes.  When I’d asked her if I needed to put my dukes up, she said, “We’ll fight the insurance company for you.  In fact, I’ve already made one call to them and will make another one when we hang up.” 

PRAISE BE!

The problem, though, is that the medication is out of stock, just like the other name brand medication is out of stock. 

“Could you come to us, if I can find it anywhere local, and pick it up?” the manager asked.

“Yes,” I told her.  I’d crawl on hands and knees on shards of glass if needed.

“I may be able to find it at the hospital’s pharmacy,” she shared. 

“Okay,” I said while imagining myself driving up there already.

“Wait!  I think I can get you an 8-day supply.  The systems don’t like to ‘partial control’ the medications because it can potentially mess up what the original script states, but you’d get what your son needs and...” the manager trailed off for a second.

“…you’re eligible for a Saturday delivery, so I can have it shipped to you overnight.  It’ll be to you tomorrow by 11am.  How does that sound?”

OHMYGOLLY!

“That would be so helpful.  Thank you so much!” I replied gratefully. 

While she set up the delivery, I kept the conversation going.  I told her it always seems that these sorts of panicky situations happen at the end of the month, at the end of the year, or right before a national holiday when places shut down for 3 days.  “Oh, that’s right.  Monday…we’re open on Monday,” she shared.  While many Americans will have the day off to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., the pharmacy manager let me know that she’d be at work that day.  When she’s there, she said she’d keep looking for the remainder of the month’s supply Ronan requires.  She also said she’d make sure the partial order didn’t reset the order back to generic in the system.  She added one more thoughtful thing.  Should I ever encounter another problem, I am to please ask for her by name.  I told her that’s why we picked her particular pharmacy.  Other places have seen Ronan as a number, or a dollar sign, and never a human.  Where the younger pharmacy techs there could only do so much for me, they don’t have the years of experience the manager has under her belt.  They couldn’t think outside the box as quickly as I needed them to.  I know that my frustration unsettled the one who asked me to just use up the generic we’d just been sent.  I won’t apologize for my snappy response to her.  She needs to know that her suggestion was a horrible suggestion and one that could result in devastating side effects for my non-verbal, medically fragile son. 

This manager, though, had everything under control and in Ronan’s favor within just a few short hours. 

Crisis averted.  Thank the Lord!

For the next time, should there be a next time, I’m now a tiny bit more knowledgeable.  Everything I learn, even after all these years, helps me to advocate for my son a little bit quicker than the last time I had to speak up for him.  It can be overwhelming at times, and I do hate that I immediately feel the need to go into fight mode.  But if I let things slide, Ronan suffers.  He’s already suffered enough.  It wouldn’t be right for me let that happen again.  I can relax a bit today, but dukes up next time if I need to do a little bit more to make things a lot better for Ronan.

Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism. 

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Tidbits from that paper that stuck with me after I discovered more information on DAW laws:

“…Mandatory substitution laws require pharmacists to use the generic as a default, and presumed consent laws allow them to assume that the patient agrees to the substitution.  Both situations can be overruled by the patient.

At one time, laws in most states required pharmacists to fill a prescription as written, precluding generic dispensing when the physician had written the brand name. The last of these anti-substitution laws was repealed in 1984.

There are currently two types of laws that regulate a pharmacist’s substitution of generic drugs... The first determines pharmacists’ options when they are filling a prescription for a brand name drug. Some states require mandatory generic substitution, and others are permissive to pharmacist discretion. That is, in the mandatory substitution states, the pharmacist must default to the generic version of a multi-source drug, and in the permissive states they have the option to substitute, but it is not required. While this law determines if the pharmacist has discretion over generic substitution, both forms of the law allow the patient/purchaser to overrule the substitution. The second type of law determines if the patient’s consent for substitution is presumed, or if it must be explicitly acquired. In a presumed consent state, the pharmacist can substitute without informing the patient. This law regulates whether or not consumer consent is required for substitution, but as always, the consumer maintains their right to overrule the substitution. 

As expected, the generic drugs are substantially cheaper for consumers. 

In reality, a patient’s consumption of prescription drugs is a joint decision determined by both the physician and the patient. 

When explicit patient consent is required, the patient is given a clear chance to persist with their preference, rather than substitute, as the pharmacist and payer of the drug costs would have wanted them to do.”

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More DAW codes to know, also found on the Pharmacy Tech Review website:

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Have you ever seen the office supply trucks that say, "Who but WB Mason?" I was trying to think of a clever introduction for two books that should be required reading. So, "Who but Skyhorse Publishing? 

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From Tucker Carlson Tonight:  Robert F. Kennedy tells Tucker about an 'active conspiracy to censor COVID information' on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'  (The video should appear below this article.)

We are no strangers to censorship. The autism/vaccine injury (which I have nicknamed 'vinjury') community has been gaslit and shadow banned for years. Case in point: Age of Autism was Google News indexed for many years. One day, it just stopped. Thank you to Robert Kennedy Jr for his swift action to defeat the juggernaut of suppression that hides behind the facade of public health. Only war used to receive this kid glove treatment. Today, war is waged not by The Pentagon, but by CDC. But against whom? From The Defender:

Breaking: Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring COVID-Related Content 

In a live interview this evening on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief litigation counsel for Children’s Health Defense (CHD), announced that he and several other plaintiffs filed a groundbreaking novel lawsuit making antitrust and constitutional claims against legacy media outlets.

The lawsuit targets the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, including the BBC, The Associated Press (AP), Reuters and The Washington Post — all of which are named as defendants in the lawsuit.  Read the full story at THE DEFENDER.

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Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming By Dr. Robert Malone

With contributed chapters from other leading thinkers, such as Dr. Paul Marik and Professor Mattias Desmet, and drawing upon history, psychology, and economics, Lies My Gov’t Told Me looks at COVID from numerous angles. Never satisfied with a simple answer or easy solution, Dr. Malone proposes multiple action plans for a better future.

Cause Unknown By Ed Dowd

A 40 percent increase in deaths is literally earth-shaking. Even a 10 percent increase in excess deaths would have been a 1-in-200-year event. But this was 40 percent. And therein lies a story—a story that starts with obvious questions

From The Defender. Follow Robert Kennedy, Jr. at Twitter Here.

A series of Jan. 6 tweets by newly sworn-in Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey detailed how Biden officials sought to censor tweets by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief litigation counsel of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and others.

Citing documents and emails between social media employees and White House officials, Bailey exposed how the White House sought to censor Kennedy for a tweet questioning “suspicious” deaths of elderly individuals after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and seeking a good faith investigation into the true causes of the deaths.

The White House specifically targeted Kennedy’s Jan. 22, 2021, tweet about the then-recent death of baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, 18 days after he publicly received the Moderna vaccine...

Read more here at The Defender.

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With contributed chapters from other leading thinkers, such as Dr. Paul Marik and Professor Mattias Desmet, and drawing upon history, psychology, and economics, Lies My Gov’t Told Me looks at COVID from numerous angles. Never satisfied with a simple answer or easy solution, Dr. Malone proposes multiple action plans for a better future.

Cause Unknown By Ed Dowd

A 40 percent increase in deaths is literally earth-shaking. Even a 10 percent increase in excess deaths would have been a 1-in-200-year event. But this was 40 percent. And therein lies a story—a story that starts with obvious questions

New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids

By Kim Rossi Your pediatrician is being told by her union (the AAP) that she should put your  overweight 12 year old on weight loss drugs, and schedule bariatric surgery for your obese teenager. This is the same AAP that gets its funding from Coca Cola. The same AAP that has presided over the sickest generation in history. The same AAP that injected hundreds of micrograms of mercury into infants and toddlers without a second thought, hell, without a FIRST thought. The same AAP that watched autism soar from 1 in 10,000 to can't swing a dead cat. They will drug and cut your child rather demand the changes needed for real health.  This is an insanity even the most pharma obedient American should view with shock and horror.  It's a complete dereliction of duty by the physicians and frankly, by parents as well. Obesity doesn't happen overnight. It happens with the first Gatorade at age 2 because the color is fun and she just wants a sip. It happens with a McHappy Meal loaded with sugar. It happens because we LET it happen.  Worse?  Almost three quarters of pediatricians are WOMEN - white women responsible for children's health. In a medical field that had once been overwhelmingly dominated by men, pediatrics is fast developing into what will be a female dominated medical practice. (Source, Career Trend)  Have they no shame? Or are they just the laziest sons of bitches to ever malpractice? Is Pediatrics the med school version of "rocks for jocks" - what we used to call geology class as the science requirement in liberal arts programs.  the kids suffering the highest obesity rates are Black and Hispanic. So what's really going on looks dangerously racist, putting ChOC on weight loss drugs and operating on them. Then expecting their FAMILIES, under whose care they became obese, to then adhere to the rigorous post bariatric eating habits needed to succeed. On what planet is anything of this realistic? 

We'd laugh out loud if this weren't so predictable and absurd.  Not to mention dangerous. Take a peek at Mayo Clinic's primer on weight loss drugs. Frightening side effects. But danger seems to be the AAP's stock in trade. While their patients suffer from failure to thrive, they themselves bloom on fear, dismissal, disregard. They pledge a blind allegiance and alliance to the pharmaceutical industry.  And now, they are funneling kids to surgeons. Trans surgery has whet the appetite for a new market - fat kids. Scalpels raised with surgical group profits. What positive attribute can you possibly assign to a medical specialty that has all but destroyed their patients' lives?  In 2008, Mark Blaxill wrote an article, Support Your Pediatrician, Condemn their Union. They have not earned our respect or support. They have sold children so far down the river, they'll drown in the ocean of pharma.

Many AofAers know first hand how little pediatricians do to promote health. We learned the hard way. But this latest announcement should open the eyes of every parent or expectant parent. Should. But will it? Fat chance.

New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.

The longstanding practice of “watchful waiting,” or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own only worsens the problem that affects more than 14.4 million young people in the U.S. Left untreated, obesity can lead to lifelong health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.

“Waiting doesn’t work,” said Dr. Ihuoma Eneli, co-author of the first guidance on childhood obesity in 15 years from the American Academy of Pediatrics. “What we see is a continuation of weight gain and the likelihood that they’ll have (obesity) in adulthood.”

For the first time, the group’s guidance sets ages at which kids and teens should be offered medical treatments such as drugs and surgery — in addition to intensive diet, exercise and other behavior and lifestyle interventions, said Eneli, director of the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

In general, doctors should offer adolescents 12 and older who have obesity access to appropriate drugs and teens 13 and older with severe obesity referrals for weight-loss surgery, though situations may vary.

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Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming By Dr. Robert Malone

With contributed chapters from other leading thinkers, such as Dr. Paul Marik and Professor Mattias Desmet, and drawing upon history, psychology, and economics, Lies My Gov’t Told Me looks at COVID from numerous angles. Never satisfied with a simple answer or easy solution, Dr. Malone proposes multiple action plans for a better future.

Cause Unknown By Ed Dowd

A 40 percent increase in deaths is literally earth-shaking. Even a 10 percent increase in excess deaths would have been a 1-in-200-year event. But this was 40 percent. And therein lies a story—a story that starts with obvious questions

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Jeremy Sicile-Kira is an artist who is on the spectrum - he paints with bursts of color. As he sees life. Readers will know his mother Chantal Sicile-Kira, a talented author whose books on autism topics have helped so many families. Congratulations to Jeremy for the recognition on POV (Point of View) on PBS.  From the website:

Jeremy Sicile-Kira uses painting to transcend his disability and communicate his dreams to others. This film accompanies the broadcast premiere of I Didn't See You There.

When a circus tent goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from the director's physical perspective — mounted to his wheelchair or handheld — I Didn't See You There serves as a clear rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard. Winner, 2022 Sundance, U.S. Documentary Director and Grand Jury Prize nominee.  Visit the site here.

By Cathy Jameson

I shared back in November that my husband and I got to go Up, Up and Away.  At the end of that post, because Ronan had gotten sick unexpectedly while we were gone, I asked for prayers for another trip we had planned. 

I’ll pray that the upcoming trip we have planned together is a success.  I’ll pray that Ronan and the kids will be just fine this next time also.  I’ll pray thankful prayers in advance for the people who’ve offered to help us watch the kids.  If you’d like to pray with me for all of that, too, I’d be so very grateful.

That next trip was something we were both very much looking forward to.  Gifted to go away, it would take loads more planning.  It would take needing to ask for extra help from friends.  It would take using a passport also.  My husband and I were invited to a Christmas party in Germany.  I haven’t been to Europe since 1999, so of course I wanted to go!  Since it sounded crazy to go that far just for a party, we decided we’d make at least a long weekend out of it.  But could we still manage that, especially after the worrisome texts we’d received as soon as we landed on that last trip? 

We wouldn’t know if we could manage it unless we went. 

After very, very careful consideration – and knowing we’d be blessed with two caregivers willing to look after the kids, we got ready for an overseas adventure.  As we prepared to tippy toe out of the country, I could hardly contain my excitement!  We’d both made lists of things we hoped we’d get to see, and I couldn’t wait to just be there at those sites.  I had a few absolute must see places.  My husband, who for years has gotten to travel the world for work, had some definite musts also – places he’d already gotten to tour but had always wished I could’ve been with him. 

With that list in hand, I took time to find the best route for us to take.

While looking at which airlines we could afford and factoring just how little time we’d be in country, I was excited to see that an Aer Lingus flight could get us to our destination.  Their flights were hundreds of dollars less compared to other companies flying the same route.  A little skeptic, I did some extra reading and looked up customer reviews to see if the lower airfare meant lower quality travel.  Some customers loved the airline, absolutely loved it.  Others hated it.  Before purchasing, I looked at recent flight history and could see that yes, some flights were delayed.  Some luggage was misplaced.  Some customer service calls were unfortunately dropped.  But so was all of that true for the other airlines I’d been looking at.  Getting tickets to Europe would be risky no matter which carrier we flew. 

So, Aer Lingus it was!    

Lately, when we travel, we’ve booked non-stop flights.  Always considered a luxury because of the cost, I shied away from non-stop flights most of my life.  If you recall, though, summer travel was a nightmare for many Europeans.  I’d started to look for flights when overseas airports were still packed, when many flights were delayed, and with countless connections cancelled.  After years of traveling with the kids and always concerned about layovers with them, I now try to only travel on non-stop flights.  They may be a bit longer, depending on where we’re going, but we eliminate the need to run like crazy people through airports.  We reduce the risk getting stranded as so many other travelers had been when trying to make connecting flights.  It was a no brainer that we’d pick a direct flight for this trip. 

Until I saw that Aer Lingus had stopovers.

The autism community landscape has changed over the years, as everything changes. Many AofA readers were at Autism One the year Robert F. Kennedy Jr (whispers flooded the hallways, RFK Jr is HERE?!) spoke about pediatric vaccine injury and Dr. Paul Offit. We watched the debut of Eric Gladen's World Mercury Project movie Trace Amounts. We thought we were on the cusp of a breakthrough. That the autism vaccine connection would finally take center stage and the nation would wake up. Well, the nation is indeed WOKE in 2023, just not as we might have hoped. The World Mercury Project became Children's Health Defense. And Laura Bono, the Executive Director, has the deepest autism bona fides I can imagine.  Let's hope that by working simultaneously, we can change this landscape once and for all. Below is a link to CHD TV Good Morning CHD.

"The old has gone, and the new has come. It’s 2023, and much has happened since the start of Children’s Health Defense. Nadera Lopez-Garrity and Laura Bono have a lighthearted conversation on ‘Good Morning CHD’ to share highlights from the past years in the medical freedom movement as well as hopeful efforts."

Watch or listen to this 1 hour episode on CHD TV HERE.

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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

Our beloved founding editor Dan Olmsted had a saying, "Rich people are different from you and me." He'd tell me that when we were struggling to launch and continue Age of Autism, even as gobs of money swirled around us. Here's a prime example, and one that brings us back to the thick of autism agony. Gigi Jordan was a wealthy autism Mom who was convicted of murdering her son in a 5 star hotel some 12 years ago. We wrote about it, just as we wrote about the other parents who murdered their autistic kids. In 2020, I wrote WE CAN NOT KILL OUR KIDS following another murder. Jordan was back in the news this week, having likely committed suicide rather than face more prison time. I didn't have the heart to open the new year with this grim reminder story. The average Joe and Jane would never have been able to turn a vicious murder (she stuffed pills down her son Jude's throat causing his death) into a mental health excuse and then find a procedural error that sprung her. Imagine what that cost in lawyer fees? Never forget Jude and his agony. And never forget that autism affects the entire family. Even rich people.

Millionaire pharma exec Gigi Jordan, who killed 8-year-old son, found dead inside NYC home in possible suicide

...During a strange, six-week trial, Jordan’s defense lawyers argued she killed the boy while in a state of extreme emotional disturbance, fearing he was about to be murdered by her ex-husband.

A Manhattan jury acquitted her of the top murder count, but found Jordan guilty of manslaughter in 2014.

Jordan was sentenced to 18 years in prison — but a federal judge tossed her conviction in 2020 over a procedural misstep...

Read the full story at the NY Post.

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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

As we start a new year, I have to think back over the past six years and wonder where all this is going.

I started compiling the stories on Loss Of Brain Trust  in January, 2017, and since then I have amassed well over 7,000 reports covering the decline of children’s developmental health everywhere.

Nowhere is this more evident than in our schools, especially schools in the U.K. and in Ireland. The majority of the stories on kids who can’t learn and function normally come from these countries. The same issues are now showing up in the American press, and I’m sure this kind of  coverage will increase here too.

We are constantly told two things: there are MORE disabled students in school who need costly services and the disabilities they have are MORE complex, MORE severe. That is something that needs further explanation. Why are more and more kids unable to function and learn normally?

This should be the logical follow-up to any of these stories, but incredibly it’s not talked about.

Just how long countries can keep increasing funding and providing more services is the big unknown, but clearly this will lead to the collapse of education as we know it.

Over the past month I’ve been labeling certain stories with the image of CRISIS because of the stunning statistics involved.

These are the statistics we have to learn to live with.

Would a quicker diagnosis have helped you?  And what do you think of virtual visits to diagnose something as serious as autism? Medicine is trending to virtual - but when you have a diagnosis that involves gross and fine motor skills, ability to listen and most of all behaviors, can the diagnosis be accurate? I appreciate wanting to cut back the incredible backlog of appointments. Last week we talked about a woman who is struggling to figure out services. Like we ALL did when our kids were first diagnosed. Early action is good. And a diagnosis is a credit card that can start services. Perhaps we should be looking at WHY we need fast appointments. From Fox Tampa:

A new company that has expanded to Florida is helping children get diagnosed with autism quicker by utilizing virtual visits.

Now available from Skyhorse Publishing:

Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

What will the future look like for babies born in 2023? That's why we're here. And feeling as old as Father Time. Happy New Year, friends. Thanks for your readership and support.

Earlier this week I had a phone chat with a young Mom of three children under 9, each with diagnosable needs, one including autism. She asked me the same question I screamed at the four walls of my house 26 years ago: "WHERE DO I START?" Nothing has changed for parents who have newly diagnosed kids. Decades of "learn the signs" has added up to zilch. Pediatricians have no tools to offer in their toolbox except "Call school. Or Early Intervention."

Parents are left to make life changing choices for their kids with no guidance. Insurance payments are a crapshoot. Families hemorrhage money, assuming they can pay out of pocket.  All of this sounds familiar, yes?

There isn't another diagnosis in the world that comes with so little support. I suggested the TACA website as a great starting point. And National Autism Association. Between them, they cover a wide range of topics parents need. But really, should a child's future be subject to a referral by a friend of a friend of a friend who knows someone? In this case me?

NO.

Why is this still happening?


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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

If only there were somewhere to "call up" important book titles to share? Thank you to Skyhorse Publishing and Children's Health Defense.

SOMEWHERE

Who is the OG Godfather of protecting children? It's not the marquis MDs who are enjoying the social media spotlight today. Sure, the Covid vaccine opened eyes to the utter disconnect from health and the carefully orchestrated symphony of coercion.  Some even learned that to be a vaccine is to live on the mountain of infallibility.  Many doctors have been censored. It's all old news to us. Tiresome even, to be honest. We CAN NOT let the Covid crew ignore the pediatric schedule and I mean this with all my heart. We've been spitting into the storm for fifteen years. We need to act and think fast. Case in point:

Yesterday, I was listening to Fox Business and a doctor was lamenting having been deplatformed from YouTube because he advocated against Covid vaccine mandates. Laudable. He then went on to say that there are cases of (insert Jaws music here) MEASLES in Ohio, and that children MUST get the full pediatric schedule because those vaccines have been around for a very long time, and therefore are proven safe. I didn't catch his name in the sign off, I'd changed over to the Big 80s channel to listen to music from before the NCVIP. Download Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Callous Disregard onto the Kindle App. It's 11 years old now. Yet fresh as a newborn.  Start making Kindle Quotes - share them.   I dare you not to weep when you read the opening lines.

Buy The Kindle Copy Here.

From the "Now I know why tigers eat their young," files. Wrap your head around LIABILITY FREE MANDATED sales of  $26 billion and $13 billion. There's a photo of  Pfizer and Moderna next to "avarice" in the dictionary.  Weren't Covid vaccines funded by Donald Trump's operation warp speed to "save the planet?" Superman is sending out a bill. From The Defender:

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Moderna Fires Back at Pfizer Counterclaims in COVID Vaccine Patent Lawsuit + More

Moderna Inc. fired back at counterclaims by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in a U.S. lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, arguing that Pfizer and BioNTech were “clearly aided” by Moderna’s technology in developing their shot.

Moderna said Pfizer and BioNTech copied its innovations and called their argument that its patented technology was pioneered by other scientists an attempt to “distract from the issues in this case.”

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech in August, accusing the companies of infringing three patents related to messenger RNA (mRNA).

Moderna asked for an undisclosed amount of money damages from Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines sold since March. Pfizer’s vaccine made over $26.4 billion for the New York-based company in the first nine months of 2022, while Moderna sold over $13.5 billion worth of its vaccine over the same period.

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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

A Monday treat - Cathy Jameson has an update on her quest for medication for Ronan. MANY people have reached out with options, ideas, alternatives for Cathy. We embody the spirit of Christmas. Thank you.

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Prayers Answered, Prayers Continue

By Cathy Jameson

Last week, I wrote about a dire situation – the manufacturer who makes one of my son’s seizure medications informed our pharmacy that they were out of stock of the medication.  I spent most of Friday fretting about that discovery.

All of Saturday, I was still consumed with finding the mediation.  Since it was the weekend, I could only do so much.  Places were closed.  Phone lines went straight to answering machines.  The internet could guide me only so far before I’d need to talk to a human.  Unfortunately, the ones I needed to speak to directly wouldn’t be back at their phone lines until the work week resumed. 

Monday morning couldn’t come fast enough. 

We still had Sunday to get through though. 

Then I remembered something hopeful.   

We know a couple who help run a free medical clinic!  As I got ready for Mass on Sunday morning, I thought maybe they would have some advice about what I could do.  The Holy Spirit definitely guided that thought because as I entered Church that morning, that couple was sitting in the pew on the same side of the church where we like to sit!  Kneeling before Mass to say some prayers, a wave of relief fell over me. 

Then I made a mistake. 

My mind was all over the place that weekend, including during Mass. 

Then there were donuts.

Merry Christmas to all of our readers. We wish you a happy, healthy holiday season. XOX

Twas the night before Christmas, to our readers we say

Thank you kindly for logging on every day.

Your comments were written with keen thought and care

In hopes that we'd publish them and not put them "there."

CHD and thee, the science expose

Fauci’s world of pharma and how it all goes

And Kim in her office (so close to the stove)

Baked up post after post, and some cookies with clove

The stories keep coming - vaccines that did shatter

We ask every day, "Will our voices soon matter?"

Parents who tell us their toddlers did crash

As doctors and media continue to bash

The stories are true, oh this much we know

To special ed and Dayhab our children will go

The push back from pharma has become very clear

We ask you what is it that they have to fear?

They know that they broke so many hearts

With a needle they said was "to do your part"

They say we are looking for someone to blame

Where is their conscience, their care and their shame?

Saint Fauci, then Trump, now Biden! “Vax thrice!”

Media chastises, "Just roll the dice!"

To the CDC command! You must heed our call!

Now vaccinate! Vaccinate! Vaccinate all!

As leaves before the wild hurricane fly

Some will take sick. Some will die.

So then every day, we and our friends

We will not sleep until the epidemic ends

With Skyhorse and all those who stand our ground

Our goal is the same:  Choice all around



Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

That photo is a "Kindle Quote,"  from the first page of Cause Unknown, by Ed Dowd. You can take any verbiage from a Kindle ebook and turn it into a meme. This is a GREAT way to share tidbits and snippets from books to help share the content.  (Instructions here.) In 2009, we exposed the revolving door between industry and government when CDC Chief Julie Gerberding ascended to the Merck Vaccine division throne after her disastrous tenure guarding our children's health. Read the Kindle Quote. Pfizer. Pfact checkers. Reuters. Feel free to mumble, "Mmm hmmm" under your breath.

Ed Dowd is the author of Cause Unknown from Skyhorse Publishing. You can't swing a dead cat (so to speak) without reading story after story of the sudden death of a younger person with no obvious cause. It's akin to the raging increase in the autism epidemic that the government and the so-called the experts refuse to acknowledge. Except it's tough to blame death on "better diagnosis." Or diagnostic substitution (it's not just a long, long sleep.)

Buy the Kindle version and share the sentences that grab you, and will open others' eyes. Share them all over social media. This is how we educate and remind people of what we have been saying for so long.

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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

Excerpted from The Defender. The wheels of justice moved quickly for Illinois Healthcare workers. Let's hope this settlement sets hospital CEOs and CFOs hair on fire the next time they consider firing healthy, "heroes" for turning down any vaccination, not just Covid. Same goes for University Presidents and any other executive who discriminates based on vaccination status. This is a silver lining from the lock down nightmare. Eyes are opening wide. Maybe wallets too.

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By Zachary Stieber

A U.S. judge approved a multimillion-dollar settlement on Dec. 19 for workers who were fired by an Illinois healthcare system for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

About 500 workers who were terminated or, after seeing their exemption requests denied, got a COVID-19 vaccine, will receive compensation as part of the $10.3 million settlement, a preliminary version of which was first announced in July.

U.S. District Judge John Kness, a Trump appointee overseeing the lawsuit brought by the workers, issued verbal approval for the settlement during a hearing, lawyers for Liberty Counsel and NorthShore University Healthsystem said. Kness plans to release a written judgment in the next week.

In a brief statement emailed to The Epoch Times after Kness’s approval, NorthShore wrote, “We are pleased with the Court’s approval of a supportive resolution to this matter and continue to prioritize the health and safety of our patients and team members.”

Harry Mihet, vice president of legal affairs for Liberty Counsel, said in a statement that the group was “pleased to finally get the court’s final approval of this classwide settlement for these health care workers who were unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate.”

“This case should set a precedent for other employers who have violated the law by denying religious exemptions for their employees,” he said.

Liberty Counsel, a legal group that brings cases of alleged religious discrimination, was representing the 13 named plaintiffs in the case.

The group successfully won class certification for all workers who were denied religious exemptions, a group that was initially believed to be 499 former and current workers but swelled after the preliminary settlement agreement to at least 519.

As of Dec. 12, 493 class members had submitted claims for a piece of the settlement.

Each worker who was fired stands to receive $24,225. Each worker who remained at the company stands to receive $3,725.  Read more at The Defender HERE.

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Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022

By Ed Dowd, from Skyhorse Publishing. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic.

As the year draws to a close, we start to gather financial documents, tax information, and think about planning for our children with special needs. Some of us have been at it for many years, others are brand new to it. It's COMplicated and fraught with pitfalls.  We can't know enough or learn enough fast enough. I am buried in triplicate paperwork at all times.

Michael Beloff is a financial planner in Connecticut, but much more than that. As a Dad of a son on the Spectrum, he's made it his life's work to help other families navigate the alphabet soup of benefits and financial planning. His firm is Belvedere Wealth Partners. I've known Michael for many years, and hired him a time or two to help me understand a situation and NOT destroy my daughters' benefits. I have NO FINANCIAL benefit or gain in sharing this info. I trust Michael's advice, and he can give you info that you can then use in your own area. These are ZOOM Webinars.

Life Planning for Special Needs Families

Thursday January 5th at 6:30 pm EST

This workshop is an introduction to the main planning questions facing special needs families. Topics covered include guardianship, housing, government benefits, qualifying for state services and estate planning, including special needs trusts and letters of intent. REGISTER HERE

Government Benefits for Special Needs Families

Thursday January 19th at 6:30 pm EST

This workshop is designed to help special needs families reach a greater understanding of some of the different government benefits available to support individuals with disabilities. These benefits are discussed in detail in clear, concise language, including how to qualify for, and the differences between, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Medicare. REGISTER HERE.

From Skyhorse Publishing:

The Wuhan Cover-Up pulls back the curtain on how the US government's increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks—facilitated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—set in motion a plan to transform the NIAID into a de facto Defense Department agency.

Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming
Robert Malone, MD
Dr. Malone is the signature dissident voice telling the other side of the story about COVID, the role of corporate media, censorship, propaganda, and the brave new world of transhumanism promoted by the World Economic Forum and its acolytes.

Dr. Robert Malone has a holiday gift for everyone. His book, Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming is FREE on the Kindle app for a week. If you prefer a hard copy, you can order it here. I think you’ll appreciate the tone and tenor of the book. I chose to highlight the second half of the title: a brighter future coming. Isn’t that all we want, especially for our kids? We’re jaded by the lies spewed at us for decades. Here's how to get your copy in minutes:

1) Download the FREE Amazon Kindle app to your phone or tablet. You don't need to own a Kindle, just a smart device.

2) Search for the book or use this link.

3) You’ll be reading in seconds

MAKE AND SHARE MEMES DIRECTLY FROM THE BOOK! Amazon creates a nice little ad with just a few taps.  Send me your Meme at AutismAges@gmail.com and I'll share them too. 

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By Cathy Jameson

On my birthday and at Christmas, the kids ask me what gifts I want.  Every year on my birthday and at Christmas, I say that I want a nap and for someone to make me lunch so that I don’t have to make it myself.  The kids laugh, “MOM!  No, really.  What do you want?”  Truly, I’d love a nap, but I tell them that whatever they want to give me (hint hint, dark chocolate) would be wonderful. 

Last week, specifically on Friday at 4:27pm when the doctor’s office was about to close for the weekend, I wished for something else—I wished that Ronan’s seizure medications would be filled correctly and on time.  The kids wished for that with me as well.  In fact, they had prayed for that special intention the night before when I shared that we were facing a potential problem filling one of the prescriptions. 

Thursday morning, I’d called 12 local pharmacies asking for their help because the specialty pharmacy we have been using (and love) shared that they couldn’t help us this month.  The manufacturer of the medicine is out of stock.

“Call around.  See if any has the drug on hand, on their shelves right now.  We can transfer the script to them right away if they do.” 

One by one, each of those 12 pharmacies said, “Sorry, no.  We don’t have it.”  Each one shared the same message we’d already gotten – the manufacturer is out of stock, and no expected date of availability or delivery has been given. 

Later that evening, right before family prayer time, Izzy asked quietly, “Mom, if the company doesn’t give us the prescription, can this cause something worse for him…like death?” 

I wasn’t surprised that her mind went there.  Mine had, too. 

“Oh, sweet girl,” I started, “We’ll hope that it doesn’t come to that.”

Yesterday morning, I was listening to Julie Mason on Sirius XM's POTUS channel - Politics of the United States. I like her. She's from Massachusetts and about my age, even attended a rival prep school. She interviews people from both sides of the aisle. Yesterday, she had on Senator Tim Kaine, from Virginia, and they discussed rescinding the Covid vaccine mandate for our military.  Many of our readers and some of those close to us had to deal with the military mandate. It was difficult. The Defender, from Children's Health Defense, ran an article on the topic last week: Miss a day, miss a lot. Subscribe to The Defender's Top News of the Day. It's free.

Congress Set to End Military COVID Vaccine Mandate, No Sign Biden Will Veto

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote later this week to rescind the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, after Republican lawmakers threatened to withhold votes for the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote later this week to rescind the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, after Republican lawmakers threatened to withhold votes for the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) unless the bill included removal of the mandate.

The news was confirmed Tuesday night, according to The Washington Post, which also reported that Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said the removal of the vaccination requirement “was essential for the defense policy bill to move forward.”

People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study. People who resist public health recommendations might also neglect basic road safety guidelines.”

Have you ever read such nonsense as this? Fortune Magazine delights in sharing this horsepucky. Here's a THOUGHT! Maybe the people who hesitate to take a brand new, untested product being jammed down their throats pay MORE attention to safety. Perhaps they are critical  thinkers who can even remember what to do at a 4 way stop and a rotary! Another idea? 16 - 25 year olds are vaccinated at lower rates than 50+ and guess who has more accidents? Tick tock think think. Articles like this are meant to create boogeymen and women, incite hate and fear. EXACTLY what the media screams about all day long. But acceptable for Covid. And vaccinations. And check out the featured sponsor. It's enough to drive you to.....

By Erin Prater
December 13, 2022 at 1:31 PM EST:

People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study

If you passed on getting the COVID vaccine, you might be a lot more likely to get into a car crash. 

Or at least those are the findings of a new study published this month in The American Journal of Medicine. During the summer of 2021, Canadian researchers examined the encrypted government-held records of more than 11 million adults, 16% of whom hadn’t received the COVID vaccine.

They found that the unvaccinated people were 72% more likely to be involved in a severe traffic crash—in which at least one person was transported to the hospital—than those who were vaccinated. That’s similar to the increased risk of car crashes for people with sleep apnea, though only about half that of people who abuse alcohol, researchers found. Read the nonsense here.

The Wuhan Cover-Up pulls back the curtain on how the US government's increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks—facilitated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—set in motion a plan to transform the NIAID into a de facto Defense Department agency.

Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming
Robert Malone, MD
Dr. Malone is the signature dissident voice telling the other side of the story about COVID, the role of corporate media, censorship, propaganda, and the brave new world of transhumanism promoted by the World Economic Forum and its acolytes.

The hypothesis that vaccinating children according to the CDC’s schedule can contribute to the development of autism in susceptible children has not been falsified. Jeremy Hammond

Perhaps we haven't gone the way of the buggy whip? Of course not. Jeremy Hammond's article on vaccine induced autism is a welcome read.  We will not allow the worlds of science, medicine, public health, education and human decency to forget our children.  WE ARE HERE! Please read, click over and comment to Jeremy on his site.

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Why the Claim ‘Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism’ Is Disinformation

By Jeremy Hammond

“Vaccines do not cause autism.” That is what we are continually told by government health officials, the mainstream media, and the pharma-centric medical establishment. It is the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The idea that vaccines can cause autism is just misinformation spread by “anti-vaxxers”, we are told; it is a claim that has been repeatedly debunked by scientific research.

But has it?

Many parents take offense at the derogatory label “anti-vaxxer” being slung at them since they did vaccinate their children only to witness them being injured and, in some cases, developmentally regressing into autism. The concern that many parents have today is that vaccinating children according to the CDC’s routine childhood schedule can contribute to the development of autism in children with a genetic or environmentally caused susceptibility.

To state that “vaccines do not cause autism” is to claim that scientific research has falsified that hypothesis. But that is simply untrue. It is biologically plausible and has not been falsified by the scientific research conducted to date. This can be demonstrated by examining the CDC’s own cited sources.

The mainstream media, for their part, uncritically parrot the official position of the so-called “public health” establishment, thus serving to propagate official disinformation under the false pretext of combatting “misinformation” from “anti-vaxxers”.

One illustrative example of this that I’ve recently encountered is a CNET article by science editor Jackson Ryan titled “Meta Trained an AI on 48M Science Papers. It Was Shut Down After 2 Days”. The article, published on November 20, 2022, is about a search engine for the scientific literature built by Meta (formerly Facebook) that uses artificial intelligence to “summarize areas of research, solve math problems and write scientific code.” A demo launch of the tool, called Galactica, was deemed a failure due to it spewing gibberish answers to questions. To illustrate, CNET provides the following example:

Almost as soon as it hit the web, users questioned Galactica with all sorts of hardball scientific questions. One user asked “Do vaccines cause autism?” Galactica responded with a garbled, nonsensical response: “To explain, the answer is no. Vaccines do not cause autism. The answer is yes. Vaccines do cause autism. The answer is no.” (For the record, vaccines don’t cause autism.)

Ryan thus claims that studies have falsified the hypothesis. But is that so? He provides four sources to support that contention, so we can simply click those links to examine the sources and see if we find any studies that were actually designed to test the hypothesis. The result of this exercise illuminates how the claim that the hypothesis has been falsified is government-sanctioned disinformation propagated for the purpose of manufacturing consent for the CDC’s policy aim of achieving high vaccine uptake.   Read Hammond's full article at his site.

The Wuhan Cover-Up pulls back the curtain on how the US government's increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks—facilitated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—set in motion a plan to transform the NIAID into a de facto Defense Department agency.

Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming
Robert Malone, MD
Dr. Malone is the signature dissident voice telling the other side of the story about COVID, the role of corporate media, censorship, propaganda, and the brave new world of transhumanism promoted by the World Economic Forum and its acolytes.

New from Robert Kennedy, Jr and Skyhorse Publishing. The Wuhan Cover-Up 

The Wuhan Cover-Up pulls back the curtain on how the US government's increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks—facilitated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—set in motion a plan to transform the NIAID into a de facto Defense Department agency.

Not the cheeriest topic for the holidays, we admit. Still, we can't ignore the implications of this complicated story that rocked the entire planet for now, almost three years. No matter how ugly. Unless we want the life of holidays future to be as bad or worse than 2021, we'd best look at the PAST or be stuck in chains forever.

The Wuhan Cover-Up


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The term "shadow banning" has been around for a long time. When Age of Autism launched in 2007, a point of pride and sponsorship hook was that we were Google News Indexed. Google would share much of our content in their news feed. Readers did not have to seek us out, we popped into their in-box. And our readership numbers reflected this. Little by little, that changed.  Instagram (we/re back) and Pinterest (who cares, I have enough recipes and don't need false eyelashes) closed our accounts. President Trump's Covid vaccine wasn't the only "warp speed" operation. Social Media companies made accounts disappear at double warp speed.  Elon Musk is reinstating Twitter accounts, and Matt Taibbi is Tweeting the behind cage doors truth bit by bit. I hope that vaccination choice including pediatric vaccines and their rate of injury become part of the conversation. Dr. Robert Malone was deplatformed. His book, Lies My Government Told Me And The Better Future Coming, is available from Skyhorse Publishing now. Last August, Children's Health Defense was deplatformed. Robert Kennedy Jr was deplatformed for including vaccines in his life's work. KENnedy. In AMERICA.



From Children's Health Defense:

Look at these two ads for seminars by Dr. Daniel Amen, one for autism, one for concussion (scroll down.) Read the first sentence of each. 

Autism isn't the challenge many think it is.
Concussions can be terrifying.

Let's switch them.

Autism can be terrifying.
Concussions aren't the challenge many think they are.

Autism families get a swift gaslighting, while concussion families are acknowledged. Autism gets "care techniques." Concussion gets healing.  The seminars might be fantastic. The first impression is not. I'd like to suggest a book for the marketing team, at least.  DENIAL How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children, Families, and Our Future  written by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill in 2017.

Also From Skyhorse Publishing

The Truth about Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History

By Andrew Huff: The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. 

By Cathy Jameson

I have some pretty smart friends.  One group of patriotic friends helps keep me updated on current news here and abroad.  We’ve chatted about lots of topics over the last year, to include political news and also covid-related information.  One day last weekend, college covid mandates came up in our group chat. I jokingly said, “They’re still playing that get vaxxed or else game?”  

It was no joke.  Colleges still are requiring the vaccine and boosters.  

Several days later, news of Yale’s latest mandate for the Spring 2023 semester quickly made headlines.  In that same group chat I’m in, one of my friends shared a link to Dr. Naomi Wolf’s passionate response to Yale’s announcement.  Her message to her alma mater is very clear - cut the crap.  

Withdraw the mandate. 

Protect the children. 

Now.  

Dr. Wolf cites what other parents have expressed - this is coercion.  This is a violation.  This, all of this, is wrong.  Data shows that what colleges are doing is potentially harmful to students’ health, to include negatively affecting women’s reproductive health.  But schools, and businesses also, still aren’t listening.  Neither are the manufacturers.  

Instead of slowing their roll, it’s full speed ahead for those who may financially benefit from the vaccines. 

College can be expensive already.  It should never cost one’s life though. Those who are unwilling or unable to fight the latest mandate may end up paying an extra price for their education - physically or psychologically.  Physical risk may come in the form of an unfortunate side effect.  The coercion and exploitation felt could surely cause some damaging psychological effects, too.  

The future looks bleak for students whose colleges are in fact playing the covid vax game.  It is my wish that those who can fight the fight will do exactly that.  May their efforts be heard.  And, like my patriotic friends provide to me, may these students be guided by light and truth always. 

Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism. 

The Truth about Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History

By Andrew Huff: The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. 

We invite you to subscribe to the Vibrant Life newsletter by Jennifer Margulis, PhD over on Substack. Below is an excerpt from a smart article on the benefits of vaccine hesitancy, a term derided in the media. Name another product where we should just jump in without thought?

By Nicole Johnson
Special to Vibrant Life

hes·i·tant

/ˈhezədənt/

adjective

1. tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

The concern about “vaccine hesitancy” is everywhere: it’s populating mainstream media headlines and it’s all over Facebook, Instagram, and other social sites.

One popular “tweetiatrician” sarcastically thanked public health agencies for making his job that much more difficult, as today’s parents, concerned that the COVID-19 vaccines are not safe, are more reluctant than ever to follow his advice about childhood vaccines.

Vaccine Safety Concerns

Indeed, a new study in Pediatrics found that during the pandemic, there was a 72% increase in the percentage of parents who agreed that vaccines were associated with illness or death (from 18.3% to 31.5%).

The study also found that the percentage of parents who agreed that vaccines caused harmful side effects increased by 6 percentage points: from 26.7% to 32.8%.

A recent article quoted the authors of the study insisting that “Pediatricians should therefore ask hesitant parents about their particular concerns and be prepared to address safety concerns.”

Yes! They absolutely should.

By Dr. William H. Gaunt, NMD

Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth was first published in Israel in early 2019. It was written in Hebrew. It has now been published in English. The authors are anonymous because doctors and scientists who question the veracity of the vaccine agenda get crushed. This is the most important book ever written about vaccines. It was written pre-Covid. Covid-19 vaccines are not covered in this book. What this book does show is clear and compelling evidence of cheating and lying with the vaccines on the CDC schedule for children. It was written, first and foremost, for parents and future parents. It is also a great resource for all others who want to know the truth about vaccines. In the introduction on page 29, the authors state: “If you choose to continue reading, you will have to gather the courage required for a journey to the other side of reality, courage to face new facts and examine them objectively, courage to ask hard questions when you are expected to merely obey, and courage to stand your ground in the face of pressure from family, friends, doctors, government officials, and what will probably feel like everyone else.” If you are ready for this challenge, read on.

The Vaccine Safety Trials for Every Vaccine on the CDC Schedule Are Fraudulent

On page 37, the authors make this clear: “Clinical trials of vaccines are rigged to hide their true (and high) rate of side effects, which means that the medical establishment’s longstanding claim that vaccines are safe has no scientific merit.” This is a serious claim and the authors back it up with solid evidence as you will see.

How Exactly Do They Cheat?

A valid safety trial should compare an Experimental Group which gets the vaccine with a Control Group that gets an Inert placebo (which is harmless). If trials are done in this way and the vaccine group has more adverse events (injuries and deaths) than the control group, those adverse events can be attributed to the vaccine being tested. In order to hide the adverse events caused by vaccines, the trials are now arranged so the “control group” gets a different vaccine instead of an inert placebo. The result is that a similar number of adverse events occur in both groups because one toxic vaccine is being compared to another toxic vaccine. The claim is then made that the vaccine being tested is safe. Doing safety trials in this way is clever but it is clearly cheating. On page 52, the authors state: “Vaccine trials in general and childhood vaccine trials specifically, are purposely designed to obscure the true incidence of adverse events of the vaccine being tested.”

Here Is an Example of Fraudulent Vaccine Safety Testing:

Bob McGrath passed away at 90 years of age. Bob played "Bob" on Sesame Street for 5 decades. In 2011, I was in a restaurant in New York city, when I looked across the room and saw BOB sitting at a table with 10 or so patrons. BOB. I froze. Gathering my courage (that wasn't so hard) I motioned to a younger person at his table, "Could I approach, Bob?" She nodded, "Yes."

I walked over and promptly BURST INTO TEARS as I said to him, "Oh my goodness, you're Bob! You have no idea what you mean to my 3 daughters with autism, and me!" He was so kind. We chatted for a few minutes. He told me that he had a dear family friend whose son had autism, and he had a special interest in helping our kids. Sadly, he also said that CGI (this was 2011) was rapidly replacing the live adults and kids on the show. Sesame Street has changed with the times. Make of that what you will.

His songs were some of the classics, including a household favorite, "Who are the people in your neighborhood?" We sang it earlier this week at the dentist's office. I can make up words for any profession. My daughters have always loved Sesame Street, especially my oldest, who turns 28 this month. Her first word was "Ober," for Grover, the furry blue monster. Sesame Street's songs have guided and soothed my daughters, and helped them process their world.  Sesame Street has changed  from its inception in 1969. The program was to help children, especially city kids, who weren't represented on television, learn pre-school and Kindergarten basics. Counting, the alphabet, how to interact with people, manners, kindness. I watched the first episode in my 1st grade classroom. Any of you old enough to remember when the TV was rolled into the classroom on a tall stand? Today, public health has gotten its claws into programming. Enough said, this is an homage to Bob. A person our neighborhood that I will miss.

Holy high fructose corn syrup! Children's Health Defense's THE DEFENDER has an article that exposes yet more twisted truth about The American Academy of Pediatrics. The company that once "Liked to teach he world to sing, in perfect harmony," funds pediatric healthcare (not to be confused with health.) Many years ago, I was at Yale Pediatrics, and appalled by the row of vending machines loaded with junk food and soda. A glass of soda, back when it was at most, 8 ounces and made with sugar, was a refreshing treat. The Big Food (such as it is food) Industry is so intertwined with healthcare, it's impossible to separate them. As an aside, if you haven't watched "Pepsi, Where's My Jet,"on Netflix,  I recommend it.

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Coca-Cola: American Academy of Pediatrics a ‘Great Partner of Ours’

A new peer-reviewed paper in Public Health Nutrition reveals Coca-Cola’s influence on public health conferences and events, speakers, academic institutions and public health groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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A new peer-reviewed paper in Public Health Nutrition reveals Coca-Cola’s influence on public health conferences and events, speakers, academic institutions and public health groups.

The paper is based on documents uncovered through 22 Freedom of Information requests by the nonprofit investigative research group U.S. Right to Know.

The paper is co-authored by U.S. Right to Know with researchers from the University of Cambridge and Bocconi University.

The paper found that “Coca-Cola exerts direct influence on academic institutions and organizations that convene major public health conferences and events.“

The documents “show Coca-Cola’s close collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)…The Obesity Society (TOS), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).”

The documents show a Coca-Cola vice president stating that, “As you know AAP [American Academy of Pediatrics] is a great partner of ours…”

The researchers found, “On multiple occasions, Coca-Cola supported and selected conference speakers without being listed as an official sponsor, and without researchers declaring how their participation was funded.” We found both direct Coca-Cola funding and the use of third-party conduits.

“By sponsoring conferences, Coca-Cola can directly shape what is included and not included in conference proceedings. This is of tremendous value to the company. It can promote its own favoured solutions to obesity and public health nutrition more widely. It can also shape the narrative about what constitutes appropriate interventions.”

The researchers recommend that “There should be robust financial and conflict-of-interest disclosures for public health conferences, not only for the conference organisers, but also for speakers.” And that “Such corporate-sponsored events should be viewed as instruments of industry marketing.”

The co-authors of the paper are Jónas Atli Gunnarsson, Gary Ruskin, David Stuckler and Sarah Steele.

Today is debut day for The Truth about Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History

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The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. 

The Truth about Wuhan contains new research and a breakdown of how and why the development of COVID-19 in the United States and China was supported by the US government to collect intelligence on laboratories in China. Dr. Huff, an expert in the fields of bioterrorism and bio warfare, is a whistleblower who will show why the reasons the lab leak was covered up are incorrect. He worked on the classified research side of the program as a US government scientist. He knows the real how and why COVID-19 emerged. Besides exposing the conspiracy and cover-up, Dr. Huff also puts forth policy solutions and recommendations to prevent a lab leak virus from plaguing the world again.

Age of Autism's Anne Dachel  has been writing about the explosion of special education and its crushing weight on schoool districts around the world. She has catalogued 1000s of stories at Loss of Brain Trust. Yesterday, ProPublica, The Seattle Times and others exposed how one organization is profiting off of the never ending flow of students who need special education. We continue to ask WHY there are so many kids requiring special education. Not completely rhetorical.

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How a billion-dollar corporation exploits Washington’s special education system

By Lulu Ramadan, Mike Reicher and Taylor Blatchford
Seattle Times staff

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network and The Seattle Times, with support from Investigative Journalism Fund and Education Lab. Sign up for Seattle Times newsletters and alerts and ProPublica’s Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.

Donna Green hit her breaking point last summer, six months into her job as the top administrator at the Northwest School of Innovative Learning.

She had grudgingly accepted when her request for classroom computers was ignored and a furniture order for what she called an “embarrassingly barren” campus was answered with plastic folding tables. She’d worried that her staff was inexperienced but had figured her decade in special education would help fill that void.

But then her corporate bosses told her to cut the hours of staff already struggling to serve high-needs children.

To Green, it meant that Northwest SOIL, Washington state’s largest publicly funded private school for children with disabilities, would fail to deliver on the promises it had made to school districts that send it more than 100 students and millions of dollars a year.

So she sat at her desk after classes let out for the day in August 2021 and typed up a resignation letter to the school’s owner, effective immediately.

“It is truly like living in the dark ages,” she wrote about the school, detailing its cost cutting at the expense of students. “I cannot ethically or morally be a part of this any longer.”

Northwest SOIL’s corporate owner, Universal Health Services, has for years skimped on staffing and basic resources while pressuring managers to enroll more students than the staff could handle, an investigation by The Seattle Times and ProPublica has found. The psychiatric hospital chain touted its first acquisition of special education schools in 2005 as a “comfortable fit” with its businesses, and Northwest SOIL staffers said they saw the profit motive drive day-to-day decisions.

School districts pay programs such as Northwest SOIL, called nonpublic agencies, to provide specialized instruction for students whose needs can’t be met in traditional public schools. But dozens of complaints filed with the state and school districts in recent years, along with interviews with 26 former administrators, teachers and assistants, show that Northwest SOIL received public money without providing the services or education that its students needed — or that taxpayers paid for.

Northwest SOIL collects about $68,000 in annual tuition per student — more than triple the average per-pupil cost for a K-12 student in Washington — while a student with the highest needs can bring the school as much as $115,000 a year, all paid for with taxpayer dollars. READ MORE HERE.

Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming (Children’s Health Defense)
A guide for the times—breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. 

By Cathy Jameson

I had a few extra minutes to myself on Friday morning.  I’ve been hoping for some extra time in my week to get a few things done.  Sorting through some paperwork, catching up on laundry, writing out some lists—they aren’t major things, but they are adding up.  Having extra time to get to at least one thing completed was exactly what I hoped for and got that morning.  But first, breakfast.  While eating, I decided to scroll through Facebook.  

I felt awful after. 

Not because of what I ate.

But because of what I read. 

Longtime advocate Karen Kain had posted a link https://www.habingfamilyfuneralhome.com/obituary/michael-mike-granata that caught my eye.  I don’t usually read stranger’s obituaries.  As sad as it was, I’m glad I decided to click on it. 

If you feel moved by what he shared, please forward his link. 

With all that we’ve learned.  With all that we’re witnessing.  With all that this family will continue to suffer, it’s the least we can do. 

Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.

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A guide for the times—breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. 

Thanks to YOU, we hit our $10,000 goal! I can not thank you enough. Those who donated. Those who read us. Those who share our posts. Those who contributed over the last 15 years. And most of all, Laura and Richard Hayes, our benefactors who so generously matched the $10,000. I'll let you in on a secret. We are what is known in IRS tax parlance as a "post card" organization. That does not mean that we vacation so often we send postcards weekly. It means we are small but mighty - and our tax return fits on a post card! I feel energized and grateful. Losing Dan Olmsted in 2017 was earth shattering. He was our co-founder, our journalism genius, our kind-hearted, rapier witted Rebel Alliance leader. Dan knew instinctively that the story of autism was profoundly important. Scandalous even. It remains so. And I'd wager (not with our $10,000 though) that Covid has inadvertently advanced our work. Millions are now aware that medicine is NOT on the up and up. Health is not the goal. Coercion is ugly. And CHOICE IS CHOICE. You can still make a year end donation here.

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Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming (Children’s Health Defense)
A guide for the times—breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. 

A superb Christmas gift for friends and family who have not been aware of many critical realities during COVID. “CAUSE UNKNOWN” provides immediate access to source material that can help people make much better decisions and be much more familiar with what’s actually been going on.

“CAUSE UNKNOWN”

THE EPIDEMIC OF SUDDEN DEATHS

IN 2021 AND 2022

By EDWARD DOWD

Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Afterword by Gavin de Becker

What is killing healthy young Americans?

2020 saw a spike in deaths in America, smaller than you might imagine during a pandemic, some of which could be attributed to COVID and to initial treatment strategies that were not effective. But then, in 2021, the stats people expected went off the rails. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was before the pandemic. Significantly, the majority of the deaths were not attributed to COVID.

A 40 percent increase in deaths is literally earth-shaking. Even a 10 percent increase in excess deaths would have been a 1-in-200-year event. But this was 40 percent.

And therein lies a story—a story that starts with obvious questions:

• What has caused this historic spike in deaths among younger people?

• What has caused the shift from old people, who are expected to die, to younger people, who are expected to keep living?

During the Spring, I kvetched that Twitter had slapped a "Sensitive content" label on all of our Tweets that included a link or photo. That was before Elon Musk stepped in. See Imagine If Twitter Became Open Again. I hope Twitter exposes all of the censorship so many of us have faced. Especially the Covid crackdown. That doesn't mean I want to see overtly controversial and despicable content allowed. But who defines pornography, right? "I know it when I see it." From CHD's The Defender.

Twitter Ditches COVID Misinformation Policy, Plans to Reveal Internal Files on ‘Free Speech Suppression’

Effective Nov. 23, Twitter is “no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the company said, adding that it will “soon” reveal internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression,” which could shed light on Twitter’s past actions in blocking content and banning accounts.

By Tom Ozimek

Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 “misleading information” policy that had resulted in nearly 100,000 pieces of content being cut from the platform and led to more than 11,000 account suspensions.

The social media giant, which was taken over by industrialist Elon Musk at the end of October, said in a report that, effective Nov. 23, Twitter is “no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”

The report included information about Twitter’s enforcement actions related to its COVID-19 content policies. Between January 2020 and September 2022, there were 11.72 million accounts challenged, 11,230 accounts were suspended and 97,674 pieces of content were removed.

The policy, which was introduced to curb the spread of “harmful misinformation” related to COVID-19, was praised by some, including U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who in an advisory on “building a healthy information environment” cited Twitter’s rules as a model for companies to fight misinformation.

But heavy-handed enforcement of the policy garnered criticism, such as when earlier this year Twitter flagged numerous tweets with factual information about COVID-19 as misinformation and suspended accounts of scientists and doctors.

The crackdown

In one case, Twitter blocked a post from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that promoted an analysis that asserts there were a high number of cardiac-related deaths among men who took an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

The post, which was unblocked hours later, reads: “Today, we released an analysis on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines the public needs to be aware of. This analysis showed an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39. FL will not be silent on the truth.” It also linked to guidance and a news release regarding the analysis.

Several members of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration criticized Twitter for blocking Ladapo’s post. Read more here.

Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming (Children’s Health Defense)
A guide for the times—breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. 

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Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 by Ed Dowd

What is killing young healthy Americans? Edward Dowd, a former Wall Street analyst and BlackRock portfolio manager, examines the epidemic of sudden deaths in America. Click title or photo to purchase.

From Safeminds.Without knowing the details of the study (Safeminds provides the links in their article) one might safely conclude that non-speaking, severely affected individuals were left out. Perhaps we should ask every independent speller how they feel about their gender. I feel like my own daughters have so many insanely difficult, life and safety threatening challenges that questioning their gender is pretty far down the list. We have commented in the past that the puzzle piece was summarily dismissed and replaced by a rainbow infinity symbol. By whom? Why? Are the mechanisms of vaccination that spurred "autism" now creating this gender confusion? I'm sure no one can ask that - no matter how they identify.

November 21, 2022
Evidence of a Link Should Raise Awareness of the Condition and Generate Screenings

The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published a new study that shows a link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gender dysphoria/incongruence (GD/GI). The authors performed a meta-analysis that included 47 separate studies; five were conducted with children, 13 with children and adolescents, two with adolescents, two with children, adolescents, and adults, nine with adolescents and adults, and 16 with only adults. The research team came to three conclusions. First, they found “a positive relationship between ASD traits and GD/GI feelings among people from the general population.” Additionally, they discovered “an increased prevalence of GD/GI in the autistic population.” Finally, they determined that there is “an increased prevalence of ASD diagnoses and ASD traits in the GD/GI population.” The authors suggest that there is likely a link between autism and gender dysphoria, which “warrants the investigation of mechanisms that could explain that link and the intensification of clinical attention to autistic GD/GI individuals.” The authors also believe that their meta-analysis can help individuals on the spectrum that are facing GD/GI issues. They state, “Evidence about a link between ASD and GD/GI might stimulate the development of appropriate trainings to raise their awareness so that GD/GI people are screened for ASD and autistic people for gender-related issues.”

Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 by Ed Dowd
Available for pre-order now.
What is killing young healthy Americans? Edward Dowd, a former Wall Street analyst and BlackRock portfolio manager, examines the epidemic of sudden deaths in America.

Mary Holland Polly Tommey host a program on CHD TV, also available as audio on Spotify.

You can find all of the programming on CHD TV HERE.

In “This Week” with Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense president, and Polly Tommey, CHD.TV programming manager, Mary and Polly discuss the latest news on COVID-19 vaccines and other issues. Click HERE.

This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president, and Polly Tommey, CHD.TV programming manager, covered the latest headlines on COVID-19, Big Pharma and other issues, including news that the Senate signaled it’s time to move on from the pandemic with a bipartisan 62-36 to end the federal government’s emergency declaration on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Polly and Mary also discussed that NBC is pushing the “Tripledemic” fear-mongering, claiming that children are at high risk during the holiday season.

Plus, the Biden administration is offering discounts on groceries to Americans who get the new bivalent COVID-19 booster in a desperate bid to boost uptake of the vaccine.

Also on tap this week: Pfizer and Moderna are launching clinical trials to track long-term health issues following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated myocarditis and pericarditis in teens and young adults, but some experts said the risks are already clear.

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Beautiful, talented and 63 year young Irene Cara died a sudden death over the holiday. Social media was full of women of a certain age sharing their grief at the loss. Other women of a certain age (points at self) were asking questions. Was Ms. Cara another "Died Suddenly, Cause Unknown?" Seems folks started asking the Cara Twitter account if perhaps she had been vaccinated for Covid, and could the vaccine have played a role in her death. And the the publicist who runs her account, asked that the questions STOP. One would hope that people were asking as gently as possible, without the glee or malice we saw from the vaccinated when an unvaccinated person would get Covid.  Cara herself answered the question of uptake on March of 2021. Perhaps autopsy results will show something completely unrelated to the vaccine.

Newcomers to the vaccine injury topic, those who did NOT acknowledge the injuries we've written about for 15 years, will be shocked when they are shut down from asking "the question." It's almost cute. Aw, they're surprised! Us? Please. We've known that anything that befalls a child or an adult, as long it came from a vaccine, no matter how disabling or murderous, it will never be discussed. In 2022, suicide, drug overdose and even car accidents that harm others (Ms. Heche) are preferable, and even honorable deaths, compared to the heretical, theoretical vaccine induced death.

So git along, little doggies. Don't ask.

In the meantime, I suggest we each send a copy of Cause Unknown The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2020 and 2021 by Ed Dowd to every publicist in the USA.

By Cathy Jameson

On weekends, my husband and I have a simple routine - whoever wakes up first gets Ronan ready for the day.  That means taking him to the bathroom, getting him changed, and giving him his meds.  While one of us tends to Ronan, the other gets a bit of a break to ease into the day.  It’s a sweet relationship my husband and Ronan have.  Father dotes on son.  Son looks up to father.  They don’t need me to intervene or butt in the way of their weekend routine.  One recent morning, though, when I got up later than my fellas, I hadn’t heard Ronan take his meds.  

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Sausage, eggs, a gluten-free waffle and a cup of coffee - it’s a breakfast I make almost every day.  Ronan gets the same, sans the coffee.  He’d been awake for about 15 minutes by the time I’d gotten our meals ready last Sunday morning.  Assuming my husband had already gotten Ronan his morning meds, I hovered over my chair just about to sit down to eat.  I hadn’t gotten a good night of sleep the night before and was less than chipper that morning.  So, I blurted out, “I assume he’s just waiting for his meal, right?”  My husband apologized and said, “No, he still needs to take the meds.”  

Grumbling, I sat down and then stood back up saying, “I’ll do it.”  

Looking at me shocked, it was my turn to apologize. “I’m sorry.  I’m just really hungry.  I can do it.”

Feeling frustrated, and embarrassed that I’d been a bit put off, I got Ronan what he needed.  Since we have to feed him his breakfast, which can take about 20 minutes to do, I quickly gobbled up mine first.  It felt like a selfish move in the moment, but on days that start off on the wrong foot like that day had, I thought it best to try to take care of me before I attempted to take care of Ronan or the other people in my life.  

Ronan takes up the most of my attention.  

He always has. 

We’re so close to meeting our $10K goal. Can you nudge us over? We have an angel donor in Laura Hayes, AofA contributor and supporter who has generously upped her annual match to a full $10,000. Meeting this campaign would be... heaven for us.  We're at 75% of our goal. Thank you.  Every penny keeps AofA online. 

Our work is more important than ever as families smash into and learn to grind out the challenges that autism brings throughout the lifespan. The cute girls I used to write about are 22, 26 and almost 28 years old now. Once school ends, huge new hurdles arise. Age of Autism will NOT stop telling the truth about autism. I need your help, in this our 15th year.

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Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 by Ed Dowd
What is killing young healthy Americans? Edward Dowd, a former Wall Street analyst and BlackRock portfolio manager, examines the epidemic of sudden deaths in America