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5. Related.

http://www.ageofautism.com/2014/04/we-are-prepared-to-accept-your-surrender.html#comments

John Stone writes:

At the time of Poling affair HHS HRSA officials admitted separately to Sharyl Attkisson and David Kirby:

http://web.archive.org/web/20101106061707/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20016356-10391695.html
>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20016356-10391695.html

and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-david-kirby/vaccine-court-autism-deba_b_169673.html

"The government has never compensated, nor has it ever been ordered to
compensate, any case based on a determination that autism was actually
caused by vaccines. We have compensated cases in which children
exhibited an encephalopathy, or general brain disease. Encephalopathy
may be accompanied by a medical progression of an array of symptoms
including autistic behavior, autism, or seizures."

Which, of course, is bureaucratic doublespeak. And Julie Gerberding, at the time head of the CDC who moved with a barely a gap to being head of Merck's vaccine division, told CNN:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0803/29/hcsg.01.html

"….. if you’re predisposed with the mitochondrial disorder, it (vaccination) can certainly set off some damage. Some of the symptoms can be symptoms that have characteristics of autism.”

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