Omnibus Autism Proceeding: Theory 2
Thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCVs) alone can cause autism.
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'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases
Los Angeles Times
March 13, 2010
"The finding supports a broad scientific consensus that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal does not cause autism, and will likely disappoint parents who are convinced otherwise."
Court: Thimerosal in vaccine didn't cause autism
USA Today
March 12, 2010
"The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection."
Families Will Make Case for Vaccine Link to Autism
Associated Press
May 12, 2008
"Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. They seek vindication and financial redress from a government fund that helps people injured by shots. Two 10-year-old boys from Portland, Ore., will serve as the test cases that determine whether the children and their families should be compensated. Attorneys for the boys will attempt to show the boys were happy, healthy and developing normally. But, after being exposed to vaccines with thimerosal, they began to regress and show symptoms of autism."
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
New York Times
May 12, 2008
"The United States Court of Federal Claims began another hearing on Monday to decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic. The hearing is the second in a series of three in which the court is considering whether the government should pay millions of dollars to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children. In this hearing, parents are claiming that thimerosal, a preservative that contains mercury, damaged their children's brains. Every major study and scientific organization to examine the issue has found no link between vaccination and autism, but the parents and their advocates have persisted.Plaintiffs and their lawyers have sought for years to delay hearings on their vaccine claims, hoping new research or government data would bolster their arguments. But with each passing year, the claim that thimerosal had an important effect on children has become harder to sustain. Its removal has appeared to have no effect on autism rates."
Court Hears Claim Linking Vaccines to Autism
Reuters
May 12, 2008
"The parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe vaccines caused their sons to develop autism brought their case to U.S. federal court on Monday, arguing a mercury preservative in the shots caused a rare reaction. Although most medical experts say there is no link, the court can rule there is a plausible association and allow parents of children with autism to get federal compensation from a special vaccine fund."
Autism Testimony Resumes in Vaccine Court
CNN
May 12, 2008
"Testimony resumed Monday in a long-running case involving thousands of children with autism that their parents contend was triggered by an early childhood vaccination. Two families are serving as test cases in this second of a three-phase review of evidence being examined by a special federal court intended to compensate victims of injuries caused by vaccines."
Court to Hear Families on Vaccine-Autism Link
ABCNews.com
May 12, 2008
"For the second time this year, families claiming that vaccinations triggered autism in their young children will head to a federal court to determine whether they are eligible to collect damages from the government. The theory that thimerosal is singularly culpable in bringing about autism is only one of three upon which courts will decide. Boyd Haley, a chemist at the University of Kentucky and vocal proponent of a vaccine-autism link, believes the current studies are flawed. But Dr. William Schaffner, professor and chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., countered that this opinion demonstrates one of many hypotheses behind the development of autism in some children."
Vaccine Case Draws Attention to Autism
Augusta Chronicle
May 11, 2008
"The U.S. Court of Federal Claims is scheduled to begin a test trial Monday in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding on whether the preservative thimerosal in vaccines causes autism. To advocates and some parents of autistic children, including Leslie Mann, the Poling case is an admission from the government that they have long awaited. But the Poling case is one in which the disability stems from the underlying mitochondrial disease, not vaccine-created problems, said vaccine expert Paul Offit, the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 'Anyone who reads (Hannah Poling's) story, who has a child with autism, would not see their child in her story,' he said."