Parent of Autistic Child in Wakefield Study Says Key Journalist Got Facts Wrong
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 3, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — When reporter Dan Olmsted met with the father of an autistic boy whose medical history is central to a British Medical Journal article refuting the vaccine/autism link, Olmsted never expected to be shown a letter written by the boy’s father that would reveal the facts of the BMJ article to be flagrantly false. In contrast to the article, the letter clearly reveals the plausibility of the boy’s autism being caused by his MMR (combined measles, mumps, rubella live virus vaccination) as well as the father’s belief that the shot caused his son’s autism.
Today in Age of Autism, Olmsted’s interview with this father of a boy with autism known only as “child 11″ appears in Part 7 of the Elaborate Fraud series by Olmsted and Mark Blaxill, Age of Autism’s Editor-At-Large. The contents of the letter mark another revelation in the controversy over the British Medical Journal’s published report by freelance journalist Brian Deer who has received support from MedicoLegal Investigations (MLI), a bureau affiliated with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) which specializes in bringing doctors before the General Medical Council, the UK’s disciplinary body.
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Susanne Sawchuk says: As the parent of a 20 year old severely autistic “man”, I’ve learned to trust my gut. I’ve always felt my son’s condition was the result of the “perfect storm”, vaccines, genetics, or whatever, however the vaccine aspect can be eliminated if only the enormous pharmaceutical companies weren’t so powerful. You have the right to NOT vaccinate your child. Do your research. Or it might be too late for you as well. I wish the connection had been exposed 20 years ago. True or not, my gut would have spoken and I would have listened.
