And, yes, I DO take it personally: CDC: vaccines trigger autism in people with mitochondrial disorders

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

CDC: vaccines trigger autism in people with mitochondrial disorders

a little bit of truth escaping here...? some very disturbing truth for those who have been concerned with this issue all along, and even MORE disturbing for parents of autistic children who have been trying to get some answers...

Julie Gerberding, the head of the CDC, went on CNN's House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to discuss the Hannah Poling case and admitted that vaccines trigger autism in a subset of the population with mitochondrial disorders.

It is time for Dr. Gerberding to answer some hard questions before congress.

Call for congressional hearings into the Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund autism cases, so we can find out what the government knows about the relationship between vaccines and autism.