Vaccine bombshell: Baby monkeys develop autism after routine CDC vaccinations

Ethan A. Huff

Natural News

May 7, 2012

(NaturalNews)
If vaccines play absolutely no role in the development of childhood
autism, a claim made by many medical authorities today, then why are
some of the most popular vaccines commonly administered to children
demonstrably causing autism in animal primates? This is the question
many people are now asking after a recent study conducted by scientists
at the University of Pittsburgh (UP) in Pennsylvania revealed
that many of the infant monkeys given standard doses of childhood
vaccines as part of the new research developed autism symptoms.

For their analysis, Laura Hewitson and her colleagues at UP conducted
the type of proper safety research on typical childhood vaccination
schedules that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) should have conducted — but never has — for such regimens. And
what this brave team discovered was groundbreaking, as it completely
deconstructs the mainstream myth that vaccines are safe and pose no risk
of autism.

Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research
(IMFAR) in London, England, the findings revealed that young macaque
monkeys given the typical CDC-recommended vaccination schedule from the
1990s, and in appropriate doses for the monkeys’ sizes and ages, tended
to develop autism symptoms. Their unvaccinated counterparts, on the
other hand, developed no such symptoms, which points to a strong
connection between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders.

Included in the mix were several vaccines containing the toxic
additive Thimerosal, a mercury-based compound that has been phased out
of some vaccines, but is still present in batch-size influenza vaccines
and a few others. Also administered was the controversial measles,
mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which has been linked time and time
again to causing autism and various other serious, and often
irreversible, health problems in children (http://www.greenhealthwatch.com)

“This research underscores the critical need for more investigation
into immunizations, mercury, and the alterations seen in autistic
children,” said Lyn Redwood, director of SafeMinds, a public
safety group working to expose the truth about vaccines and autism.
“SafeMinds calls for large scale, unbiased studies that look at autism
medical conditions and the effects of vaccines given as a regimen.”

Vaccine oversight needs to be taken from CDC and given to independent agency, says vaccine safety advocate

Adding to the sentiment, Theresa Wrangham, president of SafeMinds
called out the CDC for failing to require proper safety studies of its
recommended vaccination schedules. Unlike all other drugs, which must at
least undergo a basic round of safety testing prior to approval and
recommendation, vaccinations and vaccine schedules in particular do not
have to be proven safe or effective before hitting the market.

“The full implications of this primate study await publication of the
research in a scientific journal,” said Wrangham. “But we can say that
it demonstrates how the CDC evaded their responsibility to investigate
vaccine safety questions. Vaccine safety oversight should be removed
from the CDC and given to an independent agency.”

Be sure to read this thorough analysis of the study by Catherine J. Frompovich of VacTruth.com:
http://vactruth.com/2012/04/29/monkeys-get-autism/

Sources for this article include:

http://vran.org

http://www.safeminds.org/