Government Set To Concede Autism/mercury Link Again

April 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Spectrum Magazine, the leading national publication, covering autism and the developmentally disabled is pleased to announce the debut of best selling author, David Kirby to Spectrum Magazine Online. In his first column for the magazine’s website, Kirby discusses new information regarding the Autism Omnibus test cases in Vaccine Court.

The Department of Justice and Health and Human Services recently conceded a case, which was supposed to be the first Autism Omnibus Test Case, until the government agencies decided that the ingredient of thimerosal did not cause autism in Hannah Poling, but a rare mitochondria disorder, which then contributed to autism-like symptoms.  Kirby claims that if the findings were so rare, why was the next test case taken out of Vaccine Court because of similarities to Poling’s condition?

He writes: The boy who was selected to replace Hannah Poling as the first-ever thimerosal “test case” in so-called Vaccine Court, has just been found with many of the same unusual metabolic markers as… you guessed it, Hannah Poling.

Hannah’s case was scheduled to be heard in Federal Claims Court on May 12 -- as one of three “test cases” of the theory that thimerosal (a mercury-based vaccine preservative) can cause autism. Last week, however, the court announced that the replacement thimerosal test case was also being withdrawn, in order to “proceed to an individual hearing on a different theory of causation.”

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About David Kirby

David Kirby is author of the critically acclaimed book “Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic – A Medical Controversy” (St. Martin’s Press – 2005), which debuted at number 27 on The New York Times bestseller list, and is still widely read today. Kirby has appeared on such venues as Meet the Press, Larry King Live, The Today Show, Imus in the Morning, CNN Headline News Prime, Montel Williams, Air America, and dozens of local radio and television stations.

Kirby, a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, has been a professional journalist for over 15 years, including extensive contributions to The New York Times. He was a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America from 1986-1990. Kirby has also worked in politics, medical research and public relations. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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