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enough, or, more likely, because they are indoctrinated into She then left a successful hospital practice to research the
a medical system that does not even question the effects history of infectious diseases and vaccines and what she
of multiple pharmaceutical drugs and/or vaccines in such discovered will give us pause.
delicate, immunologically immature little beings. In next month’s edition we will be publishing a case of
As homeopathic physicians we have continued to ask: a child with autism by Dr. Amy Rothenberg. In the face of
What is it about the vaccine that could be affecting the child? the shocking and tragic revelations from this film, it was
Is it the preservatives in the vaccines, such as thimerosal, the intent of this journal to show the reader that there is
aluminum, formaldehyde, etc., that some babies react indeed hope for many of these autistic children in the form
badly to?(4) Is it the onslaught of several vaccines at once of homeopathic medicine and we will be publishing more
that are overwhelming their delicate immune systems? of these cases in future editions.
(see page 11 for CDC immunization schedule.) Why do we In the meantime, may the information in this e-journal
observe that certain vaccines, such as the DPT and MMR, inspire you, the reader, to always be an advocate for your
cause more problems than others? Through the years we family’s health (and your own!), to trust your intuition no
have also observed that some babies are more susceptible matter what any doctor tells you, and to remember that the
to side effects from vaccines and we understand that every human body is infinitely intelligent because it was made in
child is genetically, biochemically, and constitutionally the likeness and image of a power far greater than our own.
unique. We caution parents to be careful, to trust their
intuition and keep searching for a pediatrician who will Susanne Saltzman, MD
listen, respect, and work with them carefully to space out Editor, AJHM
the vaccines so that we can monitor any possible reaction
and give the baby’s body a chance to adjust. Our patients References
are often grateful that they have finally found a doctor who 1. kellybroganmd.com/cdc-youre-fired-autism-coverup-
is willing to listen and take them seriously. exposed
And we continue to throw up our hands with exasperation 2. This involves gene expression, cytokine release,
and ask, “Why aren’t the majority of physicians asking cell signaling, and cell stress mediators. See: www.
these same questions?” symbiosisonlinepublishing.com/nanoscience-
Through the years, as the scientific studies showing no technology/nanoscience-technology24.pdf.
link between the vaccines and autism were published, many 3. www.centerwatch.com/news-online/2015/07/15/report-
of us were suspicious because the conclusions of these vaccine-products-in-development-have-tripled-over-last-
studies did not “jive” with our own clinical experiences. decade
What we observed with our eyes (the children) and heard 4. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads
with our ears (the parents) told a very different story. appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf
Now we learn that the governmental agency charged 5. drsuzanne.net/dr-suzanne-humphries-vaccines-
with protecting the public health—the CDC—might have vaccination/
known about a vaccine-autism connection all along, or at a
least since November 2001, and allegedly discarded this
data to keep the information hidden. This is absolutely
appalling in light of the explosion of autistic cases since
2002. (See graph to the right.)
The review of the film VAXXED in these next two
editions will document this alleged crime in detail.
In an effort to bring attention to the scientific myths that
continue to fuel the irrational fear of certain infectious
diseases such as measles, we have published a piece on
“The Current Measles Craze” by homeopathic physician,
Dr. Richard Moskowitz, our vaccine expert and voice-of-
reason extraordinaire. In a future edition of this journal,
we will be reviewing a book called “Dissolving Illusions,”
by Suzanne Humphries, MD, a nephrologist who began
observing severe kidney problems in her patients after they
received certain vaccines but was largely ignored (5) when a. www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/new-
she presented these findings to many of her colleagues. government-survey-pegs-autism-prevalence-1-45
Medical Council began circulating claiming that he had antibiotic use at an early age, followed by a severe reaction
used fraudulent data in the 1998 Lancet paper (that linked and regressive autistic behavior after the MMR vaccine.
the MMR vaccine with gut inflammation in autistic Knowing what we know today about the importance of the
children) that had 11 other co-authors, including the most human microbiome for children’s health (the gut “houses”
prominent pediatric gastroenterologist in the world at at least 70% of the immune system), one could question
that time, Dr. John Walker Smith. The Lancet paper was whether the overuse and misuse of antibiotics at such an
retracted for reasons that were subsequently shown to early age might have caused severe “gut dysbiosis” thereby
be false in the English High Court, but the Lancet editor increasing the children’s vulnerability to the MMR vaccine.
refused to reinstate the paper. (3,4) Polly and her husband were encouraged to tell their story
I spoke with Dr. Wakefield at the VAXXED screening on a local TV program at the time and within thirty minutes
in NYC and he agreed to do an interview sometime in the there were 250,000 email hits which —for the first time
future which will be a remarkable opportunity for us to hear ever — crashed the TV station’s computers. Hundreds
from this incredibly honorable and courageous physician of thousands of parents from throughout the UK were
who has consistently advocated for safer children’s describing their experiences with the MMR vaccine (some
vaccines to the detriment of his career. saw changes in their babies after the Diptheria-Pertussis-
Now back to the film. Tetanus vaccine [DPT] as well) and its effects on their
The film begins with Dr. Brian Hooker, an environmental children that mimicked the Tommey’s experience with
biologist with over 60 technical and scientific studies in their son Billy. From seizures and head banging to severe
international journals, whose son was diagnosed with intestinal problems and eventually a child who regressed
autism in 1998. At that time the CDC was beginning its into autistic behavior, the stories were so alike that Polly,
studies on vaccines and autism and Hooker tried to contact overwhelmed with this information, created the famous
them because he was deeply critical of the studies. The CDC “Autism File Magazine” in which she published many of
decided that the scientist who would communicate with these stories. Within four months of its initial publication,
Hooker was Dr. William Thompson, their senior scientist. they had over 45,000 subscribers. According to Mrs.
Hooker says “Because I was on his back, because he didn’t Tommey, these parents were desperate to tell their stories
like what I was saying about the statistics, I received a because not only were they not getting answers from their
letter from a CDC attorney in 2004 saying I was no longer doctors but many of their children’s pediatricians were
permitted to contact the CDC.” Fast forward to 2014 discounting their experiences and not taking them seriously
when Hooker received a call from Thompson confessing when they described the changes in their children’s
that the CDC had in fact omitted crucial data in their final behavior after the MMR vaccine.
report of 2004 that did reveal a causal relationship between The most difficult part of the film to watch—and the
the MMR vaccine and autism and that he felt “great most heartbreaking—was the videos of perfectly normal
shame” over the fact that he went along with it. Over babies and their sudden regression into autistic behavior
the next several months, unbeknownst to Dr. Thompson, within a few days to weeks of receiving the MMR vaccine.
Dr. Hooker recorded their phone conversations (legal in I watched footage of beautiful babies smiling, babbling,
certain states due to the “one-party consent” law) which walking and interacting with their parents at around
included information on the confidential data destroyed 12 months, only to watch them begin seizing and head
by Thompson’s colleagues at the CDC that Thompson had banging within a few days of the vaccine. Over the weeks
saved and shared with Dr. Hooker. and months, they developed severe intestinal problems,
Throughout the film there are testimonies and video became listless and disconnected with a “vacant stare.”
footage by families whose children were developing Their normal development was arrested and these children
normally until they received the MMR vaccine, after were later diagnosed autistic.
which they were never the same. One mother in particular, At this point in the film, Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Polly Tommey, a co-producer of this film, describes in described a brief history of the MMR vaccine which rivals
detail how her baby, Billy, who was developing normally any Hollywood horror movie, except, of course, that this
by 12 months of age, developed a high fever and seizures is a true story with disastrous consequences for real-life
within 48 hours of the MMR vaccine, followed by head families. In 1987, the trivalent MMR vaccine produced
banging, severe diarrhea and arrested development by Smith-Kline Beecham was introduced under the name
with an eventual autism diagnosis. His history actually of Trivirix in Canada, then quickly withdrawn when it
revealed several rounds of antibiotics prescribed by his caused outbreaks of meningitis in children. However, that
pediatrician for upper respiratory “cold-like” symptoms— same month the same vaccine was introduced in the UK
“in case of infection”—before receiving the MMR vaccine. under another name called Pluserix (also by Smith-Kline
Interestingly, it was later revealed in the film by Dr. Doreen Beecham)) and caused various outbreaks of meningitis
Granpeesheh, founder of the Center for Autism and other until it was finally withdrawn four years later in 1992
Related Disorders, that most of the autistic children she (due to public outcry). At that point, Wakefield said it
treated shared two things in common: a history of excessive should have been destroyed, but instead it was shipped to
developing countries like Brazil where a mass vaccination to December 2001 to analyze the data from the study.)
campaign resulted in an epidemic of meningoencephalitis. He then told Hooker that from October 2002 to February
Scientists studied this epidemic and discovered that the 2004 he and four other CDC scientists sat behind closed
risk of meningitis was directly associated with the age of doors and proceeded to omit, “slice and dice,” and literally
exposure; the younger the child was when they received the throw out data that they did not want revealed. These
MMR vaccine, the greater the risk of meningitis. (What scientists were Coleen Boyle, PhD, the CDC Disabilities
I found fascinating about this study was that it showed Division Director, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsop, MD, Frank
that the risk was greater in children receiving the MMR Destefano, MD, CDC director of immunization safety, and
vaccine at 4-8 years compared to those who received it at Tanya Bhasin, post-graduate research associate. To conceal
9-11 years, yet we give it to our children at 12-18 months). data on the autism-vaccine connection for Black children,
So Wakefield and others asked, “Is there a similar risk with these researchers went about changing the analysis plan by
autism, is age of exposure to MMR a risk for autism just reducing the number of children in the study to decrease its
as it was for meningitis? Dr. Wakefield is then seen on statistical power. How exactly was this done?
C-Span sharing this hypothesis with the CDC and the US Since only 50% of the children were born in Georgia,
Congress on April 6, 2000, where he is clearly stating that instead of using school records, only the Georgian birth
this does not prove that the MMR vaccine causes autism, records were used which decreased the number of children
just that further studies need to be done. It was, in fact, in the study from 3000 to 1800. This decreased the relative
Dr. Wakefield’s testimony that inspired Dr. Brian Hooker risk (RR) from 2.64 to 1.8 which meant that the data was
to begin studying and requesting more data from the CDC. no longer statistically significant. What did the data show
How did the CDC allegedly cover-up the data? about the risk for all healthy children (of all ethnicities)
Hooker began analyzing the data from the original 2004 who received the MMR between 12 and 18 months?
study (Thompson found a legal loophole that allowed him Find out in Part II, next month’s edition of the Journal
to expose potentially classified documents to Hooker) where you will also learn about Thompson’s attempts to
and he discovered that Black children (5) had a 2.4 times reveal what was going on to his superiors and information
greater risk of autism (164% increase) if the MMR on the 1986 National Child Vaccine Injury Act, which
vaccine was given between the ages of 12 and 18 months Jim Moody, public interest attorney, states was a large
in comparison to those children who received the MMR motivation for the alleged cover-up.
vaccine after 3 years of age. Since autism is 4 times more
common in boys, when data was analyzed for Black males References
only, the relative risk (RR) increased to 3.36, meaning that 1. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr087.pdf
the risk of autism was 236% greater in Black boys if they 2. www.opensecrets.org/lobbby/topphp?indexType=i&showYe
were given the MMR vaccine between 12-18 months as ar=2015
compared to 3 years of age. 3. vaxxedthemovie.com/andrew-wakefield-biography
Thompson presented this data to his CDC colleagues 4. drsuzanne.net/dr-suzanne-humphries-vaccines-vaccination
back in November 2001 (it took 6 months from May 2001 5. The CDC used the grouping Black and White/Other
Figure 1. Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0 through 18 years – United States, 2016.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/child/0-18yrs-child-combined-schedule.pdf
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demonstrate a large preponderance of actual cases in the short of that standard, being neither genuine, nor powerful,
unvaccinated group. The curious fact that such statistics nor long-lasting. That’s why scapegoating and bullying
are rarely divulged strongly suggests that the real numbers won’t work, even if the population finally comes around to
actually point in the opposite direction, that the majority accept it. Vaccination is a trick, a simulated or counterfeit
of cases occur among the vaccinated kids, as has been immunity that is partial and temporary at best, and carries
uniformly true of such outbreaks in the past. Blaming the other major downsides that I’ve written about elsewhere
unvaccinated thus ironically aids the pro-vaccine advocates (1) and needn’t go into at the moment.
in hiding the evidence that could best corroborate or refute The most pressing issue before us is simply to preserve
their argument. the frail remnant of personal liberty embodied in these few
Finally, vaccination rates are already well over 90% in remaining exemptions that the people of Massachusetts
the United States for most vaccines, and well over 95% have long been rightly proud of, which the vaccine
in many areas where the disease has actually broken out, manufacturers and the physicians who do their bidding are
statistics that are among the highest in the world. It’s bent on taking away. I hope and pray that the American
absurd to suppose and impossible to imagine that even people will not let that happen.
vaccinating everyone without exception, as the proposed
new laws intend, would do much if anything to stop these References
small outbreaks that continue to occur. But the mere 1. Cf. “The Case Against Immunizations” (1983), “Vaccination:
aspiration to do so has profoundly altered the terms of the a Sacrament of Modern Medicine (1991), and “Hidden in
debate, by making it into a civil rights issue, threatening Plain Sight: the Role of Vaccines in Chronic Disease” (2005),
the right of every patient to refuse treatment, and the right which have been reprinted in my book Plain Doctoring:
of all parents to determine the health care appropriate for Selected Writings, 1983-2013.
their children, which is precisely why these very few and
seldom-used exemptions were created to begin with. While * This article was written in the spring of 2015, a few
these could of course be waived temporarily in the event of months after the Disney measles outbreak.
a genuine public health emergency, that is assuredly what
these small clusters of ordinary childhood illnesses are not. About the Author: Richard Moskowitz, M.D. practices
Which brings me to another equally obvious point. classical homeopathy in Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston
If the vaccine were effective in conferring a genuine area). He is on the editorial staff of the JAIH; he previously
immunity, similar to that acquired by coming down served as President of the N.C.H. and was on the faculty of
with and recovering from the natural disease, then the the N.C.H. Summer School. He is the author of the books
unvaccinated kids would be a threat only to themselves. “Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth”
In fact, even the most zealous pro-vaccine advocates know and “Resonance:The Homeopathic Point of View.”
perfectly well that vaccine-mediated immunity falls far
F ind the rubric/rubrics that best represent the following signs and symptoms.
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9) In answer to your question about how his employees would describe him, your patient states “My secretary
told me I can be a nasty S.O.B.!”
10) “I feel so guilty about this doc, but I often feel like I just want to get away from my husband and kids.”
11) You notice that the patient always gets upset when you are running late or you feel stressed or pressured in
her presence because she wants help NOW!
12) You ask a widower about his wife and he bursts out crying.
13) You notice the patient is looking at your messy desk and you think “I should have had my secretary clean up
after the last patient.” You notice her picking the flint off her pants as she sits properly in your office relating
her story.
14) Everytime you see this patient, you find yourself complimenting her and telling her how nice she looks.
15) Your patient tells you she has had several facial botox and filler procedures.
About our fellow AIH member: Timothy Fior, M.D., D.Ht. is a lecturer in clinical sciences at National University of Health
Sciences in Lombard Illinois, founding member, former President and current Vice-President of the Illinois Homeopathic
Medical Association, and has been in private family practice and homeopathy for the last 28 years. Since 1996 he has
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