{"id":2583,"date":"2016-11-29T17:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novax.org\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2016-11-29T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T15:15:01","slug":"my-journey-from-ignorance-by-james-lyons-weiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novax.org\/?p=2583","title":{"rendered":"My Journey from Ignorance by James Lyons-Weiler"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHILE RETURNING from the United Nations building where I heard NYU Professor Mary Holland (School of Law) nail the issues of constitutional and international law on the right to informed consent to the floor, to a standing ovation, I received an email from Mary ( To my delight). I read, in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0 started reading your Ebola book last night.\u00a0 Wow, you have evolved a lot in your thinking on vaccines in a VERY short period, based on your definition of \u2018antivaxxers\u2019 at bottom of 206, top of 207.\u00a0 Have you written up how your views evolved so quickly?\u00a0 It might be a helpful roadmap towards turning others around.\u00a0 Was this all in connection with the autism book, or did your views changing precede that book?\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking at my book this morning, I turned to page 206, with trepidation, to find the younger, knowing me, trying to save the world by chiding and deriding people whom I have come to learn much more about in the past two years:<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain and again with Ebola we see, from Guinea to the US, societies struggling with the ethical problem of the needs (and wants) of a few vs. the safety (and lives) on the many\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ok, that\u2019s not too bad.\u00a0 A bit uppity, but I cannot disagree. But it gets worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith over 100 cases confirmed, the US is, at the time of this writing, at high risk of an epidemic of measles because the herd immunity is lacking due to a dogmatic antivaccination movement\u201d.<\/p>\n

I warned you.<\/p>\n

Deplorably, I continue:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe efficacy of the measles vaccine in protecting children against terrible diseases should be reason enough for parents to insist on vaccinating their children, but the so-called \u2018anti-vaxxers\u2019 (people who believe vaccines place their children at risk of developing autism) fail to consider the greater good: They put others at risk by not participating in national programs for the greater good.\u201d<\/p>\n

I really do not like my former self. Naturally, I continue, because I knew SO much before I actually looked into the studies and the data:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis perspective is more than mere 20:20 hindsight; such occurrences of cultural and institutional amnesia are certain to recur as our society becomes more reliant and trusting in technology, and we forget to respect the awesome power of biology and Nature\u201d.<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know this guy, I swear.<\/p>\n

Mary Holland will certainly be remembered as one of the most staunch defenders of human rights, well, in the history of abuses in medicine. So back to Mary\u2019s question:<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you written up how your views evolved so quickly?\u00a0 It might be a helpful roadmap towards turning others around.\u00a0 Was this all in connection with the autism book, or did your views changing precede that book?\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how and why my views have changed. First, I was really rather upset about the fact that CDC Director Thomas Freiden stated in his testimony to Congress that there were no mutations in the Ebolavirus that was driving the epidemic.\u00a0 I was upset because I had the 396 mutations on my laptop at the very moment he testified to Congress.\u00a0 I capture that moment in \u201cEbola\u201c. My anger at the CDC increased when I attended a secret White House conference call, held by the Ebola Czar, in which I asked about the 396 mutations \u2013 whether they influenced the ability of tests to detect Ebola, or altered its virulence or transmissibility. In that call, the entire scientific community was lied to again by a CDC Scientist who claimed that the virus was \u201c99.9999% identical to the strain from Zaire in 1995\u201d, which was not true at all.\u00a0 I capture both of those events in \u201cEbola\u201d, as well as how the White House then asked the Associated Press to stop covering potential cases of Ebola in the US.\u00a0 I even ask in that book whether that was \u201cfascism\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a couple of months to where I had decided to write \u201cCures vs. Profits\u201c. I felt that we had bungled our response to Ebola so badly that I wanted to cheer myself up and write a book on the successes in biomedical research.\u00a0 Having participated in so many studies over the past two decades, I knew of many reasons that the public should continue to support biomedical research, and I was going to share all that I knew, and discover more. The first two chapters deal with \u201cthe bad stuff\u201d \u2013 the doctors who cheat at medicare fraud, which robs other patients of needed funds for real medicine \u2013 and the biomedical researchers who cheat at their research studies.<\/p>\n

I wrote my chapters out on grapefruit, on cancer vaccines, on prostate cancer robotic surgery, and then something happened: I wrote a chapter on ADHD overdiagnosis. I tell the story of the destruction of a promising career of Dr. Gretchen Watson.\u00a0 Pharma sent a \u201cKey Opinion Leader\u201d to EVMS to debate her over her study, and the next day she was told her case load was canceled, that her colleagues were told that she no longer worked at EVMS, and that she was to expected to resign.\u00a0 She refused, and won an appeal to HR.\u00a0 But then someone floated a rumor that she manipulated her data in the 1996 study showing overdiagnosis.<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed no flaw \u2013 well, a typo in an appendix \u2013 but the damage to her career was done. The good news is that Dr. Watson has decided to write of book of her own after reading my chapter on ADHD.\u00a0 She now also serves on the Board at IPAK.<\/p>\n

When I finished writing the rest of \u201cCures\u201c, including chapters on the history of hormone receptor status in breast cancer, chemosensitivity assays, characteristics of good research scientists, and cancer vaccines, I found the book missing something.<\/p>\n

So I decided to write a chapter on Vaccines.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let the chapter on vaccines speak for itself- it begins with tales of how wonderful vaccines are, how they save lives.\u00a0 I went back to review the autism\/vaccine link, fully expecting to review the Andrew Wakefield issue briefly, how his claims that MMR were linked to vaccines. I read the retracted study.<\/p>\n

I found that Andrew Wakefield never claimed that the MMR might cause autism.\u00a0 Instead, I found the study to suggest that it was a question worth looking into.<\/p>\n

My digging around then led to my discovery of reports that someone at CDC had revealed that CDC had manipulated data on the studies designed to disprove Wakefield by omitting results with a positive association.<\/p>\n

The more I dug into the issue, and then into the literature, the more I found the science of vaccines falling far short of the science needed to insure public health via any medical procedure given to millions. And this is where I leave the issue in \u201cCures\u201c. I added an addendum that reviews four open controversies in vaccines that cause me to question whether vaccines can be called an unmitigated success in translational research.<\/p>\n

In retrospect, I see that position as something of an understatement.<\/p>\n

My understanding of vaccines was (obviously) limited, and I needed to grasp the risks involved. I needed resolution. So after I completed \u201cCures\u201c, I began writing about what I had learned. I spoke with people with an open mind. I started to listen not only to what these evil, selfish \u201canti-vaxxers\u201d had to say, I started to really think about the consequences of the additives. I began to question the over-arching claims of safety.<\/p>\n

And via some new contacts, I made connection with Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing. After a few chats, he, Louis Conte and I agreed that I should write a book on the Genetics of Autism. (I love Louis \u2013 and knowing what I know of him now, my bet is that he thought I was a good prospect \u2013 but somehow I can hear him telling Tony that Jack has \u2018a way to go, but I think he\u2019ll get there\u2019. Thank you Louis for the confidence.<\/p>\n

So in I dove, into 3,000 research articles on autism.\u00a0 Not on vaccines \u2013 on autism.\u00a0 I wanted to know if the basic science could in any way reasonably support a hypothesis that vaccines or their additives cause autism. The answer is a resounding \u201cYes, yes, and yes\u201d. Other articles in this blog will give you an idea of some of the evidence that exists on the role of chronic microglial activation and autism, for example.<\/p>\n

To the readers of \u201cEbola\u201d who feel confused or hurt by my, and others\u2019 ignorance, please remember that there is a Great Unknowing, even among professionals.\u00a0 Think about it \u2013 all \u201cAnti-vaxxers\u201d with vaccine-injured children were once pro-vaccine. As I advised some 500 participants at the VIALs Health Summit in Atlanta, GA, do not argue with them \u2013 educate them. Your anger and frustration is warranted, but help them move from ignorance to awareness and understanding.<\/p>\n

I took it upon myself to read over 3,000 articles on autism for \u201cCauses\u201d (due out in November).\u00a0 Look at what knowledge can do to a scientist who themselves feel cheated and lied to, someone who entrusted the CDC to perform objective science (See \u201cThe Tyranny of Pseudoscience\u201c https:\/\/jameslyonsweiler.com\/2016\/03\/13\/the-tyranny-of-pseudoscience\/):<\/p>\n

Educating the public and calling for Congress to Subpoena Dr. William Thompson at the CDC on the true nature of so-called \u201cScience\u201d conducted at the CDC on the link between vaccines and autism.<\/p>\n

To My Fellow Scientists and Medical Health Care Professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wrote \u201cEbola\u201d in good faith, assuming that the position of the CDC on vaccines was based on sound science. It was unfathomable to me that<\/p>\n

-Upon finding positive associations, CDC would routinely over-analyze data from studies until they could make associations go away, and when they could not succeed in doing that, they would simply omit the results;<\/p>\n

-CDC would suspend an employee who drew these practices to the attention of then CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding (who subsequently took a position in charge of vaccine development at Merck);<\/p>\n

-After CDC published these studies they called for an end to research on vaccine safety with regard to potential links to autism;<\/p>\n

-CDC would ignore nearly all of the basic science that shows mechanisms of how neurotoxins in vaccines (not just MMR) could reasonably be expected to cause autism in some people;<\/p>\n

-CDC\u2019s position is based on ecological association studies, not randomized prospective clinical studies with proper controls.<\/p>\n

-Our knowledge of vaccine safety is based on post-market surveillance;<\/p>\n

-CDC would ignore all of the post-market surveillance on vaccine safety, claiming that the passively collected data in VAERS did not provide causal evidence;<\/p>\n

-CDC would lie repeatedly under oath to Congress about the State of Science on the link between vaccines and autism;https:\/\/jameslyonsweiler.com\/2016\/03\/27\/you-know-nothing-about-autism-john-snow\/<\/p>\n

-No one has ever conducted a vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study for association with negative health outcomes, including autism.<\/p>\n

-CDC would communicate to the public that \u201cVaccines Do Not Cause Autism\u201d on their website knowing full well that 6\/12 vaccines on the schedule before the age of 7 have 0 studies one way, or the other, on whether they indeed may (or may not) contribute to the risk of autism.<\/p>\n

I, like the rest of the world, relied on the CDC to be a reliable source of information on vaccine safety.\u00a0 Yes, I vaccinated my children. I will not allow them to get the HPV vaccine. Here is why.<\/p>\n

To the Parents of Vaccine-Injured Children who Regressed Into Autism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your observations are the basis of a new era in vaccine science.\u00a0 All science begins with observations. Help and relief is on the way. And there is nothing that can stop it.<\/p>\n

Here I presented the CDC Schedule as backed by \u201cMagic\u201d, because no science exists on any link between 6 vaccines and autism, whereas some vaccines do, in fact have some studies that support association:<\/p>\n

\"\u201cMAGIC!!!\u201d\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That was a good day in Atlanta, GA. Here are the slides to share with your pediatrician:<\/p>\n

vials-health-summit-slides-james-lyonsweiler-magic<\/a><\/p>\n

Next stop, the United Nations:<\/p>\n

Mary Holland standing up for your rights to refuse medical procedures as a basic human right. To watch the unprecedented UN Session on Toxic Contamination of Children (4\/26\/2016), follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mary Holland\u2019s question to me was an important one:like many, if not most other professionals, I had argued my position on the vaccine\/autism question from a position of ignorance.\u00a0 They simply have not done their homework, and many have bought the CDC\u2019s lies hook, line and sinker. They count on CDC to be honest and forthright. This include the AAP, the AMA, and, very likely, your pediatrician.<\/p>\n

Most of them probably have not read a single study. They likely have never read the following words that Dr. William Thompson said to Dr. Hooker:<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cThey don\u2019t really want people to know that this data exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201c\u2026among the blacks, the ones that were getting vaccinated earlier, were more likely to have autism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cIt appears in the final publication is that race in general is downplayed. Of course it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cI actually think the most interesting results are the isolated, ones that don\u2019t have their co morbid conditions. The effect is where you would think it would happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cI was just looking at\u2014I was like, oh my God, I cannot believe we did what we did. But we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cThe higher ups wanted to do certain things and I went along with it. In terms of chain of command, I was number four out of five. \u201c<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201c\u2026Literally, everyone else got rid of all their documents, and so the only documents that exist right now from that study are mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cThere are things that I haven\u2019t even shared with you because I can\u2019t prove it, and that\u2019s what I struggle with. I don\u2019t want to share things with you that I can\u2019t prove, that there aren\u2019t hard records. I am worried that the other four people will collude and say no, that\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cThat\u2019s what I keep seeing again, and again, and again where these senior people just do completely unethical, vile things and no one holds them accountable. \u201c<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cThe reason you don\u2019t see anything else circulating on the study, it was five of us behind closed doors for two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson: \u201cIt\u2019s the lowest point in my career that I went along with that paper.\u201d
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\nDr. William W. Thompson<\/p>\n

My book \u201cCures vs. Profits\u201d tells more of the story of Dr. Thompson and Hooker. At this point, I am willing to go on the record and say that I have zero \u2013 ZERO confidence in any science coming out of the CDC Immunization Safety division. And no one else should trust their research, either.<\/p>\n

In fact, nothing they publish can be trusted. Not merely because of what Thompson said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read their studies.<\/p>\n

They are atrociously unsafe ventures in data cooking, model overfit, sad excuses for \u201ccontrol variables\u201d, use of multicollinear variables, the product of repeated data analysis to a desired result (no association). They are a mess.<\/p>\n

The individual people in question include<\/p>\n

RADM Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of CDC<\/p>\n

Dr. Frank DeStefano, Director of the Immunization Safety Office<\/p>\n

Dr. Coleen Boyle Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)<\/p>\n

Dr. Poul Thorsen (co-author on suspect CDC studies, wanted by HHS for embezzling over $1Million in funds that were to be used for autism research, living openly in Denmark).<\/p>\n

and others.<\/p>\n

In my research, I strive to remain objective. However, since 2004, when the research fraud at the CDC occurred, there have been over 1,000,000 cases of autism that potentially could have been prevented simply by splitting up the MMR into three vaccines, spacing the vaccines out, giving non-adjuvanted vaccines with 1 adjuvanted, screening for safe epitopes, removal of mercury from all vaccines, giving medical exemptions to parents who already have one autistic child (to avoid the genetic x environment interaction), dropping HepB until adulthood\u2026 so many simple things that could have been done to reduce early exposures to toxins. Where is the science for biomarkers to indicate which children might be most at risk of ASD due to vaccines?\u00a0 Not done.\u00a0 CDC called for no more science.
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\nWe Want Evidence-Based Public Health Policies, not Policies Based on Subjective Belief (aka \u201cMagic\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now, the so-called \u201cAnti-vaxxers\u201d I so woefully admonished in \u201cEbola\u201d are not all \u201cAnti-Vaxxers\u201d. They do consist partly of some people who believe no safe vaccine could ever exist. I respectfully remind them that until the science is done to show that non-adjuvanted vaccines without mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, etc are tested, their knowledge claim is an untested generalization about all vaccines. Out of well-deserved distrust, they call for no more science on vaccine safety \u2013 because they know that some will be injured by that very research.<\/p>\n

But the Vaccine Risk Aware movement also includes people who are 100% Pro-Vaccine Safety. They suspect that safe and effective antigen presentation systems can be designed, that use exposure at the skin (microdermal abrasion), with epitopes that do not induce autoimmunity. They believe that taking the toxins out will likely make vaccines safer. But they do not make such claims.\u00a0 They call for more science, not less, but on newer options for inducing immunity.<\/p>\n

To watch my presentation at the VIALS<\/a> Health Summit State of Science on Vaccine Safety: Autism, in which I explain how the CDC\u2019s claims that vaccines do not cause autism must be based on magic, follow these links: (Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>, Part 3<\/a>).
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\nCalls for Retraction of CDC \u201cStudies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because CDC committed scientific fraud, the studies they performed should be retracted. IPAK has informed the journals of this, and we have sent them copies of \u201cVaccine Whistleblower, by Kevin Barry, Esq.<\/p>\n

I urge all of my colleagues to view the movie #Vaxxed.\u00a0 Call your local theater and ask them to screen the movie. If you consider yourself an objective scientist, read \u201cWhistleblower\u201c, and RFK jr.\u2019s book, \u201cThimerosal: Let the Science Speak\u201c.\u00a0 Order \u201cMaster Manipulator\u201d by James Grundvig, which tells the story of Poul Thorsen, a CDC collaborator wanted for absconding with autism research cash (given what CDC would have done with the money, Thorsen may be a hero, for all we know).\u00a0 For a deeper timeline view on how long corporate corruption has eroded science in our most esteemed institutions like the CDC, read \u201cScience for Sale\u201d by David Lewis.<\/p>\n

I ask my professional colleagues from all walks of science and medicine then to join us in our calls for retraction of the CDC\u2019s false studies: DeStefano et al., Madsen et al., and Verstraeten et al.\u00a0 I will not stop educating professionals about the fraud because we need evidence-based medicine, not medicine based on guesses, or hopes, or magic.\u00a0 Babies are dying in the womb due to mercury in flu vaccine reserved for pregnant women; babies are born autistic due to immunoneuroexcitotoxicity; they are born with seizure disorders; toddlers regress into autism after learning language. And yes, it may be due to cumulative and interactive effects of toxic chemicals from agriculture, industry, our home, etc.\u00a0 But we can reduce the toxins we expose our children to.\u00a0 Right now, autism risk is 1 in 68, up from 1 in 3000 in the 1970\u2019s.\u00a0 Let\u2019s have #theconversation.
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