Autism and Vaccines - Dr. Helen Ratajczak

http://homefirst.com/cms/index.php/health-info/vaccine-choice Dr. Helen Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal; but all of them. The article discusses many potential vaccine-related culprits, including the increasing number of vaccines given in a short period of time. The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled "Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes--A review."
Dr. Ratajczak also looks at a factor that hasn't been widely discussed: human DNA contained in vaccines. That's right, human DNA. Ratajczak reports that about the same time vaccine makers took most thimerosal out of most vaccines (with the exception of flu shots which still widely contain thimerosal), they began making some vaccines using human tissue. Ratajczak says human tissue is currently used in 23 vaccines. She discusses the increase in autism incidences corresponding with the introduction of human DNA to MMR vaccine, and suggests the two could be linked. Ratajczak also says an additional increased spike in autism occurred in 1995 when chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue.
Why could human DNA potentially cause brain damage? The way Ratajczak explained it to me: "Because it's human DNA and recipients are humans, there's homologous recombinaltion tiniker. That DNA is incorporated into the host DNA. Now it's changed, altered self and body kills it. Where is this most expressed? The neurons of the brain. Now you have body killing the brain cells and it's an ongoing inflammation. It doesn't stop, it continues through the life of that individual."
University of Pennsylvania's Dr. Brian Strom, who has served on Institute of Medicine panels advising the government on vaccine safety said he was unaware that human DNA was contained in vaccines but told us, "It does not matter...Even if human DNA were then found in vaccines, it does not mean that they cause autism." Ratajczak agrees that nobody has proven DNA causes autism; but argues nobody has shown the opposite, and scientifically, the case is still open.
A number of independent scientists have said they've been subjected to orchestrated campaigns to discredit them when their research exposed vaccine safety issues, especially if it veered into the topic of autism. We asked Ratajczak how she came to research the controversial topic. She told us that for years while working in the pharmaceutical industry, she was restricted as to what she was allowed to publish. "I'm retired now," she told CBS News. "I can write what I want."
We wanted to see if the CDC wished to challenge Ratajczak's review, since many government officials and scientists have implied that theories linking vaccines to autism have been disproven, and Ratajczak states that research shows otherwise. CDC officials told us that "comprehensive review by CDC...would take quite a bit of time.

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[pmodrat]

Not just in people my dog died because of vaccines. She had a reaction to her hart worm meds I told the vet. But they gave her 5 vaccines at once any way. Her gums started bleeding we took her to the vet and she started to have internal bleeding and died. There is no reason for them to stop because they make money on all sides of this. It cost me 1500. to try to save her. And at the end they blame the dog for it. They say it just started something that was in her. Be careful of all Vaccines.

[cranejoanne]

tried cutting and pasting the link, didn't work, but it's easy to find !

[briankofke]

@cranejoanne I will; got a link in case I have trouble finding it?

[cranejoanne]

I found a news article about the primate study in 2008, just google it

[briankofke]

Recent studies from Pittsburgh in which they had a control group which recieved no vaccines, another group recieved placebo, and the third got the full round of vaccines as a child would. The primates that were vaccinated displayed the same signs and symptoms as an autistic child.

[Pittpsych1]

@briankofke Really? Can you cite any peer-reviewed studies that support your viewpoint?

[briankofke]

Thanks for posting. This is a tough issue with a lot of people. I have done my homework and I am certain that vaccines cause harm, lots of it.