Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe: Documentary on the Possible Causal Relationship between Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination and Autism

As the reader can conclude from several articles in this issue of LINKS, there are serious concerns regarding the safety of current vaccination programmes. A new documentary—Vaxxed—especially highlights the possible causal relationship between autism and MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccination. If the conclusions the makers of Vaxxed have reached are true, these complications are so serious that our very civilisation is at stake as within just a few decades half of the children born may become autistic, leaving the other half to try to take care of them. The following information on Vaxxed is provided by the makers:

‘In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency's 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. William Thompson ([Fig. 1]), confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.

Fig. 1 William Thompson, PhD, CDC Epidemiologist.

Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to him by Dr. Thompson who provides the confidential data destroyed by his colleagues at the CDC. Dr. Hooker enlists the help of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the British gastroenterologist falsely accused of starting the antivax movement when he first reported in 1998 that the MMR vaccine may cause autism. In his ongoing effort to advocate for children's health, Wakefield directs this documentary examining the evidence behind an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens. Interviews with pharmaceutical insiders, doctors, politicians, and parents of vaccine-injured children reveal an alarming deception that has contributed to the skyrocketing increase of autism and potentially the most catastrophic epidemic of our lifetime’.[1]

• References

• 1 http://www.vaxxedthemovie.com . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 3 Wakefield AJ. Statement from Dr. Andrew Wakefield: No Fraud. No Hoax. No Profit Motive. PharmaLive.com (Press release). PRNewswire. January 13, 2011. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-from-dr-andrew-wakefield--no-fraud-no-hoax-no-profit-motive-113454389.html . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 4 http://anhinternational.org/2016/03/23/16295/ . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 5 Hiltzik M. How Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival sold out to anti-vaccine crackpots. The Los Angeles Times March 25, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-tribeca-vaccine-20160323-snap-htmlstory.html . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 6 McNary D. Controversial Vaccination Documentary Gets Release from Cinema Libre. Variety. March 29 2016. http://variety.com/2016/film/news/vaxxed-anti-vaccine-documentary-cinema-libre-1201741603/ . Accessed May 1, 2016
• 7 McNary D. ‘Vaxxed’ Director's Book ‘Callous Disregard’ in Development as Movie. Variety. April 27, 2016. http://variety.com/2016/film/news/callous-disregard-movie-vaxxed-1201762084/ . Accessed May 1, 2016
• 8 Leadership & Longevity—Dr. Andrew Wakefield: CDC Whistleblower, Autism & Mandatory Vaccination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8EtfkAngKw . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 9 http://hpworldwidechoice.com . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 10 Dr. Andrew Wakefield—The Legacy of Vaccine Injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14I9cx3k0DI . Accessed March 26, 2016
• 11 http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/05/peer-reviewed-papers-support-findings.html . Accessed March 26, 2016