Action4Canada - June 07, 2023


Do Vaccines Cause Autism？

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Tanya Gaw
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Eric
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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

131.4

Word count

696

Sentence count

43

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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In the last 30 years, the childhood vaccine schedule has tripled, while the U.S. autism rate has skyrocketed from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50. Yet the debate rages on in part because of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, passed by Congress as a result of pharmaceutical lobbying, shields drug companies from liability for injuries and deaths caused by the vaccines they manufacture.

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00:00:00.000 Do vaccines cause autism?
00:00:03.360 In the last 30 years, the childhood vaccine schedule has tripled,
00:00:08.240 while the U.S. autism rate has skyrocketed from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50.
00:00:15.340 Dozens of published research papers show that, yes, vaccines and autism are linked.
00:00:21.820 Yet the debate rages on in part because of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
00:00:28.640 passed by Congress as a result of pharmaceutical lobbying.
00:00:33.260 It shields drug companies from liability for injuries and deaths caused by the vaccines they manufacture,
00:00:40.100 vaccines that the federal government admits are unavoidably unsafe.
00:00:45.440 To see how this tilted the law in Big Pharma's favor,
00:00:49.540 let's look at Eric, a child suffering from vaccine-induced autism.
00:00:53.940 Had Eric been harmed by a pharmaceutical product other than vaccines,
00:00:59.500 his parents could sue the manufacturer in civil court,
00:01:03.240 entitling them to the standard legal process with a judge, jury, private attorneys,
00:01:08.720 legal precedent, and discovery, all within public view.
00:01:13.080 But for kids like Eric, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act says no.
00:01:18.540 Instead of suing the pharmaceutical company directly,
00:01:22.580 parents of children like Eric are forced to petition the Department of Health and Human Services,
00:01:27.600 and if federal health officials oppose compensation,
00:01:31.140 the case is argued before a special master in the U.S. Claims Court.
00:01:35.760 Many refer to this as vaccine court,
00:01:38.700 though it isn't a court at all,
00:01:40.360 but rather an administrative procedure
00:01:42.440 in which the family asks the government to admit the vaccine caused their child harm
00:01:47.480 and requests compensation for the child's care.
00:01:51.680 Here are some shocking facts about the so-called vaccine court.
00:01:57.260 Pharmaceutical companies do not have to participate in the proceedings at all.
00:02:02.480 Taxpayers pay for all damages.
00:02:05.940 The U.S. Department of Justice acts as the government's lawyer,
00:02:09.340 with taxpayers footing the bill for their defense.
00:02:13.100 The family's attorney is paid out of the trust fund,
00:02:16.000 administered by the Department of Health and Human Services,
00:02:19.040 which has a history of punishing plaintiff's lawyers
00:02:21.860 by slashing their fees and waiting a decade or more to pay them,
00:02:26.480 leaving some families without any legal representation.
00:02:30.720 There's no required discovery process,
00:02:33.060 so potentially incriminating documents stay hidden
00:02:36.240 in the hands of the vaccine manufacturers.
00:02:38.520 Most hearings are off-limits.
00:02:43.120 No public, no reporters.
00:02:45.980 There's no judge or jury.
00:02:48.200 A special master appointed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
00:02:51.600 both presides over the hearings and issues the rulings,
00:02:55.080 which can limit the chance of an objective verdict.
00:02:57.860 Legal precedent is limited,
00:03:01.100 so the program issues contradictory rulings.
00:03:04.760 In the case of Bailey Banks,
00:03:06.460 a special master ruled the boy's autism was
00:03:09.020 caused, in fact, by the MMR vaccine.
00:03:12.720 Yet in later cases,
00:03:14.100 special masters ruled that vaccines do not cause autism,
00:03:17.260 even though federal compensation has been awarded
00:03:20.660 in at least 83 cases with autism.
00:03:25.080 Almost unbelievably,
00:03:26.880 the Department of Health and Human Services
00:03:28.460 actually owns vaccine patents.
00:03:31.780 When these vaccines are purchased,
00:03:33.700 HHS profits.
00:03:36.080 In the words of Eric's mom,
00:03:38.020 government attorneys defend a government program
00:03:40.520 using government-funded science
00:03:42.480 decided by federal bureaucrats
00:03:44.560 trying to keep their government jobs.
00:03:47.260 Kids like Eric never had a chance.
00:03:50.900 The passing of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
00:03:54.200 prompted manufacturers to ramp up development
00:03:57.080 of new vaccines,
00:03:59.160 furiously lobbying the CDC
00:04:01.000 to add their new shots to the recommended schedule.
00:04:05.320 As a result,
00:04:06.560 a baby today receives more vaccinations by six months
00:04:10.400 than her mother did by the time she graduated high school. 1.00
00:04:14.740 Amazingly,
00:04:15.460 neither HHS nor Congress
00:04:17.720 has ever reviewed
00:04:19.100 the potentially devastating health effects
00:04:21.060 this vaccination surge
00:04:22.740 has had on our children.
00:04:25.140 Today,
00:04:26.220 over half of all U.S. kids
00:04:28.280 suffer from chronic disease
00:04:30.160 and disability.
00:04:32.100 At a November 2012
00:04:34.040 congressional autism hearing,
00:04:36.200 CDC officials failed to cite
00:04:38.080 even one study
00:04:39.480 backing up vaccine safety claims.
00:04:41.680 Congress is now planning federal hearings
00:04:44.960 to further investigate
00:04:46.280 the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
00:04:48.960 The next round of hearings
00:04:50.620 begins in November of 2013.
00:04:53.280 If you're outraged
00:04:55.520 by the staggering miscarriage of justice
00:04:57.640 exposed in this video,
00:04:59.900 please visit
00:05:00.620 canaryparty.org now
00:05:02.800 and register for our mailing list.
00:05:06.160 Find out how you
00:05:07.100 can help hold
00:05:08.140 our government accountable
00:05:09.480 for vaccine safety
00:05:10.900 and bring about justice
00:05:12.520 for our vaccine-injured children.
00:05:15.960 I'm Rob Schneider.
00:05:17.360 Thank you.