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“Protecting the health and
informed consent rights of children since 1982.”
Commentary on Andrew Wakefield
by Barbara Loe Fisher
President, National Vaccine Information Center
Whenever ignorance, envy, greed and suppression dominate
the business of a state (or a profession), there will always be heroes who step
forward to challenge the status quo. They are usually individuals who lead
ordinary lives until, one day, they are faced with an extraordinary situation
and make a conscious decision to do the right thing no matter what price they have
to pay.
Andrew Wakefield, a brilliant young British
gastroenterologist rising quickly in the ranks of his peers, made a conscious
decision in 1997 that he could not turn away from a truth he had discovered
during the course of his scientific research, even though he knew it could cost
him his career. When he realized the lives of children depended upon his having
the courage to refuse to remain silent about the association he found between
MMR vaccine and autism, he chose to do what was right instead of do what was
safe.
Now he is paying the price being exacted by a scientific
profession and militarized public health infrastructure that cannot tolerate
independent thought and scientific investigation for fear it will lead to
change. Like all those involved in perpetuating totalitarian systems that
suppress free thought, expression and action, those who have tried to silence
and destroy Andrew Wakefield have only succeeded in revealing to the people how
afraid they are of what he has to say.
Dr.Wakefield will not only survive what they have
done, he will triumph
over it. The truth about vaccines and neuroimmune damage,
like autism, will
shine bright and clear in the end, no matter how many try to
hide it because
of the courage of individuals like Andrew Wakefield
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