https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david...i_b_88323.html excerpt:
"After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
"The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case... The child's claim against the government -- that mercury-containing vaccines were the cause of her autism -- was supposed to be one of three 'test cases' for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in Federal Claims Court [which is determined to find no causal effects]. HHS Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and 'concluded that compensation is appropriate.'
"The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal). Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of 'relatedness;' insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and 'watching the flourescent lights repeatedly during examination.'
"Months after vaccination, the patient was diagnosed by Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, a leading neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital Neurology Clinic, with 'regressive encephalopathy (brain disease) with features consistent with autistic spectrum disorder, following normal development.' The girl also met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) official criteria for autism.
In its written concession, the government said the child had a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder that was 'aggravated' by her shots, and which ultimately resulted in an ASD diagnosis."
There was absolutely no justification for this claim of pre-existing mitochondrial disorder. This was inserted so that this case could be viewed as an exception rather than the rule. "Mitochondrial disorders are rare in the general population, affecting some 2-per-10,000 people (or just 0.2%). So with 4,900 cases filed in Vaccine Court, this case should be the one and only, extremely rare instance of Mt disease in all the autism proceedings."
"But it is not. Mitochondrial disorders are now thought to be the most common disease associated with ASD. Some journal articles and other analyses have estimated that 10% to 20% of all autism cases may involve mitochondrial disorders, which would make them one thousand times more common among people with ASD than the general population." That is because the vaccine causes the mitochondrial disorders in many children. But, all children don't receive permanent damage from vaccines. I believe the difference is in the relative strength of the child's immune system. Good immune systems eventually destroy the vaccine and its toxins. Since all small children have very immature and weak immune systems it is certainly unwise to follow the establishment medical advise to vaccinate young. Nursing a child is one of the best immune builders a woman can use.