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autism free before this time. That, and<br />
not the use of the preservative thimerosal<br />
in measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine,<br />
is the reason for the increase in autism<br />
rates. They also mention that the “Center<br />
for Disease Control and Prevention<br />
denies the link between the ingredients<br />
within vaccines, thimerosal more specifically,<br />
is a causing factor of autism, and<br />
the Hannah Poling case is evidence of<br />
this” (Mulvihill para 8).<br />
Fig 26: “Hannah Poling.” AGE OF AUTISM. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2017.<br />
The Hannah Poling case came to trial in<br />
2007, five years after her parents filed<br />
an autism claim in the federal vaccine<br />
court. The National Vaccine Injury Compensation<br />
Program awarded the family<br />
1.5 million dollars for the measles,<br />
mumps and rubella vaccines role in her<br />
autism diagnosis. Hannah is no ordinary<br />
case, as she had an unknow mitochondrial<br />
disorder that was triggered when<br />
she received vaccines for nine diseases,<br />
including measles, mumps and rubella.<br />
The court came to the decision to award<br />
the family money because of this medical<br />
disorder, and made no statement<br />
which would indicate that vaccines cause<br />
autisms, as some believe. This case is a<br />
rare instance where vaccines might be at<br />
fault for causing something such as autism,<br />
and that is only because there were<br />
other medical problems lying under the<br />
surface that reacted with the vaccines.<br />
Some have taken this case with acquiesce<br />
36 that vaccines cause autism. On a<br />
different note, they link the first diagnosis<br />
of autism to vaccinations in the 1930s<br />
that just started to contain the preservative<br />
thimerosal. Again, this is not backed<br />
up by scientific evidence and is just speculation.<br />
It is just a coincidence that both<br />
showed up around the same time, and<br />
are not connected whatsoever. The Environmental<br />
Protection Agency makes<br />
many reccomendations when it comes to<br />
certain substances in the medical field.<br />
They say that “Despite reccomendations<br />
from the Institute of Medicine back in<br />
1999, infants today are still receiving<br />
mercury from multidose vial flu shots”<br />
(Mulvihill para 13). When consulting the<br />
Environmental Protection Agency website<br />
for thimerosal within vaccines, we<br />
are linked to the U.S. Food and Drug<br />
Administration website with information<br />
about the use of it in vaccines. There,<br />
they state that “all vaccines routinely reccommended<br />
for children 6 years of age<br />
and younger in the U.S. do not contain<br />
the preservative thimerosal” (FDA para<br />
1). In the past, the preservative was used<br />
to prevent the growth of micribes within<br />
the vaccine, and the use of thimerosal<br />
has decreased because of reformulation<br />
of vaccines, new preservatives becoming<br />
available, and also with the development<br />
of new vaccines that are single<br />
use. Single dose vaccnes do not require<br />
a preservative, while a preservative is required<br />
in a multidose vial of vaccinations.<br />
Organizations such as Focus for Health<br />
bring evidence that is not supported by<br />
facts, scientific evidence, or major organizations<br />
such as the Center for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention, the Environmental<br />
Protection Agency, or the U.S. Food<br />
and Drug Administration.<br />
May 31, 2017 TIME 25
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