NEW: Updated govt. numbers on brain injury cases paid in federal vaccine court

SHARYL ATTKISSON ^ | AUGUST 19, 2021 | SHARYL ATTKISSON

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Dated: August 19, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 10 Comments

• Through July 19, 2021, the government has paid 1,045 cases of Encephalitis/Encephalopathy and 1,068 cases of Seizure Disorder after vaccination
• These cases include some autism cases, but the government says it does not track how many
• To date, more than $4.6 billion has been paid to vaccine-injured children and adults through the federal government's Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Please note this not count Covid-19 vaccine cases, which are paid separately. See here for more info.

In 2008, there was a landmark but secret admission.

The Department of Justice (which defends vaccine makers against injury claims in court), and its expert pro-vaccine medical witnesses, secretly acknowledged that vaccines caused autism in the tragic case of 9-year old Hannah Poling; her father, a pediatric neurologist; her mother, a registered nurse and attorney.

Read CDC Info on Vaccines-Autism by clicking here

Poling had been injected with nine childhood vaccine doses in a single doctor’s visit to “catch up” on injections that had been delayed due to illness. 

After the mega-vaccination session, Hannah quickly developed classic autism behavior, her parents documented. Hannah’s mom, Terry Poling, later said “She just deteriorated and never came back.”

In vaccine court, the government offered payment and settled Hannah’s case confidentially rather than allow it to be established as a proven— and potentially devastating— test case. Hannah’s case had been among a group in an omnibus lawsuit designed to settle, once and for all, whether vaccines could cause autism and under what conditions. 

Request benefits for Covid-19 vaccine injuries here (Please note the short deadline of one year from vaccination date)

Had the government not settled the Hannah’s case, it would have remained part of the group lawsuit and served as a proven test case. That would have meant that thousands vaccine-autism claims across the country similar to Hannah's could be eligible for automatic compensation in vaccine court. Privately, government officials did the math and projected that would quickly bankrupt the compensation trust fund, funded by a fee patients pay on each dose of vaccine.

Read more vaccine-autism studies and reports here

But since Hannah's case was removed from the group lawsuit and paid confidentially, no parents knew of it. The government had details and documents sealed. The group lawsuit was closed. No other cases were paid. Health officials continued to falsely publicly claim that any notion of a link between vaccines and autism was a debunked conspiracy theory. Parents of autistic children injured by childhood vaccinations were called "nut jobs” and “kooks.”

Meantime, many scientists involved in vaccine-autism research said a lot could be learned if the government would simply do the obvious: study its ready pool of test subjects from vaccine court.

Read affidavit from pro-vaccine govt. expert who says DOJ covered up vaccine-autism link

According to federal officials, in vaccine court: “Certain injuries are presumed to have been caused or aggravated by the vaccine, and are on a table of injuries…. Injury cases not included on the current table also can be compensated if there is sufficient proof that they were caused by the vaccine.”

One could look through all of the court cases of confirmed brain damage after vaccination, reasoned Dr. Bernadine Healy— former head of the National Institutes of Health— identify which cases resulted in the form of brain damage we call “autism,” and try to solve the puzzle of what biological or genetic factors the children may have in common that could make them susceptible to injury.

Vaccine court website here

This way, vulnerable children could be identified in advance and saved. Scientists might be able to develop safer forms, or delivery, of vaccines for them. Dr. Healy told me this scientific work should have begun years before the Poling case. “Unless,” she told me, “there are people who don’t want the answer to the questions.”

But when I contacted federal officials in 2008, they said there was no effort underway to compile this sort of data. 

On May 5, 2008, I asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration a general question: “How many vaccine court cases has the government compensated, been ordered to compensate, and/or agreed to compensate in which a vaccine-injured child ended up with and/or claimed autism and/or autistic symptoms?”

“Some children who have been compensated for vaccine injuries may have shown signs of autism before the decision to compensate, or may ultimately end up with autism or autistic symptoms, but we do not track cases on this basis,” said the officials. 

Current vaccine court cases here

They added, “The government has never compensated, nor has it ever been ordered to compensate, any case based on a determination that autism was actually caused by vaccines. We have compensated cases in which children exhibited an encephalopathy, or general brain disease. Encephalopathy may be accompanied by a medical progression of an array of symptoms including autistic behavior, autism, or seizures.”

And finally, they said, “Over time, we may learn more about patterns of pre-existing conditions and the role vaccines play, if any, in their progression.”

Since government officials were not publicly compiling data on autism cases linked to vaccines, I asked how many brain damage cases overall had been compensated in vaccine court.

From October 1,1988 to March 4, 2008, federal officials said their database showed 611 cases of Encephalitis/Encephalopathy and 711 cases of Seizure Disorders had been compensated in vaccine court.

Thirteen years later, officials still have not issued any public information indicating they’ve used the vaccine court data to try to figure out what pre-existing conditions some children may have that leads them to become sick or die when vaccinated.

I recently asked for an update of the brain injury numbers. 

Read data on vaccine injury claims here

Through July 19, 2021, the agency says it had paid 1,045 cases of Encephalitis/Encephalopathy and 1,068 cases of Seizure Disorder after vaccination.

Public health experts say that the number of vaccine injuries compensated through the special vaccine injury court system is infinitesimal compared to the huge number of vaccines given over the years.

On the other hand, experts point out that vaccine court cases represent only a small fraction of total vaccine injuries, since most parents of vaccine-injured children never file for compensation. Most don’t even know about of the compensation program, according to experts who have investigated awareness.

To date, more than $4.6 billion has been paid as part of compensation for vaccine injuries.

[ifinnegan]

Obamacare will have the government pay for anything any way they can.

[Varsity Flight]

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[dynoman]

Covid vaccines aren’t under VICP because they are EUA.

They are under CICP, which is much less generous.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2034438

[Pollard]

The Department of Justice (which defends vaccine makers against injury claims in court)

That's just not right

its expert pro-vaccine medical witnesses, secretly acknowledged that vaccines caused autism

Having a son who got a round of vaccines and then a few weeks later went through a major developmental change like a switch was flipped in his brain, this doesn't surprise me. Enrages me but doesn't surprise me. We're poor so we'd never have a chance in court. Takes money to hire lawyers. We wouldn't even be able to afford the travel expenses.

[packagingguy]

Review Altern Ther Health Med.
Nov-Dec 2008;14(6):46-53.

A possible central mechanism in autism spectrum disorders, Part 1
Russell L Blaylock

PMID: 19043938

Abstract

The autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of related neurodevelopmental disorders that have been increasing in incidence since the 1980s. Despite a considerable amount of data being collected from cases, a central mechanism has not been offered. A careful review of ASD cases discloses a number of events that adhere to an immunoexcitotoxic mechanism. This mechanism explains the link between excessive vaccination, use of aluminum and ethylmercury as vaccine adjuvants, food allergies, gut dysbiosis, and abnormal formation of the developing brain. It has now been shown that chronic microglial activation is present in autistic brains from age 5 years to age 44 years. A considerable amount of evidence, both experimental and clinical, indicates that repeated microglial activation can initiate priming of the microglia and that subsequent stimulation can produce an exaggerated microglial response that can be prolonged. It is also known that one phenotypic form of microglia activation can result in an outpouring of neurotoxic levels of the excitotoxins, glutamate and quinolinic acid. Studies have shown that careful control of brain glutamate levels is essential to brain pathway development and that excesses can result in arrest of neural migration, as well as dendritic and synaptic loss. It has also been shown that certain cytokines, such as TNF-alpha, can, via its receptor, interact with glutamate receptors to enhance the neurotoxic reaction. To describe this interaction I have coined the term immunoexcitotoxicity, which is described in this article.

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[ChildOfThe60s]

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[Gene Eric]

>> a round of vaccines

Which and why? And how old is your son?

[Pollard]

I have no idea which ones. There’s like 20 of them these days. It was his last round of shots. Seems like they always got 2-3 at once. He was 3 at the time and was speaking plenty of words and forming short sentences. After the switch was flipped he quit talking and didn’t talk again until he was 4 1/2. Quit making eye contact. At 4 1/2, Riding in the back of the car he started reading business signs, Commercial, Insurance, Restaurant etc. Pronounced them all correctly.

[SgtHooper]

Find a law firm/lawyer that will do it on contingency! The legal “take” may approach 40%, but that serves as an enormous motivation to be successful, and would compensate you for such travesties.

[Gene Eric]

Got it — the “routine” vaccines. Wasn’t sure if you were referring to the current mRNA stuff.

How is he communicating lately? Does he seam present or distant?

[Pollard]

He’s got it pretty mild. They leaned towards Asperger’s but also told us they did that to help us get disability which we never did. We need to see about doing that now as he’s 19 years old. Driving or having a job might be iffy but he’s awoken a little in the past few years so we’ll see.

Quiet, talks in a monotone and you have to talk slow and clear or things go over his head. Clumsy. Our goal right now is to get him so he can take care of himself in a household, cook, clean, shopping etc. Of course shopping means driving or getting a ride here. Rural, no public transportation and I wouldn’t want him living where there is public trans. We’re hoping his sister will watch over him. Going to build a second house here and when we’re gone, they can each have one and no payments to make.

[Gene Eric]

Has he demonstrated any areas of technical interest or skills? I know of a few that have Asperger’s, and they excel in certain areas given the ‘ability’ to tune out the world. Also young adult males aren’t the best at communication — perhaps that’s compounding things.

Good planning regarding the second home.

[Pollard]

Likes tech, good at math and a memory like a elephant.

I need to try and get him onto programming again. He gets frustrated easily. Tried Python and the, Invalid Syntax, message got to him big time.

I’m a talented blue collar guy and was kinda looking forward to teaching that but even without autism/Asperger’s, that wasn’t a guarantee.

Maybe I’ll try CAD drawing/drafting and maybe some other programming language for the web. Best for at home freelancing. I tried getting him to build his own website a few years ago. He’s had a lot more time online now so maybe I can have him do that. I know html and css pretty well and have used WordPress and other Content Management Systems to build a couple of dozen websites. Most CMSs are done with PHP which has Error messages that give a better clue than Invalid Syntax.

[Kevmo]

I’ll be sending you a PM about building a website.

[Pollard]

I know html and css pretty well and have used WordPress and other Content Management Systems to build a couple of dozen websites. Most CMSs are done with PHP which has Error messages that give a better clue than Invalid Syntax.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3987066/posts?page=15#15

But I'll take whatever info you have beyond that.

[Gene Eric]

>> Likes tech, good at math and a memory like a elephant.

Not surprised to hear that. And that’s good.

Scripting languages like Python may not have enough structure for newbies. It’s a decent language, but without guidance (or a lot of patience) it can be a frustrating experience. And that won’t motivate your son.

Given today’s languages, C# would be a better fit since the coding environment provides better guidance and feedback. It’s also a gentle language unlike the similarly named C/C++. Give it a try by downloading the free community version of Visual Studio. VS provides wizards to setup a variety project types from simple console “Hello World” apps to the more advanced web services stuff.

Teach him to overcome the anxiety when confronted with the bugs, syntax errors, etc. Take a break, try again, try something different — valuable mental exercises that can help in the real world too.

[Pollard]

I have a few old Visual CDs and got into it myself years ago. Started building a simple weight calculator for a trade I was in. Simple quantity + weight calculations tallied to a grand total that I know would be useful. I had it working but didn’t have all the static numbers plugged in. Arrays.

I had told him about Visual and thought I saw Visual ** on his screen recently. Didn’t inquire til now but I guess he’s working on a video game in C#.

I think I’ll have him finish my project. It’s easy math and he could see a finished project which will give him some encouragement. I know a magazine it could be advertised in cheap. Selling price could be $20-30.00 or something.

I’ve been kind of letting him go on the PC but have noticed graphics, chat and code on his screen so I had a feeling it was a video game. Might be collaborating. Will have to inquire some more soon. I’ve also noticed he gets up and takes a break quite often and I and the wife had already given him the advice to get take a break.

Speaking of games. I think there’s only been one Nintendo DS game he hasn’t beat in an hour or three. At $30-40.00, it kinda sucked for us. I’m blue collar and the wife is service industry so that’s 2-4 hours of labor for us.

[Gene Eric]

Giving him a project would be great. Create a series of milestones where each completed phase demonstrates progress and perhaps a suitable reward. As a small business, I thrive on rewards ;)

I hear ya’ regarding costs and how it relates to hours on the job. When the unexpected expense happens, I’m like “damn, that’s 10 hours of my time.” — lol.

Regarding his time on the PC, be sure he’s not curiously visiting sites that can cause you problems. There’s a private prison industry that thrives on long-term incarceration of young white males. Just putting that out there for the sake of awareness in the household.