From: Natural News
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
(NaturalNews) BREAKING: CDC whistleblower William Thompson has now gone
public with a statement posted on the website of the law firm
representing him, Morgan Verkamp LLC. (See the full statement reprinted
below.)
The statement opens with a blatant admission of scientific fraud at the CDC:
My
name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, where I have worked since 1998. I
regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant
information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics.
The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the
MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism.
Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data
were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not
followed.
The full letter is available at this link.
In the letter, Dr. Thompson confirms the fact that he had multiple
phone conversations with Brian Hooker and that the CDC has not been
honest about the risks associated with MMR vaccines.
The letter
then goes on to repeat the typical vaccine propaganda of our time: all
vaccines are miracle medicine, the CDC is highly professional, there has
been no retaliation against him and so on. Intelligent readers will of
course take all these statements with a grain of salt, understanding
just how much political and legal pressure has no doubt been exerted
onto Dr. Thompson up to this point.
The relevant portion of Dr. Thompson's statement is contained in the first paragraph. It is an open admission of scientific fraud at the CDC, and the admission of this by William Thompson is an historic moment for our world.
Dr. Thompson's public statement follows the release of secret emails by Natural News
Dr.
William Thompson chose to release his public statement less than one
day after Natural News published the second in a series of once-secret
emails between Dr. Thompson and his CDC colleagues.
The release
of those emails may have been pivotal in Dr. Thompson's choice to go
public with his own statement. The vaccine establishment, which
immediately and predictably accused Natural News of fabricating the two
emails, is now backpedaling as rapidly as possible with the full
knowledge that Dr. Thompson's public statement affirms and supports the authenticity of those emails.
Natural News, in other words, was instrumental in breaking this
historical story about medical fraud at the highest levels of the CDC.
(Credit is also due to many other independent media organizations and
alternative journalists who pounded this story from day one.)
Those two emails are available here:
February 2nd, 2004 letter to Dr. Julie Gerberding:
October
18, 2002 letter to Melinda Wharton, Coleen Boyle and others, where
William Thompson announces he is hiring his own lawyer and implies a CDC
cover-up of a D.O.J. investigation:
MMR vaccine fraud at the CDC now admitted by a key CDC scientist
There are four astonishing realizations that now come to mind from Dr. Thompson's public statement:
Firstly,
this admission proves beyond any question that the reporting of this
fraud by the alternative media has been factual and true. It also
underscores the astonishing fact that the alternative media alone broke
this story, pre-empting the New York Times, Washington Post and every
Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist in the world. The tables have now
turned. It is solely the alternative media which is now breaking most of
the really important investigative stories of our time. Does this mean
alternative media journalists will now be nominated for Pulitzer prizes?
Don't hold your breath on that one...
Secondly, it also proves
that CDC scientists did in fact conspire to alter the study data in
order to bury significant results linking the MMR vaccine to heightened
autism risk in African-American children. This is now openly admitted by
a key author of the 2004 study cited by the CDC as "proof" that
vaccines are absolutely safe.
Thirdly, it now demands that the 2004 study referenced in all this be immediately retracted.
This is an open admission of scientific fraud. Any failure to retract
the study will now only underline the depth of the fraud and the
abandonment of scientific principles by the CDC and the science journal
itself.
Fourthly, all this also reveals that the entire world owes a massive and immediate apology to Dr. Andrew Wakefield
whose career and reputation have been destroyed by the very people who
conspired to commit scientific fraud at the CDC. We must all now call
upon the media to run headlines like, "Dr. Wakefield Vindicated: MMR
Vaccine Fraud Confirmed."
Dr. Thompson condemns the CDC's secrecy regarding vaccine risks
What's
also very interesting about this statement by William Thompson is his
implication that the CDC knowingly hides the truth about vaccine risks
from the public. He says:
There have always been recognized
risks for vaccination and I believe it is the responsibility of the CDC
to properly convey the risks associated with receipt of those vaccines.
There are three crucial points to understand here:
#1) Vaccines ALWAYS come with risks.
#2) The CDC has a moral obligation to communicate these risks to the public.
#3) (Implied) The CDC has FAILED to communicate these risks to the public.
I
agree with all three of these points, by the way. That Dr. Thompson
would feel these are so important to include in his one and only public
statement on this matter underscores the importance of what he's trying
to communicate. What Dr. Thompson is saying is that the CDC is hiding the truth about vaccine dangers from the public. And that's what I've also been saying all along.
See,
the modern scientific delusion about vaccines has been predicated on
the belief that vaccines only offer benefits while imposing zero risks.
This is the anti-science quackery which is brazenly repeated by the CDC,
vaccine manufacturers, doctors and health organizations.
A more honest analysis of vaccines would have to conclude that vaccines come with some level of inherent risk of harm and death. Scientists can argue all day about the size of such risks, but no rational person can ever honestly say such risks are zero.
And
yet the position of the CDC has always been that vaccines are
"magically safe" as if they possess magical powers that prohibit all
harm. This position is ridiculous at every level, yet it is the official
stance of the CDC.
This is why no one trusts the CDC: they lie as a matter of policy
It
is this ridiculous, quack science position which discredits the CDC and
the entire vaccine industry. For vaccine promoters to lie to the public
and say vaccines have "zero risk of harm" is to admit they are all
quacks and liars. It would be far more believable and ethical to say
something like, "For every 100,000 children who receive these vaccines,
250 will become autistic and 15 will die in a coma." (Numbers invented
here for illustration purposes only. These are not actual numbers from
any particular study, in case you were wondering.)
If the CDC were honest with the public, then parents could make informed decisions
about what level of risk they wish to undergo. Is it worth vaccinating a
child against measles if the risk of that child becoming autistic is 1
in 100,000? How about 1 in 1,000? What if it's actually more like 1 in
250?
The public has never been allowed to know these numbers because people like Dr. William Thompson conspired to commit scientific fraud and bury these numbers.
And that's the point in all this. That's the smoking gun which has now
been revealed, thanks almost entirely to the independent (alternative)
media and our relentless dedication to real investigative journalism.
There
is no such thing as "absolute safety" in any medical procedure; not
even in something as incredibly safe as therapeutic massage. But the sad
fact that the CDC, the vaccine industry and the vaccine zealots have
pushed the absurd delusion that vaccines are "absolutely safe" -- i.e.
they present ZERO risk -- is an admission of scientific quackery (or
scientific illiteracy).
This is why the vaccine industry has lost the public relations war on vaccines: because everybody knows the CDC is lying all the time. How do you know when the CDC is lying? When their lips are moving.
Professional criminals at the CDC: It's all business
The funny thing about all this is that here, as the editor of Natural News, I'm not even an opponent of the theory of immunization!
If vaccines were honestly marketed with credible descriptions of their
inherent risks, thereby allowing parents to make informed decisions
about those risks, there would probably be very little resistance
against them. (And if all the toxic preservatives and adjuvants were
removed from vaccines, there might not be any resistance at all.)
The
CDC, through precisely the kind of scientific fraud Dr. Thompson has
admitted to, has become its own worst enemy by actively deciding to lie to the American public
for decades through the deliberate commission of scientific fraud,
pushing a quack science delusion which has now been shattered by one of
its own scientists.
Now we know the CDC is a cabal of liars and
criminals, even if they are "professional" criminals as Dr. Thompson
laments in his public statement when he says, "My colleagues and
supervisors at the CDC have been entirely professional since this matter
became public." Bank robbers and kidnappers can also be "professional,"
because just like the vaccine industry, it's all business! Nothing personal!
Why Dr. Thompson should be granted immunity and called to testify before Congress
Personally,
I want to thank Dr. Thompson for breaking the conspiracy of silence and
going public with his open admission of scientific fraud at the CDC. I
believe Dr. Thompson operates with a far higher ethical and moral
standard than most of his colleagues, and I believe he is now operating
in crisis mode to protect his own life while under the threat of
professional persecution or worse.
It is now a matter of public
record that Dr. William Thompson and his colleagues at the CDC knowingly
and willfully conspired to commit scientific fraud in order to hide
from the public the truth about the dangers of MMR vaccines. This fact
is now irrefutable and stands as a milestone in the history of
corruption and criminality at the CDC.
The fact that Dr. Thompson
is still a "fan" of vaccines only brings more weight to his admission
that vaccine fraud was committed at the CDC. If anything, Dr. Thompson
has every reason to disclaim any such fraud ever took place. In fact, I
half expected Dr. Thompson to come out with a carefully-engineered
statement claiming he never talked to Brian Hooker, never wrote the
emails we released and never committed any fraud at all.
And yet,
to his credit, he has honestly and openly admitted to the scientific
fraud in which he participated. For that reason alone, I believe Dr.
William Thompson should be commended for his honesty. At the same time,
he should also be called before a congressional investigations committee and asked a long series of additional questions about what really went on at the CDC.
In preparation for that testimony, Dr. Thompson should, I believe, be granted legal immunity from government prosecution for his role in committing the vaccine fraud we now know took place.
I
realize that some in the autism community might disagree with my view
on this particular point. Some would say that Dr. Thompson should be
charged with felony crimes and prosecuted by the government. Although I
can very easily understand the anger and frustration that would lead
many people to suggest such actions, I personally believe it is far more
valuable for us all if Dr. Thompson is granted immunity and encouraged
to testify under oath so that the true depth of the scientific fraud at
the CDC can be made part of the official congressional record. If Dr.
Thompson truly believes in CDC transparency as his letter suggests, he
will be happy to testify before Congress.
After all, Dr. Thompson
is merely a small fish in a very large crime ring. The real ring
leaders are right now getting away scot-free. They are the ones who need
to be brought to justice and prosecuted in a court of law.
Full statement of Dr. William Thompson
Click here for the source.August
27, 2014 Press Release, "Statement of William W. Thompson, Ph.D.,
Regarding the 2004 Article Examining the Possibility of a Relationship
Between MMR Vaccine and Autism"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-AUGUST 27,2014 My
name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, where I have worked since 1998.I
regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant
information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics.
The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the
MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism.
Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data
were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not
followed.I want to be absolutely clear that I believe vaccines
have saved and continue to save countless lives. I would never suggest
that any parent avoid vaccinating children of any race. Vaccines
prevent serious diseases, and the risks associated with their
administration are vastly outweighed by their individual and societal
benefits.My concern has been the decision to omit relevant
findings in a particular study for a particular sub group for a
particular vaccine. There have always been recognized risks for
vaccination and I believe it is the responsibility of the CDC to
properly convey the risks associated with receipt of those vaccines.I
have had many discussions with Dr. Brian Hooker over the last 10
months regarding studies the CDC has carried out regarding vaccines and
neurodevelopmental outcomes including autism spectrum disorders. I
share his belief that CDC decision-making and analyses should be
transparent. I was not, however, aware that he was recording any of our
conversations, nor was I given any choice regarding whether my name
would be made public or my voice would be put on the Internet.I am grateful for the many supportive e-mails that I have received over the last several days.I
will not be answering further questions at this time. I am providing
information to Congressman William Posey, and of course will continue
to cooperate with Congress. I have also offered to assist with
reanalysis of the study data or development of further studies. For
the time being, however, I am focused on my job and my family.Reasonable
scientists can and do differ in their interpretation of information. I
will do everything I can to assist any unbiased and objective
scientists inside or outside the CDC to analyze data collected by the
CDC or other public organizations for the purpose of understanding
whether vaccines are associated with an increased risk of autism.
There are still more questions than answers, and I appreciate that so
many families are looking for answers from the scientific community.My
colleagues and supervisors at the CDC have been entirely professional
since this matter became public. In fact, I received a
performance-based award after this story came out. I have experienced
no pressure or retaliation and certainly was not escorted from the
building, as some have stated.Dr. Thompson is represented by Frederick M. Morgan,Jr., Morgan Verkamp, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, www.morganverkamp.com
