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The Autism Cases
In last month's issue, we discussed the Vaccine Court's (Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) trio of decisions that found no causative links between childhood vaccinations and the onset of autism and gastrointestinal problems in three children. In all three cases, the claimants sought compensation from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Vaccine Program) (See 42 U.S.C. ' 300aa-10, et. seq.), which, since 1988, has compensated victims of known or proven vaccination side effects.
We focused on the case of Michelle Cedillo, a child who was reaching all of her developmental milestones until shortly after she received an MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shot in December 1995. In the week following the inoculation, she developed a high fever and gastrointestinal complaints. She soon lost the ability to do many of the things she had once done, including her speech capabilities. Michelle was diagnosed with autism in July 1997.
Michelle's parents filed a claim seeking compensation from the Vaccine Program, asserting that: 1) Michelle contracted autism through exposure to thimerosal; 2) Michelle contracted autism through exposure to the measles virus in the MMR vaccine; and 3) Michelle developed gastrointestinal dysfunction due to exposure to the measles virus in the MMR vaccine. The decision on these claims, issued by Special Master George L. Hastings Jr. in Cedillo v. Sec'y of HHS, No. 98-916V (Spec. Mstr. Feb. 12, 2009), said that the Cedillos had failed to prove that the vaccines caused Michelle's autism and/or her gastrointestinal ailments.
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