February 25th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
David Kirby of the Huffington Post reports that the government has quietly conceded one of the cases heard by the Court of Federal Claims. This is the same group of cases that included Cedillio vs. HHS. It bugs me that there is no link to an official report, but then it wouldn’t be quiet, would it?
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.“The vaccinations received on July 19, 2000, significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder,” the concession says, “which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism, and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of ASD.”
This statement is good news for the girl and her family, who will now be compensated for the lifetime of care she will require. But its implications for the larger vaccine-autism debate, and for public health policy in general, are not as certain.
I don’t recommend much from the HuffPo, but this is an interesting read.
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February 25th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I have wondered about this link quite a bit actually, because my little neice has an ASD. Interesting article. Thanks.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:02 am
[...] then see Vaccines Linked to Autism Case on the right) on the case of Hannah Poling, whose case the government conceded last week. At 1:57: The Poling case is the first of its kind to become public, but our [...]