Report: Government knew of autism link

Report: Government knew of autism link
By Jon Brodkin/ Daily News Staff
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - Updated: 12:25 AM EST

Eight years before the U.S. government decided to remove mercury from most childhood vaccines, federal health officials were already receiving reports linking vaccinations to new cases of autism.

Starting in 1991 after the government set up a database to record adverse reactions to vaccines, doctors, parents and others reported frightening responses to inoculations in children subsequently diagnosed with autism.

Vaccinated children exhibited severe brain damage, high-pitched "hyena" laughs and screams, drunken behavior, senseless babbling, infantile spasms and seizures, "bug-eyed" looks, and the complete loss of abilities like toilet training and language, according to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).

There were 83 such reports from across the country before the government asked vaccine manufacturers in 1999 to remove thimerosal -- a preservative containing mercury.

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