1. Immunizations and Autism
Thomas Schlenker, MD, MPH
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

2. Pertussis

3. Against God and Nature
“…the English are Fools and Madmen. Fools, because they Give their children the small-pox to Prevent their catching it; and madmen because they wantonly communicate a Certain dreadful distemper to their children, merely to prevent an Uncertain evil.”
Voltaire, 1733

4. Utah-1996
“When our Creator fashioned the human body, He closed the blood stream from outside contamination…How can life be sustained by putting filth and poison into the blood stream?”
“Eighty-five percent of SIDS cases occur in the first six months of a child’s life. DPT vaccine is usually administered to infants between two and six months of age, that should say something.”

5. “Mothering”
The Natural Living Family Magazine

6. “Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective”
“Although polio is virtually nonexistent in the United States today, no credible scientific evidence indicates that the vaccine caused the disease to disappear.”
Neil Z. Miller, research journalist, 2002

7. Poliomyelitis-United States 1920-1970

8. Poliomyelitis-United States 1950-2001

9. “The Vaccine Guide-Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults”
“The accumulated evidence of devastating disease caused by vaccines is shocking and scandalous. The damage that vaccines cause on immune functions is now undeniable.”
Randall Neustaedter, OMD, homeopathist and practitioner of Oriental medicine, 2002

10. Surfing the Web
“…anti-vaccinationists have essentially commandeered the search term ‘vaccination’ on the Internet.”
“Vaccine safety activists on the Internet” Wolfe R. Expert Rev Vaccines 2002;1:

11. Medical Terrorism
“Some day it will be realized that pediatricians, who are poisoning newborn babies with mercury, foreign viruses and other chemical preservatives are perpetuating the largest and most terrible terrorist program in history.”
Mark Sircus, OMD (“Dr. Mark”)
National Vaccine Information Center web page

12. “Autism: A novel form of mercury poisoning” Bernard S et al
“Autism: A novel form of mercury poisoning” Bernard S et al. Medical Hypothesis 2001;56:462
“Thimerosal and Autism” Nelsen K, Bauman M. Pediatrics 2003;111:674

13. “Our kids are getting massive amounts of mercury…Our data show that the more mercury children received in their childhood vaccines the more neurodevelopment disorders there are. We’ve looked at this every possible way and every time there’s massive evidence to support it…massive lawsuits.” WorldNetDaily June 9, Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD, David Geier. “Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the United States” Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 2003;8:6-11

15. Mad cows and Dr. Wakefield
12 children with enterocolitis and regressive development disorder
8/12 MMR-associated by parental recall
Ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia
Measles virus particles in nodules
Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A, et al. Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children. Lancet 1998;351:637-41

16. Wisconsin Refuse one or more immunizations:
<1% (55%),
<5% (94%)
Frequent sources of information:
Family and friends
Alternative medicine (chiropractors)
Internet
Most frequently refused: Varicella, MMR
Questions: Autism and MMR/Thimerosal

17. Immunization Trends Wisconsin 1990-2003

18. Immunization Waivers Wisconsin 1990-2003