Our Correspondence:
Dear Dr Hotez,
I had been wondering what caused autism and have been
reading and researching a great deal on the subject. Your recent news story has
finally put the pieces of the puzzle together for me and you did it in one
sentence. I congratulate you. At first I thought autism was caused by the
measles virus disrupting the gut but now I see it is the Rubella part of the
vaccination. This sentence makes it so crystal clear I am embarrassed I never
thought of it before!
“Ironically, the only known cause of autism is rubella,
which the MMR vaccine prevents.”
Of course kids become autistic after their MMR. You have just injected live
rubella virus in to their precious little bodies. Now if researchers can only
find a way to treat injected Rubella virus maybe some kids can be recovered.
Thanks for the revelation.
Maybe you can work at that while researching vaccines in
the George Washington University. How wonderful it would be for you to be the
one who saved a nation of children with one sentence.
His reply:
Dear Wendy; Thanks for your note.
Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) is a major cause of congenital malformations
that comprise a constellation of syndromes including heart defects, cataracts,
and brain defects and profound mental retardation. It occurs in children born to
mothers who are not vaccinated against rubella (german measles) and acquire
rubella during their pregnancy. Because in many parts of Latin America, for
instance, where they do not add "R" to "M" there are an estimated 30,000 babies
born every year with CRS. This is a sad situation given that it is entirely
preventable by vaccinating mothers against rubella with MMR. If you are
interested in this further, you might contact David Bedell at the Sabin Vaccine
Institute at the above address. Best regards,
Peter Hotez
Peter J Hotez MD PhD
Professor and Chairman
Dept. Microbiology and Tropical Medicine
The George Washington University
Ross Hall, Room 736
2300 Eye St. NW
Washington DC 20037
Tel. 202-994-3532
Fax. 202-994-2913
Cellphone 202-841-3020
email mtmpjh@gwumc.edu
>>> <Lovthatlea@aol.com> 04/07/03 01:55PM >>>
So then Rubella virus doesn't cause autism in babies born to mothers who
contract rubella? Why did you make that statement?
it does, but in the case of rubella, the autism is also associated with
numerous other congenital defects, unlike most cases of PDD.
Peter J Hotez MD PhD
Professor and Chairman
Dept. Microbiology and Tropical Medicine
The George Washington University
Ross Hall, Room 736
2300 Eye St. NW
Washington DC 20037
Tel. 202-994-3532
Fax. 202-994-2913
Cellphone 202-841-3020
email mtmpjh@gwumc.edu
Here is the reason Dr Hotez can't
understand why vaccines might have something to do with vaccines......
Global Medicine and
Health
Hotez Named Chair of Microbiology and
Tropical Medicine
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD has joined GW
Medical Center as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Tropical
Medicine. An internationally recognized medical parasitologist and tropical
disease expert, Dr. Hotez is breaking new ground in the molecular biology and
epidemiology of diseases caused by parasitic helminths, or worm parasites, and
the development of vaccines that combat them. He heads a department at GWUMC
that, along with substantial ongoing microbiology research projects, is unique
in its scope as it seeks to develop new vaccines and drugs for previously
neglected diseases in developing countries.
Dr. Hotez is the principal investigator of
an $18 million hookworm vaccine grant received by the Albert B. Sabin Vaccine
Institute of New Canaan, Connecticut from the the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. The initial research under the grant is being conducted at the GW
Medical Center. Additional funding for Dr. Hotez's research is from the
National Insitutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases), The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the American Heart
Association, and the China Medical Board of New York.
http://www.gwumc.edu/globalmd/hotez.htm
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