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This The hidden enemy Hi All, Many of you will be aware that WA trial started in 2008. I presented Saba Button, the young girl from Perth, my research on the children's influenza who became mentally and physically vaccine at the National Health Promo- FYI: disabled after an influenza vaccine in tion Association Conference in Perth in 2010 will receive a multimillion dollar May 2009 under the title: “Childhood https://www.youtube.com/ compensation payment for this tragic Influenza Immunisation: How is this pro- watch?v=YmvuYTH5nU0#t=74 event. This verdict was announced on gram promoted and evaluated?” Here is Friday (June 6, 2014) after the parents the link to the information I presented at https://www.youtube.com/ took legal action against CSL for the this conference to health professionals: watch?v=vxdxZkzQDgQ harm caused to their daughter. In turn http://www.vaccinationdecisions.net/ CSL counter-sued the WA government. resources/Ethical%20Issues%20of%20 https://www.youtube.com/ These details can be found here: http:// Childhood%20Influenza%20Immunisa- watch?v=II96QkZaz1E www.news.com.au/national/western- tion%20Final%20100423.pdf australia/parents-of-saba-button-who- https://www.youtube.com/ was-victim-of-flu-vaccine-debacle- Here is another link to my article that watch?v=TC34j2hTnvA receive-payout-from-wa-government/ describes the serious adverse reac- story-fnii5thn-1226945651845 tions that occurred to this vaccine in https://www.youtube.com/ 2010 and the inadequate adverse event watch?v=EVYCddabpOw In Australia parents have been told that reporting system that Professor Bryant mercury was removed from childhood Stokes described in his independent re- https://www.youtube.com/ vaccines by 2004 but there are still port carried out in 2010 http://vactruth. watch?v=UDlH9sV0lHU some vaccines with mercury in them. com/2010/11/22/how-government-and- In particular, some brands of influenza pharmaceutical-companies-gamble- DSM vaccines that are administered from with-your-childs-life/ a multidose vial. Each dose from a 10 https://www.youtube.com/ dose vial contains 24.5 micrograms of Australians need to be aware that unlike watch?v=Nh6-79wc2Ac mercury. Mercury has been in vaccines the US we do not have a Vaccine Injury in a compound called thiomersal [AKA Compensation Scheme funded by the thimerosal - Ed] (49% mercury) and government to address the damage ADHD in 2013 it was still listed in the infant many individuals experience from vac- https://www.youtube.com/ hepatitis B vaccine (given at birth) and cines.
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