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
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
