Do vaccines cause autism?

In the last 30 years, the childhood vaccine schedule has tripled, while the U.S. Autism

rate has skyrocketed from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50.

Dozens of published research papers show that yes, vaccines and autism are linked.

Yet the debate rages on in part because of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury

Act, passed by Congress as a result of pharmaceutical lobbying.

It shields drug companies from liability for injuries and deaths caused by the vaccines they

manufacture.

Vaccines that the federal government admits are unavoidably unsafe.

To see how this tilted the law in big, farma's favor, let's look at Eric, a child suffering

from vaccine-induced autism.

At Eric been harmed by a pharmaceutical product other than vaccines, his parents could

sue the manufacturer in civil court, entitling them to the standard legal process with a judge,

jury, private attorneys, legal precedent, and discovery, all within public view.

But for kids like Eric, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act says no.

Instead of suing the pharmaceutical company directly, parents of children like Eric are

forced to petition the Department of Health and Human Services, and if federal health

officials oppose compensation, the case is argued before a special master in the U.S.

claims court.

Many refer to this as vaccine court, though it isn't a court at all, but rather an administrative

procedure in which the family asks the government to admit the vaccine caused their child

harm and requests compensation for the child's care.

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