Family to Receive $1.5 Million-Dollar in First-Ever Vaccine-Autism Court Award

The article on Sarah Poling below is dated September 10, 2010. 

Is there anyone who got “overnight autism” within 48 hours before a scheduled Vax shot?

By “overnight autism” I am referring to kids who are completely normal the day before and are clearly autistic the next day. https://t.co/22eDvzaOun

— Steve Kirsch (@stkirsch) September 16, 2023

 

9-year-old Hannah Poling

Hannah was described as normal, happy and precocious in her first 18 months.  

Then, in July 2000, she was vaccinated against nine diseases in one doctor's visit: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae.

Afterward, her health declined rapidly. She developed high fevers, stopped eating, didn't respond when spoken to, began showing signs of autism, and began having screaming fits. In 2002, Hannah's parents filed an autism claim in federal vaccine court. Five years later, the government settled the case before trial and had it sealed. It's taken more than two years for both sides to agree on how much Hannah will be compensated for her injuries

Check out how the government phrases the cause of Hannah's injuries, calling it an " unknown mitochondrial disorder that did not cause her autism but resulted in it. So the vaccine was not the cause but autism was the result of the vaccine.  Got it?  

In acknowledging Hannah's injuries, the government said vaccines aggravated an unknown mitochondrial disorder Hannah had which didn't "cause" her autism, but "resulted" in it. It's unknown how many other children have similar undiagnosed mitochondrial disorder. All other autism "test cases" have been defeated at trial. Approximately 4,800 are awaiting disposition in federal vaccine court.

Time Magazine summed up the relevance of the Poling case in 2008: ...(T)here's no denying that the court's decision to award damages to the Poling family puts a chink -- a question mark -- in what had been an unqualified defense of vaccine safety with regard to autism. If Hannah Poling had an underlying condition that made her vulnerable to being harmed by vaccines, it stands to reason that other children might also have such vulnerabilities."

Then-director of the Centers for Disease Control Julie Gerberding (who is now President of Merck Vaccines) stated: "The government has made absolutely no statement indicating that vaccines are a cause of autism. This does not represent anything other than a very specific situation and a very sad situation as far as the family of the affected child."

Sharyl Attkisson wants to know: does Sarah's case form an exception from vaccine culpability or does it set a precedent for lawsuits going forward?