Letters to the Editor

Why the hatter was mad

Thank you for your article by Cheryl Wetzstein regarding thimerosal in childhood vaccines (“Mercury-laced vaccines a threat, child group says,” Nation, Monday).

As the mother of a vaccine-injured, mercury-poisoned child, I encourage you to do more research on the truth regarding vaccines and the epidemic of autism. You have the ability to help expose the truth behind what I and others see as a reprehensible cover-up by the government and the pharmaceutical industry.

WENDY FOURNIER

Portsmouth, R.I.

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The hatter was mad because he made hat forms with mercury. Giving mercury to children is like falling into Wonderland and not being able to get out, ever.

Here is how my oldest daughter, Willa, responded to her mercury-laced vaccinations at age 4. She lay down on the floor and began to scream and didn’t stop for 14 hours. Then, when she stopped, she became unable to wear clothes (it was the middle of winter), had trouble walking in the morning (putting one foot in front of the other had to be the result of instructions rather than habit) and could no longer balance herself on one foot. She also completely forgot everything she had known about reading and writing.

Now, after years of occupational therapy and a very strict routine and diet, she is functioning almost normally. Almost.

So, a scientist who works for a pharmaceutical company sees no connection between mercury and autism-spectrum disorders and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes it without any comment on the obvious conflict of interest. Who ever said things make sense in Wonderland?

LAURIE ESSIG

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