THE LIFE SENTENCE TO ALAN YURKO / 594

Dr. Harold Buttram

Two days ago I mentioned Dr. Harold Buttram, one of the presenters at the recent Evidence Based Medicine and Social Investigation Conference. This is an addendum to my information concerning him.

I will here provide you with a link to an article written by Dr. Buttram entitled, ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine-Induced Encephalitis?’ which will inform and alarm you. The article’s inspiration was the case of Alan Ream Yurko at whose trial Buttram testified that it was not shaking but six vaccines that contributed to the death of Yurko’s 10 week old son, Alan. Mr. Yurko was sentenced to life plus ten years. After serving seven years, an appeal won his release. The article shows that the theories on which the SBS is based are both undocumented and flawed and that convictions in many cases of the SBS may have been the result of misdiagnosis, the true cause of death or injury having been vaccine-related.

See a video on vaccination dangers that features the Yurko story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdSp3hyuHk&feature=player_detailpage#t=188s

There is an intensifying public outcry by parents demanding the right to accept or reject vaccines for their children. Not understanding the issues well enough myself, I have often puzzled over the strong opinions expressed to me by young parents. Some believe that the dangers of current vaccines may approach or even exceed the dangers of the infectious diseases themselves. The difficulty is that such questions do not have clear solution since there have been little more than cursory investigations of potential serious adverse effects. Clearly there is a need for authoritative investigations into both the immediate and long term effects on the immunologic and neurologic systems.

The introduction to his article says this:

“Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) commonly describes a combination of subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage, and diffuse axonal injury (DAI) as the triad of diagnostic criteria. In some, the presence of rib or other fractures is also taken as a sign of abuse.(1-3)
The basic issue to be reviewed here is whether or not in some instances in which a father, family member, or caretaker has been accused of causing the death of an infant or child from the SBS, the true cause of death was a catastrophic vaccine reaction.
This article concerns an unpublished series of 25 cases involving accusations or convictions for the SBS, largely collected by attorney and jury counselor Toni Blake of San Diego, California (personal communication, 2000), as well as some from personal knowledge, which have the following features: 1) All occurred in fragile infants born from complicated pregnancies. Problems included prematurity, low birth weights, drug/alcohol problems, diabetic mothers, or other maternal complications. 2) All infants were 6 months or less of age. 3) Onset of signs and symptoms occurred at about 2, 4, or 6 months of age, within 12 days of vaccines. 4) All infants had subdural hematomas. 5) Some had multiple fractures.
Few published studies on vaccine effects include before-and-after studies of immune parameters or brain function studies such as electroencephalograms, or long-term safety monitoring. Inadequate consideration has been given to the additive or synergistic adverse effects of multiple simultaneous vaccines, although in the case of toxic chemicals, two compounds together may be 10 times more toxic than either separately, or 3 compounds 100 times more toxic.(4,5)”

1. MEMORANDUMIN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR POST CONVICTION RELIEF for YURKO
2. Shaken BabySyndrome or Vaccine-InduceEncephalitis? TheStory of Baby Alan
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdSp3hyuHk&feature=player_detailpage#t=188s

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