Source: American Chronicle by Michael Wagnitz
Last week Arthur Allen wrote an article for Slate magazine entitled, “Thimerosal Goes to Trial”. Several bloggers made reference to Arthur’s article and his expertise on this subject. They went on to blast the know-nothing, irrational parents who feel their children were injured via injection with large doses of organic mercury. Hit especially hard was Dr. Mark Geier, one of the most intelligent, honest and courageous people I’ve ever met. Who exactly is Arthur Allen?

In late 2002 Arthur wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine entitled “The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory”. The article centered around an interview with John Hopkins Institute for Vaccine Safety Director Neal Halsey. In the article Halsey describes how devastated he was when he realized how much mercury was in childhood vaccines. He says if mercury had been listed in micrograms rather than per-cent, this would have been discovered long ago. He goes on to state, “but the fact is, no one did the calculation”. Why all of a sudden are all of us now considered crackpots?

Arthur, a free lance writer, knew an opportunity when he saw one. Unfortunately for him, a book came out soon after this entitled, “Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic”. This book was written by another New York free lancer by the name of David Kirby. Mr. Kirby’s book quickly ascended up the New York Times best seller list. He was a regular guest on “Imus in the Morning” and was invited on to “Meet the Press”. Quite an accomplishment for an author.

In the meantime, Mr. Allen had lost his chance to become the spokesman for this hot issue. One thing he did notice was that the other side needed a spokesman. So Mr. Allen did a one-eighty and started work on his book, “Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver”. This book trumpets the opinion that vaccines have saved more lives than any other modern day invention and no one should question their safety. As of today, Mr. Allen’s 2007 published book was rated number 41,058 on Amazon.com sales list. One has to wonder why none of the vaccine manufacturers stepped up to buy/distribute 10,000 copies of this book like they did for Dr. Paul Offit’s similar vaccine book. In a 2007 debate Mr. Kirby and Mr. Allen squared off on thimerosal. This was the mismatch of the century. At least Mr. Allen could have done a little bit of homework on this subject. He seemed to lack any knowledge of relevant facts.

Mr. Allen wonders why he and employee’s of the CDC are being attacked personally. Well Arthur, my little girl has been seriously harmed. I get very angry when some know-nothing whore is making money off of our nightmare. Yes Arthur, I know the definition of whore, “a person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain”.

About the Author: Michael Wagnitz has over 20 years experience evaluating materials for toxic metals. He currently works as a chemist in the toxicology section of a public health lab evaluating biological samples for lead and mercury.