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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REPEAL THE 1986

NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT AND SUBPOENA DR. WILLIAM

THOMPSON

     

     Introduced By: Senators Metts, Quezada, Paolino, Morgan, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

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     WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) was signed into law

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on Nov 14, 1986, in order to reduce the potential financial liability of vaccine makers due to

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vaccine injury claims. The law gave vaccine manufacturers complete immunity from being sued

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when their vaccines cause serious harm or even death; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition, the NCVIA limits patients' and parents' ability to refuse

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vaccinations; and

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     WHEREAS, Since the childhood vaccine schedule was expanded in the 1980s, the rates

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of autism have skyrocketed along with the increases in the number of vaccines given to children;

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and

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     WHEREAS, In 2014, Dr. William Thompson came forward with a confession of

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scientific fraud at the Centers for Disease Control in regards to a study done in 2004, regarding

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the relationship between developing autism and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine;

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and

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     WHEREAS, In August 2014, under Federal whistleblower protection, Dr. Thompson, a

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Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, came forward with a

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confession stating that despite CDC's claims to the contrary, the study done in 2004 showed a

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causative relationship between childhood vaccines and autism; and

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     WHEREAS, Dr. Thompson released a statement through his attorney that he and his

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colleagues at the CDC had committed research fraud by destroying data showing a link between

 

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the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and the development of autism in young

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children; and

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     WHEREAS, In 2016, the Director of the CDC, Thomas Frieden, sent a letter blocking

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Dr. William Thompson from testifying in a Tennessee court case involving a 16 year old boy who

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claims his autism was caused by the vaccine. The Director later stated that "Dr. William

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Thompson's deposition testimony would not substantially promote the objectives of CDC or

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HHS"; and

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     WHEREAS, To date, the House Oversight Committee of the United States House of

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Representatives has failed to hold a hearing and a thorough investigation of Dr. Thompson's

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allegations; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby urges the Oversight Committee of the United States House of Representatives to subpoena

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Dr. William Thompson to testify and provide details of the scientific fraud and cover-up at the

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CDC; and

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests the Congress to conduct a

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study utilizing unbiased and objective scientists inside or outside the CDC to analyze data

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collected by the CDC or other public organizations for the purpose of understanding whether

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vaccines are associated with an increased risk of autism; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests the United States Congress to

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amend the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA):

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     1. To require patients and parents be given information regarding the risks and supposed

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benefits of vaccinations;

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     2. To allow single measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to be made available; and

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     3. To require that all vaccines be classified as pharmaceutical drugs and tested

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accordingly; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Chair of the Oversight Committee of the

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United States House of Representatives, Elijah J. Cummings, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the

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Majority Leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell, and members of the Rhode Island

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Congressional Delegation.

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