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This is something I believe needs to be read and researched:

Kathleen Seidel wrote a blog on neurodiversity.com about a lawsuit brought forth by Rev. Lisa Sykes and Seth Sykes claiming that vaccines caused their child’s autism.

From Ars Technica:
Despite the fact that all evidence points against the existence of a link, some parents of autistic children have pursued both “cures” for mercury poisoning and lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers.

Now they are going after Ms Seidel. It appears to be primarily because of this paragraph:

“And thus the Sykes’ legal odyssey continues ad infinitum — a hydra-headed quest for revenge, for compensation, and for judicial validation of autism causation theories roundly rejected by the greater scientific community, by numerous courts, and by a great number of individuals and families whose interests they purport to represent.”

This is from Ars Technica:
In late March, Siedel received a subpoena that seeks her appearance as part of the lawsuit. Should the subpoena stand, Siedel would also have to produce documents regarding the financial operations of Neurodiversity and any contacts with the government or pharmaceutical industry, other members of the autism blogging community, or scientific journals. Bizarrely, Siedel would also have to produce any “communication with any religious groups (Muslim or otherwise)”—this may be related to the fact that one half of the couple is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.

It appears to me to be a case of parents looking for someone or something to blame and lashing out at whoever disagrees.

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