Controversial documentary: Vaxxed From Cover Up to Catastrophe causes a stir in the media

Daniel Bates & Stephen Adams
Daily Mail
Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:33 UTC

Robert De Niro has come under fire for championing a highly controversial film by a disgraced British doctor, which attempts to link the MMR vaccine to autism.

The A-lister has intervened to ensure Vaxxed: From Cover-up To Catastrophe, directed by Andrew Wakefield, will be shown at his Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month.

The 72-year-old, who has an autistic son, Elliot, with his wife Grace Hightower, said he wanted to promote a 'discussion' about the documentary, which will claim US health authorities covered up evidence linking the triple jab for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) to rising autism rates.

Robert De Niro (left) has come under fire for championing a highly controversial film about vaccination. The star has an autistic son, Elliot (centre) with his wife Grace Hightower (right)

He denied being 'anti-vaccine' or endorsing the film, but confirmed it was the first time he had lobbied for a movie to be shown at the festival.

In the film, Wakefield attempts to reignite the MMR controversy by claiming US authorities 'sliced and diced' data to mask a link with autism. It is 18 years since he sparked the health scare, after writing an article in The Lancet suggesting that MMR could cause the developmental disorder.

It led to plunging vaccination rates - triggering measles outbreaks across Europe and the US on a scale not seen in decades. Measles can cause profound deafness and even kill. In 2010 Wakefield was struck off by the General Medical Council, after a panel found he had acted 'dishonestly and irresponsibly' in conducting 'unethical' research.

Comment: Unethical research? Dr. Wakefield is only one of many highlighting the serious flaws in the MMR vaccination and its effects on children:

• Vaccine failure is well established: Malignant mumps in MMR vaccinated children
• Doctor's MMR Fears
• Early fears about MMR in secret papers
• Mumps vaccine proves ineffective
• CDC whistleblower exposes massive lies about MMR vaccine safety
• Vaccine Failure: Over 1000 Got Mumps in New York in Last Six Months
• The Vaccine Propaganda Machine Continues: Hidden records show MMR 'truth'
• Measles outbreak in Britain, cases across Europe soar by 550%,MMR jab not helping

In Vaxxed he claims the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention manipulated data, adding: 'The CDC had known all along there was this MMR/autism risk.'

Mr De Niro said: 'I am not personally endorsing the film, nor am I anti-vaccination; I am only providing the opportunity for a conversation around the issue.'

Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, England's chief medical officer during the MMR scare, said: 'Wakefield can't appear to accept he has been wrong, wrong, wrong.'

Comment: In truth Dr, Wakefied was right! For a more in depth look at the obvious character assassination of British doctors researching the connections between vaccinations and autism in the 1998 Lancet MMR paper read the following articles:

• Dr. Andrew Wakefield on The Poisoning of Young Minds
• Pharma Propaganda Alert: 'Fraud' Study Linked Autism to Vaccine
• Smoke and Mirrors: Dr Richard Horton and the Wakefield Affair
• Vaccine Dangers: Interview with researcher Dr. Andrew Wakefield
• Big Pharma Smear: Dr. Wakefield Accused of Further Vaccine Fraud
• Blaylock: Big Pharma Vilified Researcher for Threatening Vaccine Program
• Doctor who exposed MMR-autism link defends himself at General Medical Council
• Dr Wakefield demands retraction from BMJ after documents prove innocence from allegations of vaccine autism data fraud

The Department of Health said: 'The safety of MMR has been endorsed through numerous studies.'

Comment: The Department of Health said: 'The safety of MMR has been endorsed through numerous studies.' Really?! CDC whistleblower exposes massive lies about MMR vaccine safety

According to the whistleblower, the CDC has known about this link since at least 2003 but has deliberately chosen to conceal it. The CDC has also speciously chosen to spread the myth that MMR is completely safe and in no way linked to autism.

"The CDC knew about the relationship between the age of first MMR vaccine and autism incidence in African-American boys as early as 2003, but chose to cover it up," states Dr. Hooker in the film, affirming the information he received from the whistleblower.

Bogus 'vaccine court' has even admitted vaccine-autism link through compensation rulings This is made further evident by the fact that the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, on numerous occasions, has validated the vaccine-autism link in "vaccine court" by awarding compensation to families of injured children. In December 2012, for instance, two separate families with children who developed autism following MMR injections were awarded compensation in vaccine court.

"We've missed 10 years of research because the CDC is so paralyzed right now by anything related to autism," stated the whistleblower, who has worked for the CDC for more than 10 years. "They're not doing what they should be doing because they're afraid to look for things that might be associated."

What is the motivation behind the CDC's ongoing refusal to disclose the truth behind MMR and autism? According to Dr. David Lewis, Ph.D., a former senior-level microbiologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development,government agencies routinely skew scientific data in order to save face and perpetuate the illusion of relevance.

"Working for the government is no different than working for corporations," said Dr. Lewis. "You either toe the line or find yourself looking for another way to make a living."

"No one would be surprised if Merck published unreliable data supporting the safety of its products. Why would anyone be surprised that the CDC is publishing skewed data to conclude that the vaccines it recommends are safe? We need a better system, where scientists are free to be honest."