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May 27, 2025 Community News and Views

Tune in June 6 to Watch ‘The Autism Cover-Up’: 25 Years of Fraud and Corruption

On Friday, June 6, at 10 a.m. ET, Children’s Health Defense will host a free online event about the Simpsonwood scandal and the great autism cover-up. Sign up here to watch the all-day event for free.

Twenty-five years ago, in June of 2000, 52 public health officials, scientists and vaccine manufacturer representatives gathered secretly at the Simpsonwood Retreat in Norcross, Georgia, under strict Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) orders to keep all vaccine safety data “embargoed.”

This clandestine meeting, unannounced to the public, included top CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials; the World Health Organization’s vaccine specialist; and executives from GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Wyeth and Aventis Pasteur. Attendees discussed findings about thimerosal — a mercury-based preservative in vaccines.

CDC epidemiologist Thomas Verstraeten revealed his analysis of 100,000 children’s medical records, showing a strong link between thimerosal and autism, speech delays, and other neurological disorders, leaving attendees stunned.

The leaked Simpsonwood transcripts exposed a cozy government-industry relationship determined to hide this data, as attendees were barred from taking documents or photocopies.

Now, 25 years later, CHD is still exposing the secret meetings at Simpsonwood so that all will know the truth.

To watch this free, online event, sign up with your email address in advance.

This all-day event begins at 10 a.m. ET and includes segments and interviews with top experts in the movement, such as:

  • Mary Holland, Esq, autism mom, CEO of Children’s Health Defense
  • Suzanne Humphries, M.D., medical doctor
  • Bernie Rimland, Ph.D., psychologist and author
  • Barbara Loe Fisher, Founder of the National Vaccine Information Center
  • Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN, Coalition for SafeMinds, National Autism Association
  • Andrew Wakefield, M.D., medical doctor
  • Sallie Bernard, James Kirk Bernard Foundation
  • Beth Clay, executive director of the International Chiropractors Association
  • Brian Hooker, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Children’s Health Defense
  • Polly Tommey, autism mom, director of CHD.TV at Children’s Health Defense
  • James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D., scientist, CEO of the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge
  • Pierre Kory, M.D., medical doctor
  • And more!

Since 1991, when thimerosal-laced vaccines were recommended for infants, autism rates have skyrocketed from 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 166 by 2000, and now to 1 in 31 today.

Public health agencies sidestep the links between vaccines and autism, instead focusing instead on inclusivity and diagnostics.

Tune in June 6 to uncover the truth behind this cover-up and its lasting impact on the autism crisis.

Sign up and you’ll receive a follow-up email with a direct link to the event stream on June 6.

Watch the event trailer here:

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