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A Midwestern Doctor@MidwesternDoc · Oct 29, 2026

In 2002, a local TV news investigation exposed a CDC study that found babies exposed to mercury in their vaccines were…

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A thread claiming a 2002 TV investigation exposed a CDC study showing a link between mercury in vaccines and autism, alleging the CDC released an altered version without the autism signal. The thread promotes a narrative of pharmaceutical industry coverup and media corruption.

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    In 2002, a local TV news investigation exposed a CDC study that found babies exposed to mercury in their vaccines were 2.5 times more likely to develop autism. The study was stamped "confidential, do not copy or release." Then the CDC released a different version, and the autism signal was gone. 🧵

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    Mainstream TV used to air investigations like this one. I compiled 75 of them, covering stories almost no network would touch today: midwesterndoctor.com/p/vaccine-amne…

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    A doctor who reviewed both versions, on air: "I can't imagine that smart people could possibly have rearranged the data the way they were done... without doing it on purpose and with the express purpose of, as you say, a cover-up."

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    The mercury compound was in about 12 of the 18 vaccine doses the average child got before age two. That added up to more than 200 micrograms of mercury. A leading mercury expert was asked how toxic it was: "I can't think of anything that's absolutely more lethal."

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    The investigation also found that the original "safety" study the maker gave the FDA was done in 1929, on 22 people who were already dying of meningitis. A member of the government committee that sets the childhood schedule was shown the company's own later warning label. She called it "uninterpretable."

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    And when the preservative was finally phased out, the vials already made were never recalled. "We would do that with an automobile if it had a bad brake system." In 2002, a single local TV station spent three full months investigating all of this. Today, no major network would dare, because Pharma now pays the bills.

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    Here's the full two-part investigation (originally recorded by NVIC.org):

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    Did you know the news used to regularly air stories about people's lives being ruined by vaccines? That all changed after Clinton let Pharma buy out the media. Here I compiled 75 mind-blowing news segments they'd never air today. midwesterndoctor.com/p/vaccine-amne…

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    The parents had to dig through FDA data themselves to find this. I do that digging full time and unearth what the medical system hid from us. If you'd like to support this work, give me (@MidwesternDoc) a follow and visit me on Substack! midwesterndoctor.com