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Adam, My "Heart Felt Sympanthy" to you and your family. Bubbie was a wonderful person and grandmother to you; share the stories of her with your son along with the pictures and he will know her.

Beautiful story.

I think if Cox had allowed Erin Brockovich's team to take soil samples along with the company the school hired, it would've been more creditable. Not allowing that to happen, I think got parents thinking she's hiding something. I don't know if I'd be sending my kids to school until this is resolved.

I'm just wondering why Brockovich is suddenly in the news and famous all over again. Where's she been for the last decade or two? Why is she crawling out of the woodwork now? She needing money? I guess I wouldn't be so suspicious and skeptical if it weren't for the media circus that vaccine injury justice (I should say 'injustice', really), has become. Brockovich is a lawyer now isn't she? I wonder what she thinks about the US Supreme Court ruling in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth? The last thing that parents of the vaccine injured ever wanted, I'm sure, was to say "I told you so" to their fellow Americans; but I suppose it's all they'll ever get. If this isn't vaccine injury (corporate fascism at it's finest), it's a result of the same sort of filthy corruption in our public health care system and main stream media. And it's only going to get worse. nemeths.info

I'm just wondering why Brockovich is suddenly in the news and famous all over again. Where's she been for the last decade or two? Why is she crawling out of the woodwork now? She needing money? I guess I wouldn't be so suspicious and skeptical if it weren't for the media circus that vaccine injury justice (I should say 'injustice', really), has become. Brockovich is a lawyer now isn't she? I wonder what she thinks about the US Supreme Court ruling in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth? The last thing that parents of the vaccine injured ever wanted, I'm sure, was to say "I told you so" to their fellow Americans; but I suppose it's all they'll ever get. If this isn't vaccine injury (corporate fascism at it's finest), it's a result of the same sort of filthy corruption in our public health care system and main stream media. And it's only going to get worse.

Adam, what a wonderful tribute to your "Bubbie." My condolences to you upon her passing, but so glad you have all the wonderful memories she leaves behind.

Boy.....this has all kinds of possibilities. With the timing, it might be a fall food source. (harvest markets)- ground contamination of a food source....pumkins, pumkin seeds......the list could go on. Leaf burning? Smoke from it? Whatever happened could have been a random short lived event. Not necessarily a contamination - just a random event that all these people happened to be in the vicinity when it occurred. I hope they are retracing all the events of where the girls/adults were just prior to their illness onset.

Thank-you for this commentary. I think part of the problem is that as human beings we have a basic need for things to make sense and when we don't have answers we are more prone to speculation. I personally believe there may be an interaction between multiple factors, including environmental issues, individual susceptibilities, and possibly vaccines (not just Gardasil or flu vaccines). I'll admit, my beliefs about this are based on a combination of personal and professional experience. I am the mother of child with vaccine-injury and PANDAS, and my daughter's exposure to heavy metals and pesticides in the environment were known contributing factors. I am also a clinician and work to recover children with both vaccine-injuries and PANDAS diagnoses. So my views as I look at LeRoy are admittedly skewed. I think there are many parents throughout the country (world?) who are focused intently on LeRoy because so many are seeking answers to what their own children are experiencing. This kind of thing is happening all over; it's just not getting this kind of attention. When so many people are frustrated and anxious, their understandable fears can take over and contribute to "jumping to conclusions" and making assumptions that what is true for my kid is necessarily true for yours. I believe the best way to resolve this is to conduct a study that investigates all possible factors and the interactions between them. Such a study would require asking questions about anything and everything, including things like vaccines, infectious diseases, and environmental exposures. Until that is accomplished (by an independent entity not tied to local, state, or federal government), the questions will continue and the speculation will increase. One question: I have heard there was a similar outbreak in Bergen (approx. 8 miles north of LeRoy) last year. Is there any information available about that situation? Have the kids recovered?

I think that he was unfarly convicted

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