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From:Clerk of the Board To:Mutony, Heather Cc:Lee, Lewis Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: BREAKING: Fugitive Vaccine Researcher Behind Infamous ‘No Autism Link’ Study ARRESTED for Stealing $1 Million from… Date:Tuesday, September 16, 2025 4:16:07 PM Please see Board Correspondence - From: lance dreiss <lancedreiss@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:38 AM To: Shared Mailbox Clerk of the Board <pcbs@countyofplumas.com>; Soderstrom, Monica <msoderstrom@buttecounty.net>; Senator.Dahle@senate.ca.gov; Assemblymember.Gallagher@assembly.ca.gov; davidhollister@countyofplumas.com; sheriff@countyofplumas.com; District Attorney <DA@buttecounty.net>; Kitts, Melissa <mkitts@buttecounty.net>; Kimmelshue, Tod <TKimmelshue@buttecounty.net>; Pickett, Andy <APickett@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Brian Ring <bring@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Julie Threet <julie4butte5@gmail.com>; Waugh, Melanie <mwaugh@buttecounty.net>; Ronald Owens <ronald@muzzledtruth.com>; Ritter, Tami <TRitter@buttecounty.net>; Teri DuBose <Teri.DuBose@mail.house.gov>; Durfee, Peter <pdurfee@buttecounty.net>; Congressman Doug LaMalfa <CA01DL.Outreach@mail.house.gov>; Clerk of the Board <ClerkoftheBoard@buttecounty.net>; Stephens, Brad J. <BStephens@buttecounty.net> Subject: Fwd: BREAKING: Fugitive Vaccine Researcher Behind Infamous ‘No Autism Link’ Study ARRESTED for Stealing $1 Million from… Public Record diana dreiss Begin forwarded message: From: "Nicolas Hulscher, MPH from FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse)" <petermcculloughmd@substack.com> Date: September 16, 2025 at 9:54:07 AM PDT To: lancedreiss@att.net Subject: BREAKING: Fugitive Vaccine Researcher Behind Infamous ‘No Autism Link’ Study ARRESTED for Stealing $1 Million from… Reply-To: "Nicolas Hulscher, MPH from FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse)" <reply+2vghj8&kcryl&&e5f7dc24bd5f3f25931eb6e095f514769077641e3dbb 02b4007c90c2727d9df9@mg1.substack.com> The very foundation of the “no autism link” narrative rests on research tainted by both criminal activity and scientific fraud.͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more BREAKING: Fugitive VaccineResearcher Behind Infamous ‘NoAutism Link’ Study ARRESTED forStealing $1 Million from CDC The very foundation of the “no autism link” narrative rests on research tainted by both criminal activity and scientific fraud. NICOLAS HULSCHER, MPH SEP 16 READ IN APP By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH Breitbart News has reported that Poul Thorsen, the Danish researcher whose work has been used for two decades to dismiss any link between vaccines and autism, has finally been arrested in Germany after more than a decade as a fugitive. Thorsen, 64, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta in 2011 on 22 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors allege that from 2004 to 2010, he stole more than $1 million in CDC research funds—money intended to study autism, infant disabilities, genetic disorders, and fetal alcohol syndrome. According to the indictment, Thorsen funneled funds into his own accounts using fraudulent invoices on CDC letterhead. He has been on the HHS “Most Wanted” list for over a decade. Acting on an INTERPOL red notice, German authorities finally took him into custody in June. The Department of Justice is now working with Germany to extradite him for trial in the United States. Thorsen wasn’t just any researcher. He co-authored the infamous 2002 Danish study (published in NEJM) that became the CDC’s so-called “gold standard” for dismissing any link between vaccines and autism. That paper was cited by the National Academy of Medicine, weaponized to shut down more than 5,000 federal vaccine injury claims, and is still rolled out by officials today. But the study itself was riddled with fatal flaws and fraud: Outdated autism rates that undercounted true prevalence, artificially muting signals. Diagnostic delay bias, since most unvaccinated children were too young to receive an autism diagnosis, suppressing their case counts. Overadjusted statistical models that diluted any association into noise. Immortal time bias and reclassification tricks that miscounted exposures and broke the basic rules of causality. CDC co-authorship and funding conflicts that were never properly disclosed. That’s what makes Thorsen’s arrest so significant. The fact that a man now facing trial for embezzlement and fraud was central to one of the most influential vaccine safety studies ever conducted raises profound questions. The very foundation of the “no autism link” narrative rests on research tainted by both criminal activity and scientific fraud. At the McCullough Foundation, we are finalizing one of the most comprehensive and rigorous analyses ever conducted on the vaccine–autism connection — untainted by the fraud and bias that corrupted past research. Stay tuned. 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