Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Gardasil Links


When we see the term “cancer vaccine” in connection with the HPV (human  papilloma virus) vaccine Gardasil we may naturally assume that  it prevents cervical cancer, yet there is no evidence whatsoever that this is the case. (1)  On the contrary, the term is incorrect because unbelievable though it may sound Gardasil may actually cause cancer. This fact is being ignored by Merck the manufacturer and other promoters including doctors and health authorities.

NOT TESTED FOR CARCINOGENICITY

Information in the package insert states that the vaccine has not been tested for carcinogenicity. (2) Why has this not been done?  Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence!  There appears to be no official requirement for vaccines to be tested for carcinogenicity and no incentive for manufacturers to do so.  Many experts consider that vaccines are conducive towards the dramatic worldwide increase in cancer cases.

REPLACEMENT MAY CAUSE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER

A normal phenomenon in virology is that virus strains which have been removed are replaced by new ones.  It is not known by anyone, including the vaccine manufacturer  whether the new virus strains are more carcinogenic than the original ones which have been removed.
The chief editor of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, immunologist Charlotte Haug writes about several unanswered questions including that of replacement in her article “We Need to Talk about HPV Vaccination – Seriously”:
Abhorred vacuum.There is another serious question that may be answered sooner:  what effect will the vaccine have on the other cancer-causing strains of HPV? Nature never leaves a void, so if HPV-16 and HPV-18  are suppressed by an effective vaccine, other strains of the virus will take their place. The question is, will these strains cause cervical cancer?
Results from clinical trials are not encouraging. Vaccinated women show an increased number of precancerous lesions caused by strains of HPV other than HPV-16 and HPV-18. The results are not statistically significant, but if the trend is real – and further clinical trials should tell us in a few years – there is reason for serious concern. (3)
In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine  “ Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination – Reasons for Caution”,  Dr. Haug again poses the question of replacement:
“How will the vaccine affect other oncogenic strains of HPV? If HPV-16 and HPV-18 are effectively suppressed, will there be selective pressure on the remaining strains of HPV? Other strains may emerge as significant oncogenic serotypes”. (4)
Replacement was obviously one of several  unanswered questions when FDA, Merck and the Norwegian government signed a contract which involved research studies on  thousands of young Norwegian schoolgirls. The agreement was that Gardasil would be approved in US under the condition that extensive research projects were carried out in Norway. There was implication of corruption in connection with introduction of Gardasil in the childrens’ vaccination program. (5)
The contract includes this statement from FDA to Merck:
“You have committed to conduct a study in collaboration with the Norwegian Government, if GARDASIL  is approved in the European Union and the Government of Norway incorporates HPV vaccination into its national guidelines, to assess the impact of HPV vaccination on the following in Norway … to assess whether administration of GARDASIL will result in replacement of these diseases due to vaccine HPV types with diseases due to non-vaccine HPV types.” (6)

ABNORMAL PAP SMEARS AFTER GARDASIL VACCINATION

It is worrying to note that many cases of abnormal Pap smears, cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer are registered after Gardasil vaccination. Reports from VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System regarding HPV vaccines are regularly published by SaneVax.(7)  The numbers registered with VAERS may be as low as one percent of the actual cases.

INCREASE IN CERVICAL CANCER RISK FOR THOSE PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED TO THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS

One of the most disturbing observations which deserves serious investigation  concerns the considerable potential  increase in risk of cancer after Gardasil vaccination for those who have been pre- exposed to the human papilloma virus. 

Sanevax writes:
Peer-reviewed analysis and studies many of them on the FDA, NCI and CDC web sites point out the dangers of many of the vaccine ingredients including the potential for the HPV vaccines to increase the risk for pre-cancerous lesions if adolescents have been previously exposed to the human papillomavirus and then get vaccinated: 44.6% increase post Gardasil.
Judicial Watch writes in their Special Report “Examining The FDA’s HPV Vaccine Records”:
A chart in the committee’s report revealed that efficacy in subjects already exposed to “relevant HPV types” had an observed efficacy rate of -44.6%. The disturbing efficacy rate raises questions as to who should be receiving the vaccine, and why the FDA allows Gardasil to be administered without prescreening for HPV. The outcomes that can result from pre-exposure are disconcerting and deserve far more attention.(8)

HPV IS NOT JUST A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION – ALSO BABIES MAY BE INFECTED!

It is dangerous and  unethical of promoters to recommend Gardasil  when it is unknown whether there has been prior exposure to HPV infection. In an obvious attempt to encourage  thousands of young people to get vaccinated with Gardasil it is widely published that the vaccine should be given prior to sexual relations because HPV infection is sexually transmitted.  This is not necessarily the case. The promoters hide the fact that HPV may be transmitted from mother to child and has been detected in the placenta and in umbilical cord blood.(9)

NEWLY DISCOVERED INGREDIENT GENE MODIFIED DNA MAY LEAD TO MALIGNANCIES

The recent discovery of yet one more potentially cancer causing element connected to Gardasil sent shock waves across the world. This is the story which lead to its discovery:
A sexually naive girl developed acute juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at age 13 within 24 hours after  the third Gardasil injection and her blood sample – tested two years later – was found to be positive for HPV DNA by a local clinical laboratory. On request for more information by her mother  the Sanevax team contracted  an independent laboratory  for analysis of 13 samples of Gardasil, all from different lots.
The results showed that all the samples contained recombinant (genetically  modified) HPV DNA which was firmly attached to the aluminium adjuvant. (10)

The consequences of the presence of recombinant HPV DNA which is  considered a biohazard are unknown and may be horrific. The pathologist Dr. Lee stated:
“Based on medical literature and some of the FDA/Merck’s own publications, adventitious (coming from an outside source) DNA in an injectable protein-based vaccine may increase the risk of autoimmune disorders and gene mutation which may lead to malignancies.” (10)
Merck’s Gardasil product inserts stated “No viral DNAs in the vaccine” – until April 2011 when the line was glaringly absent from U.S. product inserts. (10)
It is shocking to see that FDA admits that it is generally impossible to remove DNA contaminants from vaccines. (11)
On contacting the authorities about the worrying discovery of recombinant HPV DNA in Gardasil, Sanevax received a prompt reply from the Department of Health referring to a statement by the CHMP  (European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) that  the presence of recombinant DNA fragments does not represent a case of contamination and is not considered to be a risk to vaccine recipients. (12)
No supporting documentation whatsoever has been provided to support this statement!
It is reasonable to assume that the vaccine would not have gained approval had the manufacturers informed the authorities of the presence of the aluminum bound gene manipulated DNA due to potential health risks.
The following issues which may be connected to increase of cancer risk should have been seriously addressed and results from unbiased studies presentedbefore the vaccine was approved:
  • Lack of carcinogenicity testing of the vaccine
  • Replacement
  • Increase in cancer risk for those previously exposed to human papilloma virus
  • Presence of recombinant DNA (rDNA)
These important studies have not been presented.  Gardasil should therefore immediately be withdrawn from the market until satisfactory documentation has been provided.
When vaccine critics maintain that the vaccine is dangerous and that it should never have been approved the response from promoters is often a request  for evidence of proof to support the statements.

It is not vaccine critics who must provide evidence that vaccines are dangerous;  it is the vaccine promoters’  responsibility to prove that vaccines are safe and effective and that the benefits outweigh the risks.”  – Marcella  Piper-Terry


References:


http://vactruth.com/2012/05/13/gardasil-may-cause-cancer/

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by Tony Isaacs
(The Best Years in Life) While the number of deaths and serious adverse events reported due to Merck's controversial Gardasil vaccine continues to grow alarmingly, the true number of people who have been killed or injured by the deadly vaccine is likely far higher. The truth about Gardasil has been deliberately hidden through a trail of deception, cover-ups, ignorance and under-reporting that dates back to the very inception of the vaccine.
The first key deception occurred during Gardasil trials. Instead of using a “saline solution” as the placebo, Merck used the vaccine's carrier agent minus only the HPV virus components. In addition to sodium chloride and water, the placebo also contained aluminum, polysorbate 80 and sodium borate.
Aluminum is a dangerous toxic metal. Even small amounts are deposited in the brain and it has been linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease as well as memory loss and speech problems which mimic those diseases. It has also been linked to colic, rickets, gastrointestinal problems, interference with the metabolism of calcium, extreme nervousness, anemia, headaches, decreased liver and kidney function, osteoporosis and softening of the bones, and aching muscles.
Side effects and severe allergic reactions listed for aluminum include rash, hives, itching, difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue, loss of appetite, muscle weakness, nausea, slow reflexes, and vomiting.

Although polysorbate 80 is used as a food additive to increase the water solubility of flavoring oils, injection is quite different. According to the Polysorbate 80 Material Safety Data Sheet, it may be carcinogenic as well as mutagenic. When injected into prepubescent rats, polysorbate 80 caused abnormal growth of reproductive organs and made the rats sterile. When used intravenously with vitamins it has been known to cause anaphylactic shock.

Sodium borate is widely known as for its use as a roach pesticide. The U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have declared sodium borate to be a dangerous poison. Due to deaths from its use for disinfecting wounds and cleaning nurseries, its medical use had been discontinued – until Gardasil came along. Listed side effects include: vomiting, diarrhea, skin rash, blisters, collapse, coma, convulsions, drowsiness, fever, lack of desire to do anything, low blood pressure, decreased urine output, sloughing of the skin, twitching of facial muscles, arms, hands, legs, and feet.
Many of the side effects for aluminum, polysorbate 80 and sodium borate coincide with those of the Gardasil victims who have been injured and killed by the vaccine.  Thus it comes as no surprise that the side effects for the Gardasil vaccine in Merck's trials were no greater than those of the toxic placebo they selected.
An analysis of the actual trial data for Gardasil reveals that a shocking 73.3 percent of the participants who received Gardasil acquired a new medical condition ranging from flu-like symptoms to paralysis. Almost 60% had systemic reactions. Though the “placebo” recipients had similar results, obviously no mere saline solution would have produced even a fraction of such reactions. The results would likely have been even higher if the study had lasted longer than 15 days.

The lack of dangers in the prescribing information furnished to doctors by Merck and the VAERS requirement that only serious and life-threatening events be reported both likely play big roles in the under-reporting of Gardasil reactions. Doctors are reluctant to report deaths and injuries from anything they administered or performed in the first place, and the lack of information and guidelines have insured that they are far less likely to report anywhere near all the adverse reactions from Gardasil.

Other factors which help skew the picture of Gardasil dangers include:

*The rate of deaths and adverse reactions are reported as a percentage of doses distributed, not doses actually administered.

*Gardasil is given in a series of three injections. Thus the number of adverse reactions per number of patients is triple the adverse events per injection.

*Many parents are not aware of the definition of adverse event or that they can file their own VAERS report.

Disturbingly, already reported deaths and reactions may be being hidden or altered to be attributed to other causes. When SANEVAX looked at the latest reported VAERS totals, they discovered that five previous death cases are now inexplicably missing.  In October, 2011 the organization Judicial Watch announced that they had uncovered 26 additional deaths due to Gardasil after a freedom of information request was finally processed.

Another Gardasil danger which has also been largely hidden and ignored is the danger presented to young women who have already been infected with HPV. Despite the fact that girls (and boys) can be exposed to HPV viruses from birth onwards, there is no screening required and not even a recommendation for screening before a young woman reaches the age of 21.

In a paper Merck submitted to the FDA on young women who tested positive for the HPV strains 16 or 18, the facts are alarming. Protection against the HPV virus for young infected women was much worse than if they had not been vaccinated at all.  According to the paper, infected women had who were given Gardasil had a 44.6% increased risk of abnormal cervical cell development than did non vaccinated women.


The true magnitude of Gardasil’s harm and dangers could be horrendous. Reports for other vaccines deaths and adverse reactions are estimated to represent no more than 10% of the actual totals. With Gardasil, estimates range as low as only 1%.

If 10% are reporting, there could be as many as 890 deaths and 205,000 adverse events. If only 1% are actually reported, there could be 8,900 deaths and 2,050,000 adverse events.
Behind Gardasil's trail of deception is a very large and mostly hidden trail of tears. Parents and the general public richly deserve to be told the full truth to keep that trail from leading to an ever larger ocean of suffering.
To learn more about the dangers of Gardasil and other vaccine dangers, see the SANEVAX, INC. website:
For related articles, see:
What Would I Do If Forced To Be Vaccinated Against My Consent? - by Dr. Ken

In addition to information furnished to the author by SANEVAX, INC. president Norma Erickson, sources included:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/921099/gardasil_vaccine_ingredients_roach.html
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/aluminum-magnesium-side-effects.html
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art7739.asp
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/janak/100619
http://www.wddty.com/40-uk-children-killed-by-mmr-and-the-true-picture-could-be-10-times-worse.html
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/janak/100616
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/janak/100621
About the author
Tony Isaacs is a natural health advocate and researcher and the author of books and articles about natural health including Cancer's Natural Enemy.  Mr. Isaacs articles are featured at Natural News, the Health Science Institute's Healthiertalk website, CureZone, the Crusador online, AlignLife, the Cancer Tutor, the American Chronicle and several other venues. Mr. Isaacs also has The Best Years in Life website for baby boomers and others wishing to avoid prescription drugs and mainstream managed illness and live longer, healthier and happier lives naturally. In addition, he hosts the Yahoo Oleandersoup Health group of over 3500 members and the CureZoneAsk Tony Isaacs - Featuring Luella May forum. Mr. Isaacs and his partner Luella May host The Best Years in Life Radio Show every Wednesday evening on BlogTalk Radio.
You can also find articles by Tony Isaacs at:
See also:




Pertussis Links


Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

TDAP During Pregnancy associated with increased chorioamnionitis 
http://www.integrativepediatricsonline.com/blog/2014/12/16/giving-the-tdap-during-pregnancy-associated-with-increased-chorioamnionitis-infection/


Rise in pertussis cases is due to switch to acellular vaccine
http://www.pediatricnews.com/?id=7791&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=397049&cHash=17d5b69391148854b573c6f74a8fb1cf


Whooping Cough in the Vaccinated
http://fox13now.com/2015/03/27/19-kids-in-summit-co-diagnosed-with-whooping-cough-despite-being-up-to-date-on-vaccinations/

School officials said of the 524 students at Monterey Park, 99.5% are vaccinated including the 4 who have been diagnosed.
http://www.ksbw.com/news/pertussis-outbreak-at-monterey-park-school/31881324

Pertussis Spread to Neonates by Immunized Staff
http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/features/pertussis-spread-to-neonates-by-immunised-staff

All Were Vaccinatedhttp://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/11/14/whooping-cough-outbreak-on-cape-cod/

Vaccine wanes in 2-4 yearshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25941309/

Vaccine Does not Stop Illness from Spreading
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-flu/whooping-cough-vaccine-may-not-halt-spread-illness-f2D11655363

Treating Infants with Whooping Cough
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/09/07/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-updated-edition-suzanne-humphries-md/

90% of Whooping Cough Cases Among Vaccinated Children
http://vtdigger.org/2012/10/08/90-percent-of-whooping-cough-cases-in-vermont-among-vaccinated-children/

Family All Has Whooping Cough In Spite of Vaccine and Boosters
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/health-med-fit-science/martinez-family-copes-whooping-cough-despite-vacci/nfhPj/


Mounting Evidence Shows Many Vaccines are Ineffective and Contribute to Rise of Outbreaks Caused by Mutated Viruses
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/30/whooping-cough-vaccine.aspx

Study:  Whooping Cough Outbreak Linked to Vaccinated Children
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/health/study-finds-vaccinated-baboons-can-still-carry-whooping-cough.html?_r=4&

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/323187#ixzz1tXDsHGhp

"We Never Bothered to Check"  81 Percent of Whooping Cough Cases in Vaccinated
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/whooping-cough-vaccine-doesnt-work-gsk-says-we-never-bothered-to-check/

How to Treat Whooping Cough Naturally
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=171964245890&topic=14958

Will the Vaccinated Effect the Unvaccinated?
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/janak/100630

The return of Pertussis ..."This rate of exacerbations has not changed, even after the introduction of mass vaccination"
http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ar06may-2.pdf

Acellular pertussis vaccination enhances B. parapertussis colonization 
http://www.cidd.psu.edu/research/synopses/acellular-vaccine-enhancement-b.-parapertussis

False Alarm over Pertussis Outbreak - Dr. Palevsky, 12-11
http://drpalevsky.com/dr_palevsky_letter_pertussis.asp

Clinical features and diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection in infants and children
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=219372831436096


Whooping Cough and Vitamin C
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/09/07/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-updated-edition-suzanne-humphries-md/

Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/srugo.htm

Acellular pertussis vaccination facilitates Bordetella parapertussis infection in a rodent model of bordetellosis 
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/277/1690/2017.short

10 Infants Die in Whooping Cough Outbreak (Pay close attention to details)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/20/california.whooping.cough/index.html?hpt=T2


Many whooping cough victims have been immunized; Experts spar over prospects of new disease strain
http://www.watchdoginstitute.org/2010/12/13/whooping-cough-epidemic-california/

Whooping Cough – The efficacy of the vaccine
http://www.vaccine-tlc.org/images/herd-immunity-pertussis.png

Outbreak Proves the Vaccine Doesn't Work
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2011/01/11/2377/

The whooping cough vaccine doesn't work so what are they injecting??? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1FkOj1nJWk

Compilation of articles and information 
https://www.facebook.com/notes/great-mothers-and-others-questioning-vaccines/whooping-cough-compilation-of-links-and-articles-courtesy-of-patrick-thomas/206276549412391

A Collection of News Reports about Whooping Cough
http://www.dailypaul.com/167931/a-collection-of-mainstream-news-reports-and-studies-exploding-the-whooping-cough-vaccine-myth

http://www.greatmothersquestioningvaccines.com/whooping-cough-pertussis.html



Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Wednesday...



wind the screw up tight....
tension.
release does a spin....

spin
the words
and actions
of others
into intent
tell a story
make assumptions

disconnect.
energize.
resonate.
glow.


Tuesday, July 21, 2015

what is real -- rant




frequency
increases
no story is real.  it is just a story.
many stories are spun each day, each cycle.
action/reaction well understood.
manipulated.
many, but not all.

cuba
bebe
tricky dick
the plumbers
G.

me and lee.
you and lou.

the wave ripples from its center.
study water vortices!
must study water vortices!!!!
basic physics.




Friday, July 17, 2015

Why Unvaccinated Children Pose NO Threat to Others


http://kellybroganmd.com/article/immunologists-letter-legislators/


An Open Letter to Legislators Currently Considering Vaccine Legislation from Tetyana Obukhanych, PhD

April 17, 2015
Dear Legislator:
My name is Tetyana Obukhanych. I hold a PhD in Immunology. I am writing this letter in the hope that it will correct a few common misperceptions about vaccines and help you formulate a fair and balanced understanding that is supported by accepted vaccine theory and new scientific findings.
Do unvaccinated children pose a higher threat to the public than the vaccinated?
It is often stated that those who choose not to vaccinate their children for reasons of conscience endanger the rest of the public, and this is the rationale behind most of the legislation to end vaccine exemptions currently being considered by federal and state legislators country-wide. You should be aware that the nature of protection afforded by many modern vaccines – and that includes most of the vaccines recommended by the CDC for children – is not consistent with such a statement. I have outlined below the recommended vaccines that cannot prevent transmission of disease either because they are not designed to prevent the transmission of infection (rather, they are intended to prevent disease symptoms), or because they protect from non-communicable diseases. People who have not received the vaccines mentioned below pose no higher threat to the general public than those who have, implying that discrimination against non-immunized children in a public school setting may not be warranted.
1. IPV (inactivated poliovirus vaccine) cannot prevent transmission of poliovirus (see appendix for the scientific study, Item #1). Wild poliovirus has been non-existent in the USA for at least two decades. Even if wild poliovirus were to be re-imported by travel, vaccinating for polio with IPV cannot affect the safety of public spaces. Please note that wild poliovirus eradication is attributed to the use of a different vaccine, OPV or oral poliovirus vaccine. Despite being capable of preventing wild poliovirus transmission, use of OPV was phased out long ago in the USA and replaced with IPV due to safety concerns.
2. Tetanus is not a contagious disease, but rather acquired from deep-puncture wounds contaminated with C. tetani spores. Vaccinating for tetanus (via the DTaP combination vaccine) cannot alter the safety of public spaces; it is intended to render personal protection only.
3. While intended to prevent the disease-causing effects of the diphtheria toxin, the diphtheria toxoid vaccine (also contained in the DTaP vaccine) is not designed to prevent colonization and transmission of C. diphtheriae. Vaccinating for diphtheria cannot alter the safety of public spaces; it is likewise intended for personal protection only.
4. The acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine (the final element of the DTaP combined vaccine), now in use in the USA, replaced the whole cell pertussis vaccine in the late 1990s, which was followed by an unprecedented resurgence of whooping cough. An experiment with deliberate pertussis infection in primates revealed that the aP vaccine is not capable of preventing colonization and transmission of B. pertussis (see appendix for the scientific study, Item #2). The FDA has issued a warning regarding this crucial finding.[1] Furthermore, the 2013 meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the CDC revealed additional alarming data that pertussis variants (PRN-negative strains) currently circulating in the USA acquired a selective advantage to infect those who are up-to-date for their DTaP boosters (see appendix for the CDC document, Item #3), meaning that people who are up-to-date are more likely to be infected, and thus contagious, than people who are not vaccinated.
5. Among numerous types of H. influenzae, the Hib vaccine covers only type b. Despite its sole intention to reduce symptomatic and asymptomatic (disease-less) Hib carriage, the introduction of the Hib vaccine has inadvertently shifted strain dominance towards other types of H. influenzae (types a through f). These types have been causing invasive disease of high severity and increasing incidence in adults in the era of Hib vaccination of children (see appendix for the scientific study, Item #4). The general population is more vulnerable to the invasive disease now than it was prior to the start of the Hib vaccination campaign. Discriminating against children who are not vaccinated for Hib does not make any scientific sense in the era of non-type b H. influenzae disease.
6. Hepatitis B is a blood-borne virus. It does not spread in a community setting, especially among children who are unlikely to engage in high-risk behaviors, such as needle sharing or sex. Vaccinating children for hepatitis B cannot significantly alter the safety of public spaces. Further, school admission is not prohibited for children who are chronic hepatitis B carriers. To prohibit school admission for those who are simply unvaccinated – and do not even carry hepatitis B – would constitute unreasonable and illogical discrimination.

In summary, a person who is not vaccinated with IPV, DTaP, HepB, and Hib vaccines due to reasons of conscience poses no extra danger to the public than a person who is. No discrimination is warranted.

How often do serious vaccine adverse events happen?

It is often stated that vaccination rarely leads to serious adverse events. Unfortunately, this statement is not supported by science. A recent study done in Ontario, Canada, established that vaccination actually leads to an emergency room visit for 1 in 168 children following their 12-month vaccination appointment and for 1 in 730 children following their 18-month vaccination appointment (see appendix for a scientific study, Item #5).
When the risk of an adverse event requiring an ER visit after well-baby vaccinations is demonstrably so high, vaccination must remain a choice for parents, who may understandably be unwilling to assume this immediate risk in order to protect their children from those diseases that are generally considered mild or that their children may never be exposed to.
Can discrimination against families who oppose vaccines for reasons of conscience prevent future disease outbreaks of communicable viral diseases, such as measles?
Measles research scientists have for a long time been aware of the “measles paradox.” I quote from the article by Poland & Jacobson (1994) “Failure to Reach the Goal of Measles Elimination: Apparent Paradox of Measles Infections in Immunized Persons.” Arch Intern Med 154:1815-1820:
“The apparent paradox is that as measles immunization rates rise to high levels in a population, measles becomes a disease of immunized persons.”[2]
Further research determined that behind the “measles paradox” is a fraction of the population called LOW VACCINE RESPONDERS. Low-responders are those who respond poorly to the first dose of the measles vaccine. These individuals then mount a weak immune response to subsequent RE-vaccination and quickly return to the pool of “susceptibles’’ within 2-5 years, despite being fully vaccinated.[3]
Re-vaccination cannot correct low-responsiveness: it appears to be an immuno-genetic trait.[4] The proportion of low-responders among children was estimated to be 4.7% in the USA.[5]
Studies of measles outbreaks in Quebec, Canada, and China attest that outbreaks of measles still happen, even when vaccination compliance is in the highest bracket (95-97% or even 99%, see appendix for scientific studies, Items #6&7). This is because even in high vaccine responders, vaccine-induced antibodies wane over time.
Vaccine immunity does not equal life-long immunity acquired after natural exposure.
It has been documented that vaccinated persons who develop breakthrough measles are contagious. In fact, two major measles outbreaks in 2011 (in Quebec, Canada, and in New
York, NY) were re-imported by previously vaccinated individuals.[6]- Taken together, these data make it apparent that elimination of vaccine exemptions, currently only utilized by a small percentage of families anyway, will neither solve the problem of disease resurgence nor prevent re-importation and outbreaks of previously eliminated diseases.
Is discrimination against conscientious vaccine objectors the only practical solution?
The majority of measles cases in recent US outbreaks (including the recent Disneyland outbreak) are adults and very young babies, whereas in the pre-vaccination era, measles occurred mainly between the ages 1 and 15. Natural exposure to measles was followed by lifelong immunity from re-infection, whereas vaccine immunity wanes over time, leaving adults unprotected by their childhood shots. Measles is more dangerous for infants and for adults than for school-aged children.
Despite high chances of exposure in the pre-vaccination era, measles practically never happened in babies much younger than one year of age due to the robust maternal immunity transfer mechanism. The vulnerability of very young babies to measles today is the direct outcome of the prolonged mass vaccination campaign of the past, during which their mothers, themselves vaccinated in their childhood, were not able to experience measles naturally at a safe school age and establish the lifelong immunity that would also be transferred to their babies and protect them from measles for the first year of life.
Luckily, a therapeutic backup exists to mimic now-eroded maternal immunity. Infants as well as other vulnerable or immuno-compromised individuals, are eligible to receive immunoglobulin, a potentially life-saving measure that supplies antibodies directed against the virus to prevent or ameliorate disease upon exposure (see appendix, Item #8).
In summary:
1) due to the properties of modern vaccines, non-vaccinated individuals pose no greater risk of transmission of polio, diphtheria, pertussis, and numerous non-type b H. influenzae strains than vaccinated individuals do, non-vaccinated individuals pose virtually no danger of transmission of hepatitis B in a school setting, and tetanus is not transmissible at all;
2) there is a significantly elevated risk of emergency room visits after childhood vaccination appointments attesting that vaccination is not risk-free;
3) outbreaks of measles cannot be entirely prevented even if we had nearly perfect vaccination compliance; and
4) an effective method of preventing measles and other viral diseases in vaccine-ineligible infants and the immuno-compromised, immunoglobulin, is available for those who may be exposed to these diseases.

Taken together, these four facts make it clear that discrimination in a public school setting against children who are not vaccinated for reasons of conscience is completely unwarranted as the vaccination status of conscientious objectors poses no undue risk to the public.
Sincerely Yours,
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Tetyana Obukhanych, PhD



Appendix
Item #1. The Cuba IPV Study collaborative group. (2007)!Randomized controlled trial of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Cuba. N”Engl”J”Med 356:1536F44
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17429085
The table below from the Cuban IPV study documents that 91% of children receiving no IPV (control group B) were colonized with live attenuated poliovirus upon deliberate experimental inoculation. Children who were vaccinated with IPV (groups A and C) were similarly colonized at the rate of 94F97%. High counts of live virus were recovered from the stool of children in all groups. These results make it clear that IPV cannot be relied upon for the control of polioviruses.
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Item #2. Warfel et al. (2014) Acellular pertussis vaccines protect against disease but fail to prevent infection and transmission in a nonhuman primate model. Proc Natl Acad”Sci”USA 111:78792
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24277828
“Baboons vaccinated with aP were protected from severe pertussis associated symptoms but not from colonization, did not clear the infection faster than naïve [unvaccinated] animals, and readily transmitted B. pertussis to unvaccinated contacts. By comparison, previously infected [naturallyFimmune] animals were not colonized upon secondary infection.”
Item #3. Meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkins Global Communication Center, Atlanta, Georgia, December 11F12, 2013
http://www.cdc.gov/maso/facm/pdfs/BSCOID/2013121112_BSCOID_Minutes.pdf
Resurgence of Pertussis (p.6)
“Findings indicated that 85% of the isolates [from six Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance Sites and from epidemics in Washington and Vermont in 2012] were PRN deficient and vaccinated patients had significantly higher odds than unvaccinated patients of being infected with PRN deficient strains.
Moreover,when patients with up to date DTaP vaccinations were compared to unvaccinated patients, the odds of being infected with PRN deficient strains increased, suggesting that PRN bacteria may have a selective advantage in infecting DTaP vaccinated persons.”
Item #4. Rubach et”al. (2011) Increasing incidence of invasive Haemophilus,influenzae disease in adults, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 17:1645F50
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888789
The chart below from Rubach et al. shows the number of invasive cases of H. influenzae (all types) in Utah in the decade of childhood vaccination for Hib.
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Item #5. Wilson et al. (2011) Adverse events following 12 and 18 month vaccinations: a population based, self controlled case series analysis. PLoS One 6:e27897
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174753
“Four to 12 days post 12 month vaccination, children had a 1.33 (1.29 1.38) increased relative incidence of the combined endpoint compared to the control period, or at least one event during the risk interval for every 168 children vaccinated. Ten to 12 days post 18 month vaccination, the relative incidence was 1.25 (95%, 1.17 1.33) which represented at least one excess event for every 730 children vaccinated. The primary reason for increased events was statistically significant elevations in emergency room visits following all vaccinations.”
Item!#6. De Serres et al. (2013) Largest measles epidemic in North America in a decade Quebec, Canada, 2011: contribution of susceptibility, serendipity, and super spreading events. J Infect Dis 207:990 98
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23264672
“The largest measles epidemic in North America in the last decade occurred in 2011 in Quebec, Canada.”
“A super spreading event triggered by 1 importation resulted in sustained transmission and 678 cases.”
“The index case patient was a 30 39 year old adult, after returning to Canada from the Caribbean. The index case patient received measles vaccine in childhood.”
“Provincial [Quebec] vaccine coverage surveys conducted in 2006, 2008, and 2010 consistently showed that by 24 months of age, approximately 96% of children had received 1 dose and approximately 85% had received 2 doses of measles vaccine, increasing to 97% and 90%, respectively, by 28 months of age. With additional first and second doses administered between 28 and 59 months of age, population measles vaccine coverage is even higher by school entry.”
“Among adolescents, 22% [of measles cases] had received 2 vaccine doses.Outbreak investigation showed this proportion to have been an underestimate; active case finding identified 130% more cases among 2 dose recipients.”
Item #7. Wang et al. (2014) Difficulties in eliminating measles and controlling rubella and mumps: across sectional study of a first measles and rubella vaccination and a second measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination. PLoS One 9:e89361
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586717
“The reported coverage of the measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine is greater than 99.0% in Zhejiang province. However, the incidence of measles, mumps, and rubella remains high.”
Item #8. Immunoglobulin Handbook, Health Protection Agency
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140714084352/http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/H
PAweb_C/1242198450982
HUMAN NORMAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN (HNIG):

Indications
1. To prevent or attenuate an attack in immunocompromised contacts
2. To prevent or attenuate an attack in pregnant women
3. To prevent or attenuate an attack in infants under the age of 9 months

Footnotes
[1] http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm376937.htm
[2] http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=619215
[3] Poland (1998) Am J Hum Genet 62:215-220
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9463343
“ ‘poor responders,’ who were re-immunized and developed poor or low-level antibody
responses only to lose detectable antibody and develop measles on exposure 2–5 years
later.”
[4] ibid
“Our ongoing studies suggest that seronegativity after vaccination [for measles] clusters
among related family members, that genetic polymorphisms within the HLA [genes]
significantly influence antibody levels.”
[5] LeBaron et al. (2007) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:294-301
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17339511
“Titers fell significantly over time [after second MMR] for the study population overall and,
by the final collection, 4.7% of children were potentially susceptible.”
[6] De Serres et al. (2013) J Infect Dis 207:990-998
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23264672
“The index case patient received measles vaccine in childhood.”
[7] Rosen et al. (2014) Clin Infect Dis 58:1205-1210
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24585562
“The index patient had 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine.”

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Waking Up

I woke up in August 2007.

Before then,
I had a few, 'oh no....' moments, and then promptly (within 24 hours) went back to sleep.  I recall when Glass Steagall Act was repelled.  I recall when I realized the story about the kennedy assassination was total fiction.  Between all this, and a family falling apart due to a substance abusing, mentally ill spouse who liked to throw temper tantrums, and a highly stressful job, requiring my presence in two cities, about 700 miles apart by air, and two teenaged/20 something girls to keep up with, I became profoundly depressed.

I muddled through, one project at a time, enjoying the sanctuary of solitude I experienced when I traveled alone.  I became my own best friend.

Looking for a way out, I negotiated a early retirement package at age 54.  That was in late 2006/early 2007.  My last day of work as the last day of 2007, plus one business day.

But, before I retired, we went on vacation for 3 weeks, from Philadelphia to Venice Beach, CA.  His friend had a place we could stay, 1 block from the beach.  He had cleaned it for us.  Before that, it had been pretty much shut up, since the owner of the entire complex left his little 1 bedroom apartment after a substance abuse problem gone financially wrong.... long story..... his friend tried to get an OK from the owner, but got no reply, so he just broke in and started cleaning.  We stayed there about 3 or 4 nights, when the black goop began to appear in the bathtub.  It was sewage.  We had to leave, and luckily, a scam artist named Vicram took us in.  He had an extra room for George to rent in the apartment he sub-letted from a Brit who couldn't get papers to be in residence 12 months/year.  When Vicram moved on, the Brit rented the whole thing to George.  Welcome to Venice Beach.

We were there the last 3 weeks of August.  That's when I woke up. Abraham woke me up to chemtrails.  Abraham was an artist/musician/boardwalk vendor.  He was African-American, a Viet-Nam vet, a lover of birds, an accomplished drummer, feeder of the homeless through donations he assembled, and a really nice guy.  His dreadlocks gave him distinction.  He was highly political with his street art.  

One day, Abraham was pacing back and forth, up and down the boardwalk, pointing up at the sky over the Pacific Ocean, screaming, "I did not give you permission to fly and dump that crap all over us!  I do not consent!!".  I listened and watched.  
The walkway was crowded, but the bodies made a space around Abraham, because no one wanted to get too close.  Parents clutched their childrens' bodies to pull them back from the crazy man.  I looked up, and I saw them.  Chemtrails.  My world had changed.  I found Project Camelot and began watching their interviews.  I read Naomi Klein's,  'The Shock Doctrine'.

So I returned home alone, because my husband decided to stay.  I was to return to work and support him financially and however else he chose to be supported in his world to be at that moment.  It was a long, strange and very peaceful ride home.  He basically didn't want to talk to me, or to hear from me.  Told me to text rather than call, and to keep it short.

I came home to an unfinished rehab dating back to the 1740's, 2 blocks from William Penn's headquarters on the Delaware.  The refrigerator, stove and microwave were in boxes.  The sink, dishwasher [minus it's cosmetic front panel], and the counter on top were installed.  The garbage disposal worked.  This is mainly because Glenn, our plumber friend, was contracted to do the work.  The walls have a base coat of paint overtop the new sheetrock.  None of the trim is purchased or installed.  New sheetrock was mainly because Stoney, T's friend, was contracted to do the work, and he made out like a bandit.  Downstairs bathroom basically not done (- floor down/ shower plumbed.  Sink and toilet (european plumbing fixtures required) on the floor.  Raw plumbing PVC sticking out of floor.  No wall tile.)  Upstairs bathroom partially done (sink, toilet and tub work, floor done -- only sheetrock, no wall tile yet)  And the mortgage payment was only $1400 a month.  Taxes and insurance on top.  Bank accounts containing money from refinancing (to be used for rehab) are gone, and of course, no records of any significance remain.

Oh, and did I tell you about the 5 bedroom rental next door?  With a leaking skylight in the kitchen, a back yard drain that backs up and floods, and a moldy ceiling on the 3d floor due to the roof not being repaired as it should have been?  And the nut on that one was only $1500/month.  Plus taxes and insurance.  And water & sewer.  No?  OK, we can leave that story for later....

I returned to Venice Beach for Thanksgiving 2007.  I bought a MAC, and I woke up to 911.  We all sat around after eating turkey and watched 'V for Vendetta' with Natalie Portman.

....to be continued





In the Driver's Seat


I am becoming more and more annoyed each time I receive a call from someone who is behind the wheel of a car with the transmission in Drive.

This behavior puts the driver in control.  They talk and listen between the obstacles on the road, and of course they may disconnect when they choose, due to 'traffic congestion ahead', or worse yet, they continue to drive IN the congestion with cars on either side of them on the interstate, as well as in front and behind.... so I keep the conversation superficial and my sentences short.  When the sentences are long, or one after another, I get no feeling of being heard.  They become annoyed.  I hear it in their silence.

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