A Vaccine for Meningitis is Causing Epidemic of Diabetes!
Tom McLachlan
It was the high incidence of diabetes from
the HiB vaccines which banned the shot forever from Finland. We still give 4
doses to our kids. And what is the incidence of
childhood diabetes in the US in the last 10 years?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116914/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12911277
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25598306
http://www.whale.to/v/four_infant.html
http://www.whale.to/m/hib23.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12911277
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25598306
http://www.whale.to/v/four_infant.html
http://www.whale.to/m/hib23.html
An Australian
National Health and Medical Council information sheet on Hib vaccines advises
that Hib meningitis can cause brain damage with later learning difficulties and
behavioural disorders (www.health.gov.au).
Fungal
meningitis is not contagious
Parasitic meningitis is not
Non-infectious meningitis is not
Parasitic meningitis is not
Non-infectious meningitis is not
Viral
meningitis.. The enteroviruses that cause viral meningitis can spread through
direct contact with saliva, nasal mucus, or feces. They easily spread through
coughing and sneezing but you are unlikely to develop meningitis as a
complication
Bacterial
meningitis is contagious but is less contagious than the germs that spread cold
and flu. Meningococcal bacteria can’t survive outside the body for long, so you
are unlikely to get it from being near someone who has it.
Frederick R.
Klenner, M.D. of North Carolina has seen cures of diphtheria, staph and strep
infections, herpes, mumps, spinal meningitis, mononucleosis, shock, viral
hepatitis, arthritis and polio using high doses of vitamin C (Journal of
Preventive Medicine, Spring, 1974).
Dr Cathcart http://www.orthomed.com
"This disease is made more deadly because of the "acute induced scurvy" involved. This means that intravenous sodium ascorbate and later bowel tolerance doses of ascorbic acid should be administered along with the appropriate antibiotic. Not only does the ascorbate broaden the spectrum of activity of the antibiotics against bacteria and works synergistically with the antibiotic, but it avoids allergic reactions to the antibiotic. The susceptibility of sick people to allergic reactions is because of the up-regulation of the immune system while you are sick. This up-regulation is caused by free radicals. If the free radicals are neutralized by massive doses of ascorbate, the immune system, as far as allergic reactions are concerned, is down-regulated so that allergic reactions to the antibiotics do not occur. However, unlike steroids that universally down-regulate the immune system, ascorbate up-regulates the ability of white cells to kill viruses and bacteria......The incidence of meningitis "surges" after the flu because the acute induced scurvy induced by the flu decreases the ability of the body to fight off the meningitis bacteria."
"This disease is made more deadly because of the "acute induced scurvy" involved. This means that intravenous sodium ascorbate and later bowel tolerance doses of ascorbic acid should be administered along with the appropriate antibiotic. Not only does the ascorbate broaden the spectrum of activity of the antibiotics against bacteria and works synergistically with the antibiotic, but it avoids allergic reactions to the antibiotic. The susceptibility of sick people to allergic reactions is because of the up-regulation of the immune system while you are sick. This up-regulation is caused by free radicals. If the free radicals are neutralized by massive doses of ascorbate, the immune system, as far as allergic reactions are concerned, is down-regulated so that allergic reactions to the antibiotics do not occur. However, unlike steroids that universally down-regulate the immune system, ascorbate up-regulates the ability of white cells to kill viruses and bacteria......The incidence of meningitis "surges" after the flu because the acute induced scurvy induced by the flu decreases the ability of the body to fight off the meningitis bacteria."
"The
matron was convinced that the diagnosis was meningitis so she prepared a lumbar
puncture. I had however, seen this problem before. Lumbar punctures performed
by me had been negative and the infants died....the trauma of inserting a
needle..might result in a haemorrage that might cause spinal cord paralysis. So
I decided to give an injection of vitamin C..I probably gave as many as 6
injections, each 100mg. After half an hour Mary was normal. It was hard to
believe, but I had performed a miracle!...I found that any viral infection,
including measles and hepatitis, could be dramatically 'cured' by administering
Vitamin C intravenously in big doses--provided that treatment was commenced
early."---Dr Kalokerinos MD (Medical Pioneer of the 20th century p175)
"Meningitis
is not a transmissible disease, we do not "catch" it from one
another. My first lesson in vaccine propaganda is when I learned, back in the
forties, that the "epidemics" of meningitis amongst military recruits
were not epidemics but clusters, and the second thing I learned was that only
the freshly vaccinated recruits "caught" meningitis. The mess
sergeant didn't, the drill sergeant didn't, only the recruits did. Not even the
girls who worked at the base exchanges and service clubs, with whom the recruits
played kissy face "caught" meningitis - only the freshly vaccinated
recruits "caught" it.......In over thirty years of clinical practice
I have never seen an infectious hepatitis "caught" by another member
of a household and believe me when I say I really looked high and low for one
of those. If I found one I would look for a source of the poisoning, not for a
germ or a virus"---Daniel H Duffy Sr. DC
Cases of
meningitis and septicaemia have fallen from about 4,000 a year in the late
1990s to 2,446 last year following the introduction of a vaccine against
meningitis C in November 1999. But in a bizarre twist the number of deaths rose
last year by 17 per cent from 317 to 370 and is not far below the level before
the vaccine was introduced. [Media September 20, 2004] Meningitis vaccinations
'blamed' for rise in deaths
"When I
was in high school, my parents had me vaccinated for meningitis. Following my
meningitis vaccination, I ended up in the hospital with a major infection that
attacked every area of my system. My parents told me that for the first two
days that I was hospitalized I did not even recognize them. The doctors
performed a lumbar puncture on me. This procedure involved freezing my
mid-section so the doctors could insert a large needle into the pit of my spinal
cord to withdraw fluid for testing. Their diagnosis was meningitis. I remained
hospitalized for three weeks. They did not want to even consider that my
meningitis vaccination could have caused my nearly fatal disease." Vaccine
Safety Manual by Neil Z. Miller. (p.337)
"When
notifications of meningitis (from MMR vaccine) from physicians were included;
when the vaccine records of hospital cases of meningitis were included; when
cross linkage of vaccine records from laboratory reports (4 laboratories) was performed
and included the figure was increased to 1 in 11,000. It should be noted that
in the case of one particular laboratory, this was 1 in 4,000. "----- Paul
Shattock and Dawn Savery, Autism Research Unit, University of Sunderland,
Sunderland, UK
"When I
heard about the 14 year old boy who died of group C meningitis I remember
wondering how soon beforehand he had had his BCG vaccination (another vaccine
with a ‘live’ organism)."---DrJayne L M Donegan
"Every
time you hear of the tragic death of an infant, carried off in the first weeks
of life by ‘viral meningitis’, you have the right to suspect that BCG is at
work, even if the autopsy confirms a viral diagnosis. My wife lived through
this tragedy in a major Swiss hospital where she worked. The autopsy of the
child revealed the tubercular nature of the ‘viral’ meningitis following a BCG
inoculation, but all the assistants and nurses had received very clear
instructions to say nothing or risk terrible consequences. As with all secret
societies, the law of silence is absolute among doctors!"--Dr Jean Elmiger
(Rediscovering Real Medicine ISBN 1862041997)
"The use
of Hib vaccines has displaced haemophillus as a cause of disease and death, but
other organisms like the far more serious, and more untreatable pneumococcus or
other bacterial meningitis types have risen to take the place of Hib as causes
of meningitis."---Hilary Butler
"In
Minnesota, a state epidemiologist concluded that the Hib vaccine increases the
risk of illness when a study revealed that vaccinated children were *five
times* more likely to contract meningitis than unvaccinated children." http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/18/vaccine_myths2.htm
"hib is
not a disease but a type of bacteria---defined by lab test....so hard to see if
there is any disease decline.......Primary motive was to combat "invasive
bacterial infections", but no evidence this has been achieved. 3 major
types of "ibi"--hib, pneumococcal, and meningococcal. ..decline in
hib infections appears to have been accompanied by an increase in the other
two.... there appears to be no evidence of a decrease in invasive bacterial
disease overall.... in aus notifications of meningococcal disease in 1995 was
highest since 1979...this rise occurred in parallel with the fall in hib
disease, so what savings in illness have there been?....so, there seems to be
no demonstration savings in illness in children, on top of this there seems to
be an association between dpt vacc and invasive hib disease."--Greg Beattie
"The Government
was last night accused of a cover-up over the safety of its mass meningitis
immunization programme after The Observer obtained confidential documents that
show at least 11 people have died after injections to prevent the
disease."--Media Aug 2000
"Classen's
data and other published data indicates the following vaccines are associated
with an increased risk of diabetes (increased risk): hepatitis B (50%),
hemophilus (25%), tetanus (20%), diphtheria (9%), pertussis (25%), mumps-
rubella (23%). These findings are supported by a case control study performed
in Europe. The cumulative effect of all these vaccines on diabetes is
tremendous."--PRNewswire
"I have
published many articles linking vaccines and diabetes. In one study, a clinical
trial on the hemophilus vaccine, I showed that the risk of the vaccine exceeds
the benefit. This is published by the British medical Journal."--Bart
Classen
"Four of
the medical experts advising the Government on whether the new meningitis C
vaccine is safe have links to one or more of the drug companies that produce
it......Professor Janet Darbyshire, a member of the Government's Committee on
Safety of Medicines, had received support for academic research from US firms
Wyeth and Chiron, who produce the two main meningitis products being used on
children in Britain....three members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and
Immunisation had declared interests in vaccine manufacturers...Dr David
Goldblatt of the Institute of Child Health, has served on an expert advisory panel
for Wyeth and received research grants from Wyeth and North American Vaccines,
which produces a third meningitis C drug to be introduced this year. Another,
Professor Keith Cartwright of the University of Bristol, received funding from
the drug industry to 'evaluate candidate meningicoccal vaccines'.
"--Martin Bright and Tracy McVeigh, Sunday Observer, UK September 3, 2000
The aim of
this retrospective study was to evaluate the incidence and the characteristics
of spontaneously reported aseptic meningitis (AM) in France following mumps
vaccination with monovalent or multivalent vaccines containing the Urabe
strain. Fifty-four cases of AM were reported to the regional drug surveillance
centres or to the manufacturer from the time each vaccine was launched up until
June 1992. Twenty cases were associated with the time off administration of a
monovalent mumps vaccine and 34 with a trivalent measles, mumps and rubella
vaccine (MMR). A mumps virus was isolated in four cases in the cerebrospinal
fluid and an Urabe-like strain was characterised twice by polymerase chain
reaction (PCR).
A probable mumps origin was assumed in 17 other cases where the patients presented with other clinical or biological signs of mumps infection. The clinical outcome of AM was always favourable. The global incidence of mumps vaccine-associated AM was 0.82/100,000 doses, which is significantly lower than the incidence in the unvaccinated population. Even considering that the actual incidence of AM is much higher when assessed by active surveillance studies, the risk/benefit ratio of mumps vaccine remains in favour of vaccination. The incidence of mumps vaccines containing Jeryl Lynn (ROR Vax et Imu ORR) associated with AM needs to be evaluated. PMID: 9164005, UI: 97306738. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query…
A probable mumps origin was assumed in 17 other cases where the patients presented with other clinical or biological signs of mumps infection. The clinical outcome of AM was always favourable. The global incidence of mumps vaccine-associated AM was 0.82/100,000 doses, which is significantly lower than the incidence in the unvaccinated population. Even considering that the actual incidence of AM is much higher when assessed by active surveillance studies, the risk/benefit ratio of mumps vaccine remains in favour of vaccination. The incidence of mumps vaccines containing Jeryl Lynn (ROR Vax et Imu ORR) associated with AM needs to be evaluated. PMID: 9164005, UI: 97306738. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query…
Saturday,
March 5, 2011
Four infant deaths trigger vaccines halt
Kyodo News
The health ministry has decided to suspend the use of two types of publicly subsidized vaccines following the deaths of four children.
Municipal governments were notified of the decision.
Four infant deaths trigger vaccines halt
Kyodo News
The health ministry has decided to suspend the use of two types of publicly subsidized vaccines following the deaths of four children.
Municipal governments were notified of the decision.
The two types
are the Hib vaccine, which prevents bacterial meningitis, and a vaccine against
streptococcus pneumonia.
There have
been no reports so far from the doctors who treated the children that there is
a causal relationship between the vaccines and the deaths, according to the
Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
The ministry is planning to assemble a panel of experts this week after consulting with other doctors to examine the cases, according to officials.
The ministry is expected to let the vaccinations resume if the panel decides the two vaccines don't pose serious safety concerns.
The ministry is planning to assemble a panel of experts this week after consulting with other doctors to examine the cases, according to officials.
The ministry is expected to let the vaccinations resume if the panel decides the two vaccines don't pose serious safety concerns.
The four
children were a 3-month-old girl in Kawasaki who died Feb. 20, a 2-year-old boy
in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, who died Tuesday, a 1-year-old girl in
Nishinomiya, also in Hyogo, who died Wednesday, and a 6-month-old girl in the
city of Kyoto who died Friday.
The doctors of the children described the causal relationship between the vaccines and their deaths as either unclear or impossible to evaluate. Some had underlying illnesses and others did not.
The doctors of the children described the causal relationship between the vaccines and their deaths as either unclear or impossible to evaluate. Some had underlying illnesses and others did not.
All four
children were administered a vaccine against streptococcus pneumonia made by
Pfizer Inc., and all except the girl in Nishinomiya received ActHIB, an Hib
vaccine made by Sanofi Pasteur Inc.
In addition, all except the boy in Takarazuka received a mixed vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus on the same day they received other vaccines.
In addition, all except the boy in Takarazuka received a mixed vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus on the same day they received other vaccines.
The
streptococcus pneumonia vaccine has been administered to an estimated 1.10
million people in 2.15 million doses since it went on sale in February 2010.
The Hib vaccine has been administered to an estimated 1.55 million people in
3.08 million doses since its launch in December 2008.
Japan, known for being notoriously slow to accept new vaccines, approved the Hib vaccine in 2007, 20 years after the United States did so. Approval for the streptococcus pneumonia vaccine came in 2009, compared with 2000 in the U.S.
Japan, known for being notoriously slow to accept new vaccines, approved the Hib vaccine in 2007, 20 years after the United States did so. Approval for the streptococcus pneumonia vaccine came in 2009, compared with 2000 in the U.S.
An increasing
number of people are believed to be receiving these vaccines because of a
subsidy program launched last November in which the government agrees to
shoulder half the cost of vaccination if municipal governments organize and
subsidize vaccination programs.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110305x3.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110305x3.html
[1999] HIB VACCINE MAY CAUSE
JUVENILE DIABETES
by What Doctors Don't Tell You (Volume 10, Issue 9)
Children who receive multiple doses of the Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine are at increased risk of developing type I juvenile-onset diabetes, according to new American research.
When researchers in Baltimore compared children who had received four, one and no doses of the vaccine, the cumulative incidence of diabetes per 100,000 in the three groups was 261, 237 and 207 at age 7 and 398, 376 and 340 at age 10, respectively. This works out to be that the greatest increased risk is among children who receive the full quotient of the vaccine.
The incidence of diabetes among US children aged five to 10 had been stable in the 10 years prior the introduction of the vaccine.
The increased risk of diabetes - which is just one of the potential adverse effects of the Hib jab - certainly exceeds the benefits of the vaccine, say the Baltimore research team. The Hib vaccine has been estimated to prevent approximately seven deaths, and between seven and 26 cases of severe disability per 100,000 children who have been immunised (BMJ, 1999; 319: 1133).
* In another study, scientists have found that the routine vaccination of newborns with the hepatitis B vaccine increases the risk of fever (Arch Dis Child, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 1999; 81: F206-7). A before-and-after study showed a link between the launch of the vaccination programme in Israel and the number of babies with unexplained fever in the first three days of life. As yet, the scientists do not know what significance this finding has for the short- or long-term health of the infants.
by What Doctors Don't Tell You (Volume 10, Issue 9)
Children who receive multiple doses of the Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine are at increased risk of developing type I juvenile-onset diabetes, according to new American research.
When researchers in Baltimore compared children who had received four, one and no doses of the vaccine, the cumulative incidence of diabetes per 100,000 in the three groups was 261, 237 and 207 at age 7 and 398, 376 and 340 at age 10, respectively. This works out to be that the greatest increased risk is among children who receive the full quotient of the vaccine.
The incidence of diabetes among US children aged five to 10 had been stable in the 10 years prior the introduction of the vaccine.
The increased risk of diabetes - which is just one of the potential adverse effects of the Hib jab - certainly exceeds the benefits of the vaccine, say the Baltimore research team. The Hib vaccine has been estimated to prevent approximately seven deaths, and between seven and 26 cases of severe disability per 100,000 children who have been immunised (BMJ, 1999; 319: 1133).
* In another study, scientists have found that the routine vaccination of newborns with the hepatitis B vaccine increases the risk of fever (Arch Dis Child, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 1999; 81: F206-7). A before-and-after study showed a link between the launch of the vaccination programme in Israel and the number of babies with unexplained fever in the first three days of life. As yet, the scientists do not know what significance this finding has for the short- or long-term health of the infants.
Can Hib Vaccine Cause Asthma?
by Heidi White
Can the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine cause asthma or allergy? I am not aware of any human studies that have specifically looked at the effect of Hib vaccine on asthma. However, a Swiss study1 found that invasive Hib infection (epiglottitis) could possibly be linked to an increase in the rate of asthma and allergies (OR 4.8). There may be a few explanations for this. Firstly, the treatment of a Hib infection with antibiotics, such as cephalosporins (eg cefotaxime or ceftriaxone), may by itself increase the risk of asthma.2 And secondly, cell wall components from the Hib bacteria may also be a cause of asthma.
by Heidi White
Can the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine cause asthma or allergy? I am not aware of any human studies that have specifically looked at the effect of Hib vaccine on asthma. However, a Swiss study1 found that invasive Hib infection (epiglottitis) could possibly be linked to an increase in the rate of asthma and allergies (OR 4.8). There may be a few explanations for this. Firstly, the treatment of a Hib infection with antibiotics, such as cephalosporins (eg cefotaxime or ceftriaxone), may by itself increase the risk of asthma.2 And secondly, cell wall components from the Hib bacteria may also be a cause of asthma.
If invasive
Hib infection is able to cause asthma then it may also be possible that the Hib
vaccine could also have a similar effect. Animal studies have provided various
mechanisms for why this could occur:
a) A nasal Hib vaccine has been shown to stimulate Th1 and Th2 cells in mice.3 If the Th2 side of the immune system is over stimulated, then this can increase the risk of asthma and allergy.
a) A nasal Hib vaccine has been shown to stimulate Th1 and Th2 cells in mice.3 If the Th2 side of the immune system is over stimulated, then this can increase the risk of asthma and allergy.
b) Hib
vaccination in rats has been shown to enhance histamine levels with a
corresponding increase in the number of eosinophils.4-7 Eosinophils (white
blood cells, used to fight infection) will proliferate and accumulate in the
airways under stimulation by interleukin-5 (IL-5), a cytokine produced by Th2
cells. Eosinophil accumulation is also evident in the dermis of the skin seen
in people with atopic dermatitis (eczema).
c) Hib
vaccination in rats has been shown to cause increased bronchoconstriction in
response to histamine, possibly due to an increased reactivity of the
para-sympathetic/cholinergic pathways.7,8
d) Studies in guinea-pigs have shown that Hib vaccination may impair the beta (b ) 2-adrenergic system by causing a blocking or desensitization of b 2 receptors, or by reducing the number of b 2 receptors in the lung.9-13 Inhibition of b receptors can lead to increased bronchoconstriction. It is thought that the polysaccharide component of the bacterial cell wall may be responsible for this effect.14 HibTitre vaccine contains purified polysaccharide (PRP), from the capsule of the Hib bacteria, which is linked to a diphtheria carrier protein. PedvaxHIB vaccine contains PRP linked to a meningococcal protein.
d) Studies in guinea-pigs have shown that Hib vaccination may impair the beta (b ) 2-adrenergic system by causing a blocking or desensitization of b 2 receptors, or by reducing the number of b 2 receptors in the lung.9-13 Inhibition of b receptors can lead to increased bronchoconstriction. It is thought that the polysaccharide component of the bacterial cell wall may be responsible for this effect.14 HibTitre vaccine contains purified polysaccharide (PRP), from the capsule of the Hib bacteria, which is linked to a diphtheria carrier protein. PedvaxHIB vaccine contains PRP linked to a meningococcal protein.
It would be
interesting to see the results of a human study that specifically examines the
effects of Hib vaccine on the incidence of asthma and allergy.
Heidi White
Hospital Pharmacist
September, 1999.
Heidi White
Hospital Pharmacist
September, 1999.
REFERENCES:
1. Muhlemann K et al. Risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease among children 2-16 years of age in the vaccine era, Switzerland 1991-1993. The Swiss H. Influenzae Study Group. Int J Epidemiol 1996 Dec;25(6):1280-5
2. Farooqi IS, Hopkin MH. Early childhood infection and atopic disorder. Thorax 1998 November; 53: 927-932
3. Kurono Y et al. Nasal immunization induces Haemophilus influenzae-specific Th1 and Th2 responses with mucosal IgA and systemic IgG antibodies for protective immunity. J Infect Dis 1999 Jul;180(1):122-32
4. Nijkamp FP et al. Facilitation of histamine release in the Haemophilus influenzae vaccinated experimental animal. Br J Pharmacol. 1980 Jan; 68(1):147P
5. Raaijmakers JA, Terpstra GK, Kreukniet J. Mast cells as a possible source of Haemophilus influenzae-induced changes in plasma and lung histamine levels. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1980;61(3):352-7
6. Terpstra GK, Raaijmakers JA; Kreukniet J. Comparison of vaccination of mice and rats with Haemophilus influenzae and Bordetella pertussis as models of atopy. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1979 Mar-Apr;6(2):139-49
7. Terpstra GK et al. Effects of Haemophilus influenzae vaccination on the (para-)sympathic- cyclic nucleotide-histamine axis in rats. Ann Allergy 1979 Jan; 42(1):36-40
8. Schreurs AJ, Nijkamp FP. Bronchial hyper-reactivity to histamine induced by Haemophilus influenzae vaccination. Agents Actions 1984 Oct; 15(3-4): 211-5
9. Terpstra GK, Kreukniet J, Raaijmakers JA. Changes in beta-adrenergic responses as a consequence of infection with micro-organisms. Eur J Respir Dis Suppl 1984;135:34-46
10. Schreurs AJ, Terpstra GK et al. The effects of Haemophilus influenzae vaccination on anaphylactic mediator release and isoprenaline-induced inhibition of mediator release. Eur J Pharmacol 1980 Apr 4;62(4):261-8
11. Schreurs AJ, Versteeg DH, Nijkamp FP. Involvement of catecholamines in Haemophilus influenzae induced decrease of beta-adrenoceptor function. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1982 Sep; 320(3):235-9
12. Schreurs AJ, Terpstra GK, Raaijmakers JA, Nijkamp FP. Effects of vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae on adrenoceptor function of tracheal and parenchymal strips. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1980 Dec;215(3):691-6
13. Nijkamp FP et al. Inhibition of effects of isoprenaline and adrenaline by Haemophilus influenzae vaccination. Br J Pharmacol. 1980 Jan; 68(1):146P.
14. Schreurs AJ, Verhoef J, Nijkamp FP. Bacterial cell wall components decrease the number of guinea-pig lung beta-adrenoceptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1983 Jan 28; 87(1):127-32
1. Muhlemann K et al. Risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease among children 2-16 years of age in the vaccine era, Switzerland 1991-1993. The Swiss H. Influenzae Study Group. Int J Epidemiol 1996 Dec;25(6):1280-5
2. Farooqi IS, Hopkin MH. Early childhood infection and atopic disorder. Thorax 1998 November; 53: 927-932
3. Kurono Y et al. Nasal immunization induces Haemophilus influenzae-specific Th1 and Th2 responses with mucosal IgA and systemic IgG antibodies for protective immunity. J Infect Dis 1999 Jul;180(1):122-32
4. Nijkamp FP et al. Facilitation of histamine release in the Haemophilus influenzae vaccinated experimental animal. Br J Pharmacol. 1980 Jan; 68(1):147P
5. Raaijmakers JA, Terpstra GK, Kreukniet J. Mast cells as a possible source of Haemophilus influenzae-induced changes in plasma and lung histamine levels. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1980;61(3):352-7
6. Terpstra GK, Raaijmakers JA; Kreukniet J. Comparison of vaccination of mice and rats with Haemophilus influenzae and Bordetella pertussis as models of atopy. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1979 Mar-Apr;6(2):139-49
7. Terpstra GK et al. Effects of Haemophilus influenzae vaccination on the (para-)sympathic- cyclic nucleotide-histamine axis in rats. Ann Allergy 1979 Jan; 42(1):36-40
8. Schreurs AJ, Nijkamp FP. Bronchial hyper-reactivity to histamine induced by Haemophilus influenzae vaccination. Agents Actions 1984 Oct; 15(3-4): 211-5
9. Terpstra GK, Kreukniet J, Raaijmakers JA. Changes in beta-adrenergic responses as a consequence of infection with micro-organisms. Eur J Respir Dis Suppl 1984;135:34-46
10. Schreurs AJ, Terpstra GK et al. The effects of Haemophilus influenzae vaccination on anaphylactic mediator release and isoprenaline-induced inhibition of mediator release. Eur J Pharmacol 1980 Apr 4;62(4):261-8
11. Schreurs AJ, Versteeg DH, Nijkamp FP. Involvement of catecholamines in Haemophilus influenzae induced decrease of beta-adrenoceptor function. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1982 Sep; 320(3):235-9
12. Schreurs AJ, Terpstra GK, Raaijmakers JA, Nijkamp FP. Effects of vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae on adrenoceptor function of tracheal and parenchymal strips. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1980 Dec;215(3):691-6
13. Nijkamp FP et al. Inhibition of effects of isoprenaline and adrenaline by Haemophilus influenzae vaccination. Br J Pharmacol. 1980 Jan; 68(1):146P.
14. Schreurs AJ, Verhoef J, Nijkamp FP. Bacterial cell wall components decrease the number of guinea-pig lung beta-adrenoceptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1983 Jan 28; 87(1):127-32
Beware of HIB vaccine
by Dr Robert Mendelsohn MD
Just as with the older vaccines, the best advice I can give parents is to carefully read the prescribing information before permitting the doctor to use this new Hemophilus influenza b vaccine.
by Dr Robert Mendelsohn MD
Just as with the older vaccines, the best advice I can give parents is to carefully read the prescribing information before permitting the doctor to use this new Hemophilus influenza b vaccine.
You then will
learn that, in addition to the active agent or germ, the vaccine injection also
contains lactose, thimerosal (a derivative of mercury) and sodium chloride. You
might ask your doctor whether any studies have shown that the injection of
these materials——sugar, mercury and salt——is safe. I know of none.
Be sure that
your doctor has a second syringe available if he gives your child the shot. The
prescribing information states that an epinephrine (adrenaline) injection
should be available for immediate use if an anaphylactoid (shock—like) reaction
should occur. Also, be sure he takes a careful history and performs a physical
examination on your child, since any febrile illness (one that is accompanied
by a fever) or active infection is reason to delay the vaccine.
If you decide
to have the doctor inject the vaccine, watch that he injects it in the right
place. The vaccine should be given under the skin (subcutaneously) and not
intradermally (between the layers of the skin), intravenously or
intramuscularly. The safety and efficacy of these other routes of administration
have not been evaluated.
Where has the
vaccine come from? Has it been sitting on a table or in a drawer? The
prescribing information says the Hib vaccine should be refrigerated upon
receipt and should be stored when not in use at 35 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit. Be
sure the vaccine is taken out of the refrigerator and not out of the freezer,
since the prescribing information carries the warning——DO NOT FREEZE.
If you can,
determine when the doctor mixed the vial of vaccine with the vial of diluting
fluid, since, after mixing, the vaccine is stable for only 30 days when stored
as directed. The date of mixing (reconstitution) should be recorded on the
label of the vial containing the vaccine. Look at the label before the shot is
given to make sure the expiration date has not passed.
Since the Hib
vaccine first was introduced a few years ago, I have been warning people about
the tendency of doctors to use a new medicine as fast as they can before all
the adverse effects are known. Now, the darker side of this new vaccine,
designed to prevent children from getting meningitis, is beginning to surface.
In an article
entitled, "Meningitis Risk Seen from Use of Vaccine" (St. Paul
Pioneer Press Dispatch, April 21, 1987), Minnesota state epidemiologist Michael
Osterholm reported that, instead of protecting children from meningitis, the
Hib vaccine increases the risk of illness. Speaking to physicians and health
experts from around the United States who were gathered at the National
Institutes of Health, Osterholm reported that a study of children who had
received the Rib vaccine since its introduction in 1985 showed they faced a
fivefold increase in the risk that they Will be infected by the Hemophilus
influenza type b bacteria (against which the vaccine is supposed to protect
them). This Minnesota study found the vaccine has an effective rate of minus 86
percent, meaning the number of infected children grew. In Minnesota, many
doctors have stopped administering the vaccine until they get a definitive
response from the FDA.
In contrast,
the original study of children in Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Dallas which was
done by Dr. Eugene Shapiro of the Yale University School of Medicine, found the
vaccine to be effective 89 percent of the time. The most startling revelation
is that Shapiro excluded Minnesota from his study (even though that study used
the same methodology) because the state’s results were so far out—of—line from
the other areas examined. I hope every reader of this Newsletter, whether in
the United States or in Canada, is aware of the almost uncontrollable tendency
of researchers to throw out findings that don’t agree with their preconceived
conclusions!
In view of
this important news, every parent whose doctor recommends the Hib vaccine must
ask the doctor if he knows what’s happening in Minnesota.
The
authoritative Centers for Disease Control publication, Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, reported in its August 21, 1987 edition that invasive Hib
disease was occurring in children who previously had been vaccinated with that
immunizing agent.
When the
vaccine was introduced in 1985, the FDA asked its manufacturers to conduct
post—marketing studies. As a result, the FDA, CDC, vaccine manufacturers and
individual vaccine investigators have received spontaneous reports of these
vaccine failures.
The word
"spontaneous" is important. It indicates that government agencies and
vaccine manufacturers have depended on passive surveillance in their search for
adverse effects.
"Passive
surveillance" is the epidemiological term used when there is only
voluntary, spontaneous and therefore spotty reporting of adverse effects by
patients and doctors to the government or drug companies. In contrast,
"active surveillance" refers to a situation in which the company
making the drug" or vaccine and the government’s health and watchdog
agencies make an effort to check up on the patients to determine the extent of
adverse effects.
For example,
in active surveillance, a vaccine manufacturer or the FDA might keep a file
card on each person who was given the vaccine during field trials. Then at some
point——days, weeks, months or even years later—each vaccinee and his family
would be contacted, examined and closely questioned to determine both the
efficacy and safety of the vaccine.
As you can
see, from the scientific standpoint, active surveillance is vastly superior to
passive surveillance. However, not too unsurprisingly, vaccine manufacturers
are quite resistant to the idea of active surveillance. They claim it is too
expensive, too time—consuming, etc.
I often have
felt that a more basic reason for opposition to active surveillance is vaccine
manufacturers’ fears of what such a scientific study might turn up. But even
with inadequate, slapdash and sloppy passive surveillance, bad news about the
Hib vaccine has surfaced. Investigators at the Northern California Kaiser
Permanente Health Plan and the Minnesota Department of Health have reported
some cases of invasive Hib disease during the one—week period following
vaccination.
Last year, one
investigator suggested in the New England Journal of Medicine that these
vaccine failures might be due "to an inability to induce an appropriate
antibody response." Translating this into English, the vaccine might not
work.
The CDC says
further investigation is necessary to evaluate the meaning of Hib cases found
soon after vaccination. They warn that physicians should be aware that
"cases may occur in the week after vaccination, prior to onset of the
protective effects of the vaccine."
I will not
argue with the CDC that physicians should be aware of the vaccine failure. But
just in case your physician does not have time to read this weekly government
publication, I think it important that patients get the message directly.
Loss of speech after Hib vaccine
Letter WDDTY April 2001
Letter WDDTY April 2001
in 1992,
immediately following a then new vaccination against Haemophllus influenzae
type b (Hib) infection, my two-year-old granddaughter became unresponsive and
regressed until she lost all understanding and speech.
She was
finally diagnosed with the extremely rare childhood disintegrative disorder
Heller’s syndrome.
An Australian
National Health and Medical Council information sheet on Hib vaccines advises
that Hib meningitis can cause brain damage with later learning difficulties and
behavioural disorders (www.health.gov.au).
On hearing of US reports of an elevated risk of Hib disease in the week following Hib vaccinations, I sought as much information as possible. Through the US Freedom of Information Act (as WDDTY suggested), I was able to obtain adverse reports for 1988—90, when the vaccine given to my granddaughter was first used in the US. The reports showed clustering of meningitis on day two following vaccination, with an unexpected involvement of the MMR vaccine.
On hearing of US reports of an elevated risk of Hib disease in the week following Hib vaccinations, I sought as much information as possible. Through the US Freedom of Information Act (as WDDTY suggested), I was able to obtain adverse reports for 1988—90, when the vaccine given to my granddaughter was first used in the US. The reports showed clustering of meningitis on day two following vaccination, with an unexpected involvement of the MMR vaccine.
There are 140
serious outcome reports, with 24 cases of meningitis. Five meningitis cases
occurred on day two following vaccination and one on day four; nine are classed
as ‘no drug effect’ and nine had undefined timing. The ‘no drug effect’ cases
must be vaccine failures, occurring at least a month, but up to two and a half
years, after vaccination.
If the five day-two meningitis cases represent ‘background’ disease, there should have been comparable reports for all seven days of the week following vaccination. It seems most unlikely that ‘background’ disease cases could be so concentrated on day two.
If the five day-two meningitis cases represent ‘background’ disease, there should have been comparable reports for all seven days of the week following vaccination. It seems most unlikely that ‘background’ disease cases could be so concentrated on day two.
Seven of the
140 serious outcome children also received MMR vaccine, probably representing
those who missed this shot at one year of age. Three of these seven children
had day-two meningitis. It is most unlikely that the involvement of MMR in
day-two meningitis is a chance occurrence.
If no one can say which braindamaging illness caused a particular child’s autistic regression, greatest suspicion must fall on the most common illness with features consistent with parents’ experiences.—BG, Canberra
If no one can say which braindamaging illness caused a particular child’s autistic regression, greatest suspicion must fall on the most common illness with features consistent with parents’ experiences.—BG, Canberra
Parents demand
answers as children fall ill after meningitis jabs
(Western Daily Press, June 12, 2000)
Case 1
Father's fears over tot's reaction
TERRY Meredith’s daughter has never been an angel but the change in her behaviour since having the meningitis C vaccination has left him worried about the long-term effects.
Amy, who is almost three, has been acting differently since her injection two weeks ago.
"The day she had the jab she went absolutely loopy. It was like she was on Ecstasy or something," he said.
"She is normally boisterous but she has been particularly bad since the injection. Her behaviour has deteriorated and she has been violent towards her mother and her 13-month-old sister Stacey. We have had to discipline her and tell her off more than ever before."
Mr Meredith, who lives in Tidenham, near Chepstow, said friends had also reported strange behaviour among their children since the injections.
"One of our friends has a little boy and he has gone stubborn and is shouting and has been violent, he said.
"Two others have also said they have seen a marked change in their children’s behaviour since they had it.
"Amy has never been as good as gold, but since the day she had it she has been hyperactive," he said.
"We all want to know whether any damage has been done, if it is temporary and whether something should be done about it."
He said the family’s experience had put them off taking their children for any more injections.
Case 2
Black-outs ‘not treated seriously’
KEVIN and Nicola Hall say they are still waiting for an explanation of their daughter’s sudden illness.
In the weeks after her vaccination at Norton Hill School in Midsomer Norton, near Bath, Rebecca suffered ten blackouts, severe headaches and other symptoms.
The 12-year-old collapsed two hours after receiving her injection at the 1,250-pupil school on March 29.
She was taken to Royal United hospital and kept under observation for a night.
But since then she has collapsed at school on two other occasions and reported to the nurse seven times with headaches, dizziness and weakness.
She has also been sent home from school ten times and advised not to take part in PE lessons after collapsing on the playing field twice.
Mr Hall said he wanted to know if she had suffered any lasting damage.
"Before she had the vaccination she was fit and healthy but the doctor and paediatrician are treating it as if it is a migraine and giving her tablets," he said.
"She has not had a history of migraines and there is no history of it in the family and from what we know her symptoms are not even the same.
"I don’t feel her case has been treated seriously. We certainly want the health authorities to be more aware of the side effects that some people are having.
"I am not in favour of the immunization programme being stopped but we don’t want these side effects being treated as if is just a migraine."
http://www.wellwithin1.com/meningitisc.htm
(Western Daily Press, June 12, 2000)
Case 1
Father's fears over tot's reaction
TERRY Meredith’s daughter has never been an angel but the change in her behaviour since having the meningitis C vaccination has left him worried about the long-term effects.
Amy, who is almost three, has been acting differently since her injection two weeks ago.
"The day she had the jab she went absolutely loopy. It was like she was on Ecstasy or something," he said.
"She is normally boisterous but she has been particularly bad since the injection. Her behaviour has deteriorated and she has been violent towards her mother and her 13-month-old sister Stacey. We have had to discipline her and tell her off more than ever before."
Mr Meredith, who lives in Tidenham, near Chepstow, said friends had also reported strange behaviour among their children since the injections.
"One of our friends has a little boy and he has gone stubborn and is shouting and has been violent, he said.
"Two others have also said they have seen a marked change in their children’s behaviour since they had it.
"Amy has never been as good as gold, but since the day she had it she has been hyperactive," he said.
"We all want to know whether any damage has been done, if it is temporary and whether something should be done about it."
He said the family’s experience had put them off taking their children for any more injections.
Case 2
Black-outs ‘not treated seriously’
KEVIN and Nicola Hall say they are still waiting for an explanation of their daughter’s sudden illness.
In the weeks after her vaccination at Norton Hill School in Midsomer Norton, near Bath, Rebecca suffered ten blackouts, severe headaches and other symptoms.
The 12-year-old collapsed two hours after receiving her injection at the 1,250-pupil school on March 29.
She was taken to Royal United hospital and kept under observation for a night.
But since then she has collapsed at school on two other occasions and reported to the nurse seven times with headaches, dizziness and weakness.
She has also been sent home from school ten times and advised not to take part in PE lessons after collapsing on the playing field twice.
Mr Hall said he wanted to know if she had suffered any lasting damage.
"Before she had the vaccination she was fit and healthy but the doctor and paediatrician are treating it as if it is a migraine and giving her tablets," he said.
"She has not had a history of migraines and there is no history of it in the family and from what we know her symptoms are not even the same.
"I don’t feel her case has been treated seriously. We certainly want the health authorities to be more aware of the side effects that some people are having.
"I am not in favour of the immunization programme being stopped but we don’t want these side effects being treated as if is just a migraine."
http://www.wellwithin1.com/meningitisc.htm
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