Meningitis Vaccine – from 2007
So interesting to look back and see Their technique … it’s a pseudo-revelation technique, feigning doubt by critical analysis that instead subtly sways positive conclusion by pre-supposing existence of virus, which is itself in doubt.
From Healthday Thursday, June 28, 2007
WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that all teens between the ages of 11 and 18 be routinely vaccinated against potentially deadly bacterial meningitis.
The recommendation, issued by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, broadens the current guidelines for vaccinating adolescents and will be adopted by the agency, experts said.
“The prior recommendation had focused on different age groups,” said Dr. Carol Baker, chairwoman of the committee’s Meningococcal Working Group. “The new recommendation will be routine vaccination of all adolescents 11 through 18 years of age.”
The earlier recommendation, which targeted only 15- to 18-year-olds, was made because vaccine supplies were limited, added Baker, who is president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
“The vaccine supply to be able to immunize this many adolescents is now sufficient,” she said. “Now we will prevent many more infections.”
Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but sometimes fatal bacterial infection that often strikes pre-adolescents, adolescents and young adults. The disease strikes quickly and has devastating complications, including hearing loss, brain damage, limb amputations and, in some cases, death.
“Vaccination is going to do a whole lot to reduce the incidence of this disease,” said Lynn Bozof, executive director of the National Meningitis Association.
“The CDC’s action will raise awareness … among parents and adolescents that this disease is out there and it is potentially vaccine-preventable,” she added.
The committee recommended that teens be routinely vaccinated with Menactra, the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) made by Sanofi Pasteur.
The vaccine has been proven to protect against up to 83 percent of meningococcal cases among adolescents, according to the National Meningitis Association.
“The CDC recognizes that all adolescents are at risk for this disease, and they are doing what is in the best interest of the public,” Bozof, who lost a son to meningitis, said. “If this recommendation had been in place nine years ago, my son would be alive.”
Meningitis is spread through the exchange of respiratory droplets, which can come from sharing a drink or utensils, kissing, or coughing and sneezing. Adolescents and young adults are at increased risk for the disease, which can be contracted in crowded living situations, such as dormitories, boarding schools and sleep-away camps.
Bozof believes all adolescents should be vaccinated. “You have a vaccine that can prevent the killer disease,” she said. “To me it’s a no-brainer — you just go and protect your children.”
I also read that the MVP (Mengititus Vaccine Project) is targeting children in Africa with the newer improved vaccine.
From UCDavis
Overview
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Viral meningitis is less severe and usually resolves without treatment. Bacterial meningitis is generally more serious and may result in brain damage, hearing loss, learning disability or death. Meningitis is relatively rare (1.5 cases per 100,000 in the U.S) but there is evidence that first-year students living in residence halls are at higher risk.
Transmission
Some forms of bacterial meningitis are contagious. The bacteria are spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions (i.e., coughing, kissing). Individuals in the same household or anyone in direct contact with a person who has meningitis are at increased risk for acquiring infection.
Signs & Symptoms
Fever
Severe Headache
Stiff neck
Discomfort looking into bright lights
Confusion
Nausea and Vomiting
Sleepiness
Seizures
Prevention
The meningitis vaccine is about 85% effective against certain strains of bacteria. It does not protect against viral meningitis.The CDC now recommends that children ages 11 to 12 years old, unvaccinated teens entering high school, and unvaccinated college freshmen living in dormitories should be routinely vaccinated.
Treatment
Bacterial meningitis can be treated with a number of effective antibiotics. It is important, that treatment is started early.
People in the same household or day care center, or anyone with direct contact with a patient’s oral secretions (such as a boyfriend or girlfriend) would be considered at increased risk of acquiring the infection. People who qualify as close contacts of a person with meningitis caused by N. meningitidis should receive antibiotics to prevent them from getting the disease.
From Children’s Hospital
Who should get the meningococcal vaccine?
The meningococcal vaccine is recommended for:
Adolescents entering middle school (11-12 year olds) or high school (15 years old)
Children and adults without a spleen
Children and adults who lack a particular group of serum proteins that help the body fight infection (called complement proteins)
College freshmen living in dormitories
People exposed to someone infected with meningococcus during an outbreak if the type of meningococcus is one contained in the vaccine (types A, C, Y or W-135)
Children and adults who will be travelling to sub-Saharan Africa between December and June
Said that the cost for registered college students is about $80.00
From The New York Times
Five teenagers developed a serious neurological disorder within two to four weeks after receiving the vaccine Menactra, which prevents a severe and deadly form of meningitis, the Food and Drug Administration reported yesterday.
All have recovered or are recovering from the illness, Guillain-Barré syndrome, which causes weakness in the arms and legs and can spread to the chest and impair breathing. The drug agency said in a news release, ”It is not yet known whether these cases were caused by the vaccine or are coincidental.”
In the meantime, parents should continue to vaccinate their children, said Dr. Karen Midthun, deputy director of the drug agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation.
The vaccine is needed because meningococcal disease is a horrific illness that comes on suddenly and can be rapidly fatal, with a death rate of about 10 percent. Among survivors, up to 19 percent wind up with permanent disabilities.
The meningococcal disease affects about one person in 100,000 annually, and college freshmen living in dormitories are among those at greatest risk of contracting it.
Guillain-Barré syndrome has a death rate as high as 5 percent, Dr. Midthun said, adding that a majority ”do recover, and recover fully.”
Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, agreed that vaccination should continue and said that he would insist on vaccination if he had children in the age group generally vaccinated.
Menactra, made by Sanofi Pasteur, was licensed in the United States in January and recommended for high school and college freshmen, 11- and 12-year-olds and all travelers to certain countries. So far, more than 2.5 million people have received Menactra shots, and there have been no other reports of Guillain-Barré.
Statistically, the five cases could be coincidental. No cases were detected in studies in 7,000 patients before the vaccine was licensed.
Experts from the company, the drug agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are studying the cases to try to determine whether the vaccine was to blame. One possibility they will consider is whether the syndrome was related to an infection caused by Campylobacter bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, particularly from chicken. In the United States, the bacterium is linked to up to 40 percent of Guillain-Barré cases.
The five cases occurred in New York, Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The limited region is puzzling, given the vaccine’s wide use. That pattern suggests that it is at least possible that something other than the vaccine could be responsible, Dr. Schaffner said.
To find out if there are more cases, the Food and Drug Administration is asking doctors and the public to report any possible cases of the nerve syndrome after vaccination, via the Internet at www.vaers.hhs.gov or by calling (800)822-7967.
Meanwhile, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the interim head of the Food and Drug Administration, announced late Friday afternoon that he would no longer hold two full-time jobs, the interim one at the drug agency and his original job as head of the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. von Eschenbach told the F.D.A. staff of his decision in a memorandum, explaining that Michael O. Leavitt, secretary of health and human services, had asked Dr. von Eschenbach’s deputy, Dr. John Niederhuber to handle ”day-to-day management” at the cancer institute. Staff members there received a similar memorandum.
Dr. von Eschenbach was appointed to the F.D.A. post on Sept. 23 by President Bush when the recently confirmed F.D.A. commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford, abruptly resigned. Dr. von Eschenbach initially said he would remain at the cancer institute and perform the drug agency job.
That left him open to criticism that he was taking on too much and that the two jobs could lead to conflicts of interest. The cancer institute applies to the F.D.A. to test cancer drugs and conduct clinical trials.
In his memorandum, Dr. von Eschenbach wrote that he would recuse himself from drug agency business that involves the cancer institute unless the Department of Health and Human Services asked him to participate in particular cases.
From Luther College
What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?
The vaccine is considered relatively free of side effects and is generally effective for three-five years. Minor reactions may include redness and swelling at the injection site that may last one to two days. About 2 percent of recipients may develop fever after vaccination. If you develop a high or persistent fever, consult a physician. Extremely rare allergic reactions have occurred, including those resulting in hives, asthma, and even anaphylaxis. As with any vaccine, vaccination with meningitis vaccine does not protect 100 percent of all susceptible individuals
Vaccine Ingredients – Formaldehyde, Aspartame, Mercury, Etc
11-11-4
This following list of common vaccines and their ingredients should shock anyone.
The numbers of microbes, antibiotics, chemicals, heavy metals and animal byproducts is staggering. Would you knowingly inject these materials into your children?
Acel-Immune DTaP – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin Act HIB
Haemophilus – Influenza B Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
* Haemophilus influenza Type B, polyribosylribitol phosphate ammonium sulfate, formalin, and sucrose
Attenuvax – Measles Merck & Co., Inc. 800-672-6372
* measles live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, chick embryo
Biavax – Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800-672-6372
* rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
BioThrax – Anthrax Adsorbed BioPort Corporation 517.327.1500
* nonencapsulated strain of Bacillus anthracis aluminum hydroxide, benzethonium chloride, and formaldehyde
DPT – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
* diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, formaldehyde, aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, and thimerosal, washed sheep RBCs
Dryvax – Smallpox (not licensed d/t expiration) Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* live vaccinia virus, with “some microbial contaminants,” according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins Engerix-B
Recombinant Hepatitis B GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
* genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the surface antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast, aluminum hydroxide, and thimerosal
Fluvirin Medeva Pharmaceuticals 888.MEDEVA 716.274.5300
* influenza virus, neomycin, polymyxin, beta-propiolactone, chick embryonic fluid
FluShield Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* trivalent influenza virus, types A&B gentamicin sulphate formadehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) chick embryonic fluid
Havrix – Hepatitis A GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
* hepatitis A virus, formalin, aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethanol, and polysorbate 20 residual MRC5 proteins -human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
HiB Titer – Haemophilus Influenza B Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* haemophilus influenza B, polyribosylribitol phosphate, yeast, ammonium sulfate, thimerosal, and chemically defined yeast-based medium
Imovax Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
* rabies virus adsorbed, neomycin sulfate, phenol, red indicator human albumin, human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
IPOL Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
* 3 types of polio viruses neomycin, streptomycin, and polymyxin B formaldehyde, and 2-phenoxyethenol continuous line of monkey kidney cells
JE-VAX – Japanese Ancephalitis Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
* Nakayama-NIH strain of Japanese encephalitis virus, inactivated formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 (Tween-80), and thimerosal mouse serum proteins, and gelatin
LYMErix – Lyme GlaxoSmithKline 888-825-5249
* recombinant protein (OspA) from the outer surface of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi kanamycin aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethenol, phosphate buffered saline
MMR – Measles-Mumps-Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* measles, mumps, rubella live virus, neomycin sorbitol, hydrolized gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
M-R-Vax – Measles-Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* measles, rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
Menomune – Meningococcal Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
* freeze-dried polysaccharide antigens from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, thimerosal, and lactose
Meruvax I – Mumps Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* mumps live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin
NYVAC – (new smallpox batch, not licensed) Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
* highly-attenuated vaccinia virus, polymyxcin B, sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
Orimune – Oral Polio Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* 3 types of polio viruses, attenuated neomycin, streptomycin sorbitol monkey kidney cells and calf serum
Pneumovax – Streptococcus Pneumoniae Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* capsular polysaccharides from polyvalent (23 types), pneumococcal bacteria, phenol,
Prevnar Pneumococcal – 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Wyeth Lederle 800.934.5556
* saccharides from capsular Streptococcus pneumoniae antigens (7 serotypes) individually conjugated to diphtheria CRM 197 protein aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, soy protein, yeast
RabAvert – Rabies Chiron Behring GmbH & Company 510.655.8729
* fixed-virus strain, Flury LEP neomycin, chlortetracycline, and amphotericin B, potassium glutamate, and sucrose human albumin, bovine gelatin and serum “from source countries known to be free of bovine spongioform encephalopathy,” and chicken protein
Rabies Vaccine Adsorbed GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
*rabies virus adsorbed, beta-propiolactone, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and phenol, red rhesus monkey fetal lung cells
Recombivax – Recombinant Hepatitis B Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the surface antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast, aluminum hydroxide, and thimerosal
RotaShield – Oral Tetravalent Rotavirus (recalled) Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
* 1 rhesus monkey rotavirus, 3 rhesus-human reassortant live viruses neomycin sulfate, amphotericin B potassium monophosphate, potassium diphosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) rhesus monkey fetal diploid cells, and bovine fetal serum smallpox (not licensed due to expiration)
40-yr old stuff “found” in Swiftwater, PA freezer Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
* live vaccinia virus, with “some microbial contaminants,” according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
Smallpox (new, not licensed) Acambis, Inc. 617.494.1339 in partnership with Baxter BioScience
* highly-attenuated vaccinia virus, polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
TheraCys BCG (intravesicle -not licensed in US for tuberculosis) Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
* live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis monosodium glutamate (MSG), and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80)
Tripedia – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
*Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Clostridium tetani toxoids and acellular Bordetella pertussis adsorbed aluminum potassium sulfate, formaldehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin, bovine extract
US-sourced Typhim Vi – Typhoid Aventis Pasteur USA SA 800.VACCINE
* cell surface Vi polysaccharide from Salmonella typhi Ty2 strain, aspartame, phenol, and polydimethylsiloxane (silicone)
Varivax – Chickenpox Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
* varicella live virus neomycin phosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) processed gelatin, fetal bovine serum, guinea pig embryo cells, albumin from human blood, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
YF-VAX – Yellow Fever Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
* 17D strain of yellow fever virus sorbitol chick embryo, and gelatin
http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html
Vaccine Liberation Information
http://www.vaclib.org/pdf/exemption.htm
SOURCE: http://www.rense.com/general59/vvac.htm
They weren’t content with poisoning the masses with mercury in dental amalgam (which is now treated by law as a serious biohazard upon removal), so they’ve decided to inject babies with Thimerosal, 49% mercury, in vaccines. If you’ve never heard of this before, shouldn’t you ask why not? Your babies. Direct injection of mercury in the vaccines.
It’s so bad that you almost can’t believe it.
Except, then you find out that the government is involved.
And then you can’t help but expect it.
Few studies of the toxicity of thiomersal in humans have been performed.
the central nervous system and the kidneys are targets, with lack of motor coordination being a common sign. Similar signs and symptoms have been observed in accidental human poisonings.
The mechanisms of toxic action are unknown.
“Thimerosal used as a preservative in vaccines in [sic] likely related to the autism epidemic. This epidemic in all probability may have been prevented or curtailed had the FDA not been asleep at the switch regarding the lack of safety data regarding injected thimerosal and the sharp rise of infant exposure to this known neurotoxin. Our public health agencies failure to act is indicative of institutional malfeasance for self-protection and misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical industry”
Appeal for caution: precise thresholds for ethylmercury toxicity have not been fully studied, and methylmercury is a poor surrogate for studying the toxicity of thiomersal.
In vitro tests: cultured cells in laboratory show adverse effects when exposed to ethylmercury
In vivo tests: experiments on animal models show wide range of adverse effects
Unscientific reports that autism is rarer in the Amish community and other non-vaccinated groups.
Epidemiologic data: epidemiologic studies (all by Mark Geier) to examine population level correlation between thiomersal and autism
Concern that mercury might have synergistic effects with other metals and toxicants.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy
Thiomersal (INN) (C9H9HgNaO2S), formerly and still commonly known in the United States as thimerosal, is an organomercury compound (approximately 49% mercury by weight) used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimerosal
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Few studies of the toxicity of thiomersal in humans have been performed. Animal experiments suggest that thimerosal rapidly dissociates to release ethylmercury after injection, that the disposition patterns of mercury are similar to those after exposure to equivalent doses of ethylmercury chloride, and that the central nervous system and the kidneys are targets, with lack of motor coordination being a common sign. Similar signs and symptoms have been observed in accidental human poisonings. The mechanisms of toxic action are unknown. Fecal excretion accounts for most of the elimination from the body. Ethylmercury clears from blood with a half-time of about 18 days, and from the brain in about 14 days. Inorganic mercury metabolized from ethylmercury has a much longer clearance, at least 120 days; it appears to be much less toxic than the inorganic mercury produced from mercury vapor, for reasons that are not understood.[5]
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimerosal
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6,000 % increase in autism is past 25 years
Autism
Main article: Thiomersal controversy
Some doctors and scientists, and many parents, believe there is a connection between thiomersal and autism. More than 5000 U.S. families have filed claims alleging autism was caused by vaccines, most implicating thiomersal; most claims are still being adjudicated and no awards have been given.[9] There is no convincing evidence that thiomersal helps cause autism, but parents may first become aware of autistic symptoms in their child around the time of a routine vaccination, and parental concern has led to a decreasing uptake of childhood immunizations and the increasing likelihood of measles outbreaks.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy
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Social and political background
During this period, the actions by the FDA prompted autism advocates, such as Lyn Redwood, to consider the possibility of thiomersal as a possible causative agent of autism beginning in 1999. The autism and vaccine critic communities began to support the concept that thiomersal is associated with autism based on the coinciding of increases in both the number of thiomersal-containing vaccines administered to newborns in the vaccination schedule and perceived autism incidence in the early 1990s. [11]
This concept also gained support in the political sphere, with Rep. Dan Burton and Rep. David Weldon openly supporting this movement as well. A number of hearings were held in the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, Committee on Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Burton, on the topic of autism and vaccines. His staff concluded:
“Thimerosal used as a preservative in vaccines in [sic] likely related to the autism epidemic. This epidemic in all probability may have been prevented or curtailed had the FDA not been asleep at the switch regarding the lack of safety data regarding injected thimerosal and the sharp rise of infant exposure to this known neurotoxin. Our public health agencies failure to act is indicative of institutional malfeasance for self-protection and misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical industry”[4]
Those calling for more research into a potential connection between thimerosal and autism include people who are against all vaccinations but also people who believe in vaccinating but who believe that thimerosal in vaccines contributed to the increased rate of autism.
Rationale for concern
Supporters of a link between thiomersal and autism cite several lines of reasoning for their concerns, including:
Appeal for caution: precise thresholds for ethylmercury toxicity have not been fully studied, and methylmercury is a poor surrogate for studying the toxicity of thiomersal.[2][12]
In vitro tests: cultured cells in laboratory show adverse effects when exposed to ethylmercury[13][14]
In vivo tests: experiments on animal models show wide range of adverse effects[15]
Unscientific reports that autism is rarer in the Amish community and other non-vaccinated groups. The reports are undercut by the fact that Amish genes may differ from the rest of us and that increasingly, the Amish do receive at least some vaccinations.[16]
Epidemiologic data: epidemiologic studies (all by Mark Geier) to examine population level correlation between thiomersal and autism[17]
Concern that mercury might have synergistic effects with other metals and toxicants.[18]
Despite the 1999 recommendation by the USPSH and AAP, some vaccines continue to contain non-trace amounts of thiomersal, mainly in vaccines targeted against influenza and tetanus.[19] Other products that may contain thimerosal include products derived from blood plasma such as Rho(D) Immune Globulin, pit viper antivenin and coral snake antivenin, as well as black widow spider antivenin.[20]
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy