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Lack of Association of Guillain-Barré Syndrome With Vaccinations

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:00:41 -0400 by
ResearchBlogging.org
 

Don’t expect the self-proclaimed vaccine safety organizations to write about this, unless they are claiming that it is a part of some sort of international conspiracy of governments, universities, private companies, and other research organizations.

They are not interested in safety.

They are interested in creating fear and making money off of the fear they create.
 

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy affecting primarily motor neurons, which in severe cases can progress to complete paralysis and even death. Estimates of GBS incidence are in the range of 1–2 cases per 100 000 person-years worldwide, and increase with age [1, 2]. Although the causes are unknown, GBS is thought to be an autoimmune process that is triggered by antigenic stimulation [3, 4], resulting in demyelination and destruction of peripheral nerves.[1]

 

Vaccines affect the immune system, so there is the hypothetical possibility of a physiologic justification of a connection between vaccination and GBS.

Is that the way GBS works?
 

In many cases, the syndrome is temporally associated with an infectious disease; most published case series report that approximately two-thirds of all cases are preceded by a gastrointestinal or respiratory infection within the prior 3 months [1]. Campylobacter enteritis is the most common trigger, but influenza [5], cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, among others, have been implicated as well [4, 6, 7]. [1]

 

Vaccines affect the immune system by strengthening the immune system to better fight infection.

Infection appears to be a cause, while vaccination protects against infection.
 


 
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There is an editorial in the same issue. The authors have no conflicts of interest, but they provide further information about the possible association of GBS with vaccination.
 

Questions have been raised about Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccinations since the 1976 Swine flu vaccine was associated with a 7- to 8-fold increased risk for GBS in the 6 weeks after vaccination, resulting in about 1 excess case of GBS per 100 000 vaccinees.[2]

 

Has there been any other association in the 37 years since 1976?
 

In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Baxter and colleagues [15] examined the risk of GBS after administration of various vaccines, including influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, pneumococcal polysaccharide, and others, and they found no evidence of an association between GBS and vaccination.[2]

 

No evidence of any association of any vaccine with GBS.

The conclusion of the editorial is something the vaccine denialists need to understand.
 

Even if there was a risk of 1–2 cases per million for GBS, this risk is greatly outweighed by the benefits of vaccination.[2]

 

Vaccine denialism is about ignoring the real risks of not getting vaccinated, but complaining about the much more rare risks of vaccination.

Are the vaccine risks real?

Probably not, but even if vaccines cause some harm, the danger from not getting vaccinated is much greater.

Whether for our children, or ourselves, vaccination is the safe thing to do.

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Footnotes:

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[1] Lack of association of guillain-barre syndrome with vaccinations.
Baxter R, Bakshi N, Fireman B, Lewis E, Ray P, Vellozzi C, Klein NP.
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(2):197-204. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit222. Epub 2013 Apr 11.
PMID: 23580737 [PubMed – in process]

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[2] Editorial commentary: guillain-barre syndrome and vaccinations.
Salmon DA, Halsey NA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(2):205-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit218. Epub 2013 Apr 11. No abstract available.
PMID: 23580736 [PubMed – in process]

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Baxter R, Bakshi N, Fireman B, Lewis E, Ray P, Vellozzi C, & Klein NP (2013). Lack of association of guillain-barre syndrome with vaccinations. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 57 (2), 197-204 PMID: 23580737

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Salmon DA, Halsey NA. (2013). Editorial commentary: guillain-barre syndrome and vaccinations. Clin Infect Dis., 57 (2), 205-207 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit218

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Filed Under: Heresy, Vaccines

Informed Consent and Vaccines

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:00:15 -0400 by
 

Oregon is changing its policy for vaccine exemptions, but only by requiring parents to be informed about the risks they are dealing with.

Vaccines are not 100% effective and doctors do not pretend that vaccines are 100% effective, but anti-vaccine propagandists claim that nobody is endangered when they do not vaccinate their children.

That claim is a lie.

There will always be some people for whom the vaccine is not effective. These children are endangered by unvaccinated children transmitting vaccine-preventable diseases.

There will always be people who cannot get vaccinated for medical reasons. Cancer patients are just one example of a large group of people endangered by unvaccinated children transmitting vaccine-preventable diseases.
 

Proponents point to the current 6.4 percent of Oregon kindergartners whose parents exempted them on religious grounds from at least one vaccination this year — the highest rate in the nation and one that has increased steadily over the past decade.[1]

 
 

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This is measles, but the same is true of other vaccine-preventable diseases. They have been increasing since Andrew Wakefield tried to discredit the MMR vaccine in order to sell his own competing vaccine.

Vaccine-preventable diseases are not good for children.

Opponents of the bill claim that this is discrimination against religious people because the exemption waiver states that the child is not vaccinating for religious reasons.

This is also a lie.

While the waiver does state that it is for religious reasons, the anti-vaccine propagandists have encouraged their followers to claim that they have religious objections. This does nothing to prevent parents with religious reasons for refusing vaccination for their children from continuing to refuse vaccination for their children.

There is no current requirement that parents know anything about vaccines before preventing their children from being vaccinated. this bill would require that they receive accurate information from an online video or receive information from a doctor before preventing their children from being vaccinated.

Parents will still have the option of receiving inaccurate information about vaccines from the few anti-vaccine doctors out there, like Dr. Jay Gordon,[2] an anti-vaccine propagandist. They will still be able to have their biases reinforced by an anti-vaccine doctor. Yes, the terms anti-vaccine and doctor do indicate a lack of understanding of medicine.
 

Sen. Doug Whitsett of Klamath Falls said he personally believes vaccination is “the right thing to do.”

But “who are we to tell the parents of children that they must vaccinate … their children? Where do we get that right?” he asked.[1]

 

That is suggesting that the bill would force vaccination, which is not true, but why should we expect truth from politicians?

Informed consent is the standard of care and this bill is attempting to present parents with accurate information, rather than the misinformation that anti-vaccine groups use to try to scare parents.

Parents are only trying to do what is best for their children.

We should be helping them to make good decisions based on information that is true.
 

A similar law implemented in Washington state in 2011 reduced by 25 percent the rate of kindergartners with at least one religious exemption from immunization, officials said.[1]

 

We are faced with a return of diseases that killed children at the beginning of the last century, but were almost completely eliminated near the end of the century. These diseases are coming back and killing children again, due to the actions of anti-vaccine propagandists.

This is a simple action to help parents protect their children from vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Footnotes:

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[1] Vaccine opt-out change advances – Senators vote to require parents who don’t want a child vaccinated to get a science lesson first
By Saul Hubbard
The Register-Guard
Published: 12:00 A.M., June 7
Article

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[2] Dr. Jay Gordon’s profound misunderstanding of science
Respectful Insolence
Posted by Orac on February 18, 2011
Respectful Insolence
Article

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Filed Under: Denialism, Heresy, Vaccines

Naturopaths are Trying to Be Licensed to Practice Scams in Pennsylvania

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:00:12 -0400 by
 

Pennsylvania House Bill 612[1] will allow for the licensing of magic with a scope of practice that would encourage and defend dangerous treatments.

Naturopaths prescribe a variety of treatments, from harmless to dangerous. One dangerous example is homeopathic vaccines.

Are you going to a country where malaria is endemic?

Naturopaths will sell you a vaccine made out of nothing and tell you that this will protect you from malaria.

At least there is some evidence that homeopatic malaria vaccines work. Right?
 


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As you can see, there is absolutely nothing.

PubMed even includes the journal Homeopathy, but even that journal does not have any papers on a vaccine for malaria.

Go to PubMed and try it yourself.

What about real medical prophylaxis for malaria?
 


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14,876 papers. That is slightly more than zero.

The graph on the right shows how many papers, that meet the search terms, by year of publication. This goes from a single paper published in 1900 to 780 malaria prophylaxis papers published in 2012.

What about homeopathy prophylaxis for malaria?

Three papers are listed. Two are critical of homeopathic prophylaxis for malaria[2],[3] and one seems to be there because all three of the words appear in a review of the Indian health system.[4]

Malaria kills about 660,000 people each year, mostly in children under five years of age,[5] so selling a fraudulent vaccine is something that should be aggressively punished.

There is a scene in The Third Man, where the charming villain is explaining to his friend why he doesn’t care that his diluted drugs kill people. Diluted drugs could be a definition of homeopathy.
 

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Victims? Don’t be melodramatic. Look down there. Tell me. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax – the only way you can save money nowadays.[6]

 

£20,000 would be worth over half a million pounds today, or about $800,000.

Recommending that anyone use a malaria vaccine is something that should be prosecuted as at least reckless endangerment, but too many people are worried about offending the superstitious. The alternative medicine industry has a lot of money to contribute to politicians.
 

We are not much better in EMS, since many of us believe in giving treatments that have no good evidence of safety or efficacy.
 

Licensing naturopaths suggests that they are safe and effective. That is not true.

We should stop lowering our standards and oppose this fraud.
 

There is an article at Science-Based Medicine that provides more detail on this move to use our tax dollars to pay for these superstitious practices.

Naturopathic organ repositioning coming soon to Pennsylvania?

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Footnotes:

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[1] House Bill 612
Pennsylvania Legislature Regular Session 2013-2014
Bill Information

These are the people to contact to oppose this attempt to further dumb down medicine.

Pennsylvania Professional Licensure Committee Members
Harhart, Julie, Chair”” jharhart@pahousegop.com
Readshaw, Harry, Chair” hreadsha@pahouse.net
Hickernell, David S.”” Dhickern@pahousegop.com
Brooks, Michele” ” mbrooks@pahousegop.com
Benninghoff, Kerry A. kbenning@pahousegop.com
Christiana, Jim” ” jchristi@pahousegop.com
Cutler, Bryan”” ” bcutler@pahousegop.com
Gillespie, Keith” ” kgillesp@pahousegop.com
Helm, Susan C.” ” shelm@pahousegop.com
Maher, John” ” ” jmaher@pahousegop.com
Mustio, Mark”” ” mmustio@pahousegop.com
O’Neill, Bernie” ” boneill@pahousegop.com
Sonney, Curtis G.” ” csonney@pahousegop.com

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[2] Homoeopathy may not be effective in preventing malaria.
Delaunay P, Cua E, Lucas P, Marty P.
BMJ. 2000 Nov 18;321(7271):1288. No abstract available.
PMID: 11082104 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Free Full Text from PubMed Central.

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[3] [False safety with homeopathic agents. Swedes became ill with malaria in spite of prophylaxis].
Carlsson T, Bergqvist L, Hellgren U.
Lakartidningen. 1995 Nov 22;92(47):4467-8. Swedish. No abstract available.
PMID: 7500719 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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[4] Status of health in India and its future prospects.
Wasan RK.
Nurs J India. 1990 Aug;81(8):253-4.
PMID: 2267169 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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[5] World Malaria Day
World Health Organization
Web page

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[6] The Third Man
Quotes
IMDb.com
Web page

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Filed Under: Evidence, Heresy, Unicorn Medicine, Vaccines

Anti-Vaccine Legislator Trying to Raise the Cost of Vaccines

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:07 -0400 by
 

Representative Andrea Boland is trying to make it harder to vaccinate children.

Why?

She appears to be just another scientifically illiterate person who thinks that chemical names are scary, even though there is no medical justification for her alarmist bill.

Vaccines are probably the safest and most effective medicines we have.

 

Image credit.
 

The measure, LD 754, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Andrea Boland, ran into stiff opposition from doctors, who said that requiring ingredients be disclosed specifically for vaccines — while not imposing similar requirements for antibiotics and prescription drugs — would signal that vaccines are disproportionately dangerous.[1]

 

Is anyone trying to hide the ingredients of vaccines?

Absolutely not.

The ingredients for every vaccine are available, but before you start making the mistake of assuming that scary sounding names are dangerous, take less than 4 minutes to watch the video below.
 

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Why only the ingredients of vaccines?

To make them seem scary.

In case you think that Rep. Boland is trustworthy, here is what she says about vaccine safety.

 

“When you read some of [the ingredients], it does sound kind of scary. The provider is there to counsel their patients, and they can assure them that they will not have any serious side effects and it’s the best thing to do.”[1]

 

It’s the best thing to do.
 

If vaccination is the best thing to do, why create obstacles to vaccination?

Is Rep. Bolton trying to push some sort of hidden agenda?

Here is the information provided on her government web page.

 

Occupation: Self-Employed Title Examiner; Independent Nutraceutical Distributor[2]

 

Rep. Bolton appears to be letting her personal nutraceutical business interests get between her and what is best for the children she is supposed to represent.

If you have a bit more time than the less than 4 minutes it took to watch the video, then listen to a 33 1/2 minute podcast, where Dr. Mark Crislip explains what is wrong with a silly claim by a naturopath.[2] “9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims.” by David Mihalovic, ND. Really?

If you believe that vaccines are dangerous, then you need to listen to this podcast.

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Footnotes:

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[1] Sanford lawmaker wants doctors to disclose vaccine ingredients
By Matthew Stone, BDN Staff
Posted April 29, 2013, at 3:27 p.m.
Bangor Daily News
Article

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[2] QuackCast 44. Nine questions.
Dr. Mark Crislip
Quackcast
Nine questions, none answers. An ND suggests there are 9 questions that pro-vaccine proponents can’t answer. Ha. My 12 year old can find the answers.
Podcast in mp3 format – click to play or right click and save to download.
 

QuackCast 44. Nine questions, none answers. An ND suggests there are 9 questions that pro-vaccine proponents can’t answer. Ha. My 12 year old can find the answers.

 

The print version, with links to the referenced research, is at the link below.

Nine Questions, Nine Answers.
Published by Mark Crislip
May 07, 2010
Science-Based Medicine
Article

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Filed Under: Ethics, Fraud, Heresy, Vaccines

Do Anti-Vaccinationists Have Any Clue About Science? – Part I

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:00:54 -0500 by
 

Early anti-vaccine propaganda. The claims have not become more sensible. Click on image to make it larger.
 

Do vaccines work?

The anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists claim that vaccines do not work.

Vaccines are all part of some conspiracy among all of the governments which have studied vaccines, or part of some conspiracy among all of the universities which have studied vaccines, or part of some conspiracy among all of the drug companies which have studied vaccines, or part of some conspiracy among all of the doctors who have studied vaccines, or . . . .

I am kidding, of course. The anti-vax conspiracy theorists claim that this conspiracy includes all of the above. They believe in a conspiracy that makes the JFK assassination conspiracy, the moon landing conspiracy, and the 911 inside job conspiracy seem tiny and insignificant.

There must be some kind of science that supports their fanaticism. Right?

There is no science to support these conspiracy theories.

Some people with children think that it is dangerous to inject non-infectious material into their children in order to provoke the immune system to produce immunity.

The language of Penn & Teller may not be appropriate for children, but their message is.
 


 

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Here is some evidence from various countries.

Are these studies, and many more, all just part of some massive conspiracy?
 

From America –
 

Results A greater than 92% decline in cases and a 99% or greater decline in deaths due to diseases prevented by vaccines recommended before 1980 were shown for diphtheria, mumps, pertussis, and tetanus. Endemic transmission of poliovirus and measles and rubella viruses has been eliminated in the United States; smallpox has been eradicated worldwide. Declines were 80% or greater for cases and deaths of most vaccine-preventable diseases targeted since 1980 including hepatitis A, acute hepatitis B, Hib, and varicella. Declines in cases and deaths of invasive S pneumoniae were 34% and 25%, respectively.[1]

 

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From Australia –
 

Since the introduction of childhood vaccination for diphtheria in 1932 and the widespread use of vaccines to prevent tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and poliomyelitis in the 1950s, deaths in Australia from vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) have declined by more than 99%. It is important, however, that the downward trend in morbidity and mortality from VPDs is maintained and carefully monitored, and that changes are interpreted in relation to vaccination coverage.[2]

 

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From Germany –
 

The incidence rate in the eastern federal states is lower than in the western federal states owing to a smaller portion of endangered risk groups in the population. The trend on the whole is declining.[3]

 

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From Switzerland –
 

Since the mid-1970s, the widespread establishment and implementation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) has led to remarkable achievements in controlling vaccine preventable diseases worldwide. Today, more children than ever are being reached with immunization; interruption of poliomyelitis transmission has occurred in most countries; mortality due to measles, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis has been reduced to record low levels.[4]

 

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From Mexico –
 

Rotavirus is the leading recognized cause of diarrhea-related illness and death among infants and young children.1-5 Every year, rotavirus is associated with 25 million clinic visits, 2 million hospitalizations, and more than 600,000 deaths worldwide among children younger than five years of age.6,7 [5]

 

The efficacy of the vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis and against rotavirus-associated hospitalization was 85 percent (P<0.001 for the comparison with placebo) and reached 100 percent against more severe rotavirus gastroenteritis. Hospitalization for diarrhea of any cause was reduced by 42 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 29 to 53 percent; P<0.001).[5]

 

Is any other medicine as effective as a vaccine?

Is any other medicine as safe as a vaccine?

This last paper is a placebo controlled comparison that makes it abundantly clear that vaccines do work, even though vaccines are not 100% effective.

Nothing is 100% effective or 100% safe, but that is what anti-vaxers claim to want.

Anti-vaxers appear to believe the lie that doing nothing is 100% safe.

The anti-vax conspiracy theorists would suggest that there is something wrong in giving our children a treatment that will safely and dramatically decrease our children’s risk for severe illness.

Complications were greater in the placebo group (the children who did not get the vaccine).

Avoiding vaccination is not safe.
 

Opposition to vaccination does not depend on science.

Opposition to vaccination depends on the country you are in, because the opposition is not scientific.

The opposition is emotional and political, which is expected with a conspiracy theory.

Science does not follow political boundaries, but conspiracy theories change with the politics.

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Footnotes:

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[1] Historical comparisons of morbidity and mortality for vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States.
Roush SW, Murphy TV; Vaccine-Preventable Disease Table Working Group.
JAMA. 2007 Nov 14;298(18):2155-63.
PMID: 18000199 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Free Full Text from JAMA.

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[2] Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 1993-1998.
McIntyre P, Amin J, Gidding H, Hull B, Torvaldsen S, Tucker A, Turnbull F, Burgess M.
Commun Dis Intell. 2000 Jun;Suppl:v-83. Review.
PMID: 12049363 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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[3] [The status of vaccine preventable diseases in Germany].
Oppermann H.
Gesundheitswesen. 2001 Feb;63(2):102-6. German.
PMID: 11285747 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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[4] The expanded programme on immunization: a lasting legacy of smallpox eradication.
Okwo-Bele JM, Cherian T.
Vaccine. 2011 Dec 30;29 Suppl 4:D74-9. Review.
PMID: 22486980 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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[5] Safety and efficacy of an attenuated vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis.
Ruiz-Palacios GM, Pérez-Schael I, Velázquez FR, Abate H, Breuer T, Clemens SC, Cheuvart B, Espinoza F, Gillard P, Innis BL, Cervantes Y, Linhares AC, López P, Macías-Parra M, Ortega-Barría E, Richardson V, Rivera-Medina DM, Rivera L, Salinas B, Pavía-Ruz N, Salmerón J, Rüttimann R, Tinoco JC, Rubio P, Nuñez E, Guerrero ML, Yarzábal JP, Damaso S, Tornieporth N, Sáez-Llorens X, Vergara RF, Vesikari T, Bouckenooghe A, Clemens R, De Vos B, O’Ryan M; Human Rotavirus Vaccine Study Group.
N Engl J Med. 2006 Jan 5;354(1):11-22.
PMID: 16394298 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Free Full Text from NEJM.

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Filed Under: Anti-Science, Heresy, Vaccines

Mandatory Flu Shots for EMS? First do no harm?

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:00:53 -0400 by
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Greg Friese asks Influenza Vaccination: Is it Our Duty?

He has a poll, but before you take the poll, listen to the following podcast by an infectious disease doctor.

The ERCast – Dr. Rob Orman interviewing Dr. Mark Crislip about vaccination for influenza –
 
Mark Crislip on Vaccines and Why You Should Get a Flu Shot –
 

Dr. Crislip points out the flaws in the excusesc of the people who do not want to get the flu shot. Here is the first of 12. Go read the rest.
 

1. The vaccine gives me the flu. Dumb Ass.

It is a killed vaccine. It cannot give you the influenza. It is impossible to get flu from the influenza vaccine.

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Did Mary Mallon have a duty to avoid cooking for others?

She didn’t feel sick, so she didn’t think that she could make anyone else sick.

One of the places where she worked as a cook was a hospital.

By simply cooking food for people, she passed typhoid to dozens of people and two of those people died of typhoid.

She felt fine. She did not think that there was any reason for her to change her behavior because of some doctors.

Mary Mallon refused to see any connection between her work and the transmission of illness.

 

Part of the New York American article of June 20, 1909, which first identified Mary Mallon as “Typhoid Mary.” Photo Credit: New York County Clerk Archives
 

Many health care workers claim not to see any connection between working with patients during our asymptomatic, but highly infectious prodromal period of influenza infection; that delay between the start of our ability to infect others with influenza and the start of influenza symptoms; and development of fatal influenza complications by the already sick patients we care for.

Why is it too much to ask us to get a flu shot?

Like Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary), some of us think that we will not make others sick if we do not feel sick.

Unlike Mary Mallon, we have some medical education.

When Mary Mallon started giving fake names in order to get work as a cook, she could no longer claim that she did not know she was dangerous.

What’s our excuse?

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Immunize by ZDoggMD

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CDC estimates that from 2010-2011 to 2013-2014, influenza-associated deaths in the United States ranged from a low of 12,000 (during 2011-2012) to a high of 56,000 (during 2012-2013). Death certificate data and weekly influenza virus surveillance information was used to estimate how many flu-related deaths occurred among people whose underlying cause of death on their death certificate included respiratory or circulatory causes. For more information, see Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States [dead link] and CDC’s Disease Burden of Influenza page.[1]

We do need better evidence of the amount of transmission of influenza by medical personnel to our patients, but it is not reasonable to assume that it does not happen.

My freedom ends when I begin to harm others. When I harm others by avoiding a shot (or nasal spray) that is a minor inconvenience, I am not exercising any kind of due regard for my patients.

We work with some of the sickest patients – the ones going to the emergency department, often from nursing homes.

These patients are not just vulnerable to the influenza complications that have killed 3,000 to 49,000 people a year over the past 31 years, but they may be too sick to be vaccinated. They depend on others to be vaccinated to protect them. These are our parents and grandparents. they may be veterans who served our country or people who never fought in any war, but they depend on us to protect them.

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If you haven’t already, go listen to the ER Cast – Dr. Rob Orman interviewing Dr. Mark Crislip about vaccination for influenza –
 

Mark Crislip on Vaccines and Why You Should Get a Flu Shot –
 

Updated 00:15 10/04/2012 – Thank you to Dr. Brooks Walsh of Mill Hill Ave Command and Doc Cottle’s Desk for the correct link for the podcast.

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Footnotes:

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[1] Summary of the 2017-2018 Influenza Season
How many people died from flu during the 2017-2018 season?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Web page

 

Edited 11/22/2019 to replace dead links. Unfortunately, there is a dead link in the new text, but there weren’t any links in the replaced text. The old information was to a link that is no longer available. The original text and footnote with the dead link are below:
 

CDC estimates that from the 1976-1977 season to the 2006-2007 flu season, flu-associated deaths ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. Death certificate data and weekly influenza virus surveillance information was used to estimate how many flu-related deaths occurred among people whose underlying cause of death was listed as respiratory or circulatory disease on their death certificate.[1]

 

[1] How many people die from seasonal flu each year in the United States?
Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Web page
 

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Filed Under: Ethics, Heresy, Vaccines

One Injection (Flu Shot Anthem) from ZDoggMD

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:00:25 -0400 by
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Do we need some singing doctors to help convince us that the flu shot is an important way to protect ourselves and those around us from the flu?

ZDoggMD has the answer –
 
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So we’re hoping that this video raises awareness about the importance of our seasonal influenza vaccination. Myths about flu shot, dispelled:

Flu Shot Causes Flu: nope. Inactivated viral fragments in the vaccine don’t cause the flu. The virus is deader than Tupac, yo. You may get some localized soreness and low grade fever/muscle aches from the immune response to the vaccine (a good thing), but that ain’t flu. Like any vaccine, there are rare severe side effects, but the benefits of mass vaccination outweigh these by far.

Flu Shot Don’t Work: untrue. Flu shot is an effective way to produce complete or partial immunity to the covered influenza strains. Obviously, no vaccine is 100% effective, but even a partially effective vaccine has huge benefits when we’re talking about something nasty that can be prevented, like the flu.

I Don’t Get Sick, So I Ain’t Gettin’ the Shot: OK, and I bet your s**t don’t stink either, smarty pants! Up to 50% of people with documented influenza viral infection have no symptoms. Yet they can in theory spread the virus to our most vulnerable, like little kids and the elderly. So vaccinate yourself, because it’s about Community Immunity![1]

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Maybe we need a bit more of the kind of information that an infectious disease specialist would provide.

Dr. Mark Crislip provides excellent unbiased information about vaccines.[2]

Dr. Crislip is entertaining and very informative.

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What we do not need is advice from the fraud known as Andrew Wakefield –
 

 

This is what a fraud looks like.
 

An investigation published by the British medical journal BMJ concludes the study’s author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study — and that there was “no doubt” Wakefield was responsible.

“It’s one thing to have a bad study, a study full of error, and for the authors then to admit that they made errors,” Fiona Godlee, BMJ’s editor-in-chief, told CNN. “But in this case, we have a very different picture of what seems to be a deliberate attempt to create an impression that there was a link by falsifying the data.”[3]

Why do people listen to this dishonest and unethical person?

Because their beliefs are more important than reality.

We want to protect our children, but listening to dangerous people is a bad idea.

Andrew Wakefield, who has been stripped of his medical license and should be reported to the police if he is seen practicing medicine, is largely responsible for the scare tactics about vaccines.

According to BMJ, Wakefield received more than 435,000 pounds ($674,000) from the lawyers.[3]

Andrew Wakefieled received hundreds of thousands of pounds for his lies.

Money from lawyers who want to create the impression of harm, so they can sue.

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Footnotes:

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[1] One Injection (Flu Shot Anthem)
August 20, 2012
By ZDoggMD
Article and YouTube

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[2] QuackCast 45. A review of the the alleged side effects of the third greatest invention of all time. After clean water and the flush toilet. This is a re-recording of a lecture I gave to the Portland OFR and CFI.

Slides of the talk can be downloaded from this page as KEY or PPT files.

Page with links to all podcasts as mp3 downloads

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[3] Retracted autism study an ‘elaborate fraud,’ British journal finds
By the CNN Wire Staff
January 5, 2011 8:14 p.m. EST
Article

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Filed Under: Heresy, Vaccines

The Importance of Booster Shots for Whooping Cough

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:05:33 -0400 by
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A free vaccination clinic for emergency responders will be held on Friday, April 27th from 12:30 – 3:00 PM at Brookhaven Municipal Building in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.

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Whooping cough (pertussis) immunity wears off, so booster shots are important. It does not matter if the immunity is from a vaccine or from having the disease, both forms of immunity to whooping cough wear off.

With the popularity of the anti-science propaganda, a lot of people are avoiding vaccines, or delaying vaccines out of some misguided attempt to protect their children from adverse vaccine events. Reactions to vaccines are much more rare than the illnesses they protect against. The adverse events from vaccines are much less serious than the illnesses.

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Compared with older children and adults, infants aged <12 months have substantially higher rates of pertussis and the largest burden of pertussis-related deaths. Since 2004, a mean of 3,055 infant pertussis cases with more than 19 deaths has been reported each year through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (CDC, unpublished data, 2011). The majority of pertussis cases, hospitalizations, and deaths occur in infants aged ≤2 months, who are too young to be vaccinated; therefore, other strategies are required for prevention of pertussis in this age group.[1]

The majority of pertussis cases, hospitalizations, and deaths occur in infants aged ≤2 months, who are too young to be vaccinated

If we really want to protect our children from illnesses, the best way is to use vaccines.

The way for police, fire, and EMS to protect children from whooping cough is for all of us to get booster shots. Just because a parent does not immunize a child does not mean that it is acceptable for us to transmit pertussis to the unvaccinated child. Illnesses may also prevent some children from being vaccinated. This protects our children, our friends’ children, as well as any other children we have contact with, not just our patients.

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Delaware County Pennsylvania is offering free vaccination for police, fire, and EMS this Friday.

Good Afternoon –

I am pleased to provide you with the attached flier pertaining to an upcoming FREE vaccination event geared toward Delaware County Emergency Responders being sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Delaware County Council. This vaccination clinic will be held on Friday, April 27th from 12:30 – 3:00 PM at Brookhaven Municipal Building.

This event is intended to offer our Emergency Responders access to the Tdap (Tetanus/diphtheria/acellular pertussis) vaccination which protects adults against three serious vaccine-preventable diseases caused by bacteria. Diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) are spread from person-to-person. Tetanus enters the body through cuts, scratches or wounds. Adults 19 years and older should receive a single dose of Tdap to replace one Tetanus booster.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would please share this flier with your respective Emergency Responder constituents in an effort to encourage their participation in this event. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks so much!

Maureen

Maureen Hennessey Herman, Ed.D.
Director
Delaware County Intercommunity Health Coordination
201 West Front Street
Media, PA 19063
Phone: 610-891-5311
Fax: 610-891-5375
hennesseyhermanm@co.delaware.pa.us [2]

Brookhaven Municipal Center
2 Cambridge Rd # 100
Brookhaven, PA 19015
Address on Google Maps

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Footnotes:

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[1] Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) in Pregnant Women and Persons Who Have or Anticipate Having Close Contact with an Infant Aged <12 Months — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
October 21, 2011 / 60(41);1424-1426
Report

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[1] Emergency Responder Tdap Vaccination Clinic
Delaware County Intercommunity Health
Flier in PDF format

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Filed Under: Ethics, Heresy, Vaccines
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