Vaccine Explosion: Is America Healthier?

March 25, 2007

Jon VanZile

Thursday, March 22, 2007

In February when Texas governor Rick Perry touched off a national

controversy after signing an order mandating that all middle-school- aged

girls in Texas get the HPV vaccine before entering school, he set off a

larger debate about the public policy of government require vaccines.

Today, vaccination is routine as dental cleaning. Fully 82 percent of all

children in the United States have already received 11 doses of vaccines

against 6 diseases before entering kindergarten, while 76 percent have

received the full recommendation of 14 doses against 8 diseases. Vaccine

policies differ from state to state.

At first blush vaccine policies appear to be good ones. For example, the

HPV vaccine protects against four strains of the human papillomavirus,

which is sexually transmitted. These four strains of HPV are responsible

for about 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts.

Not everyone was happy with Perry's order.. Family groups such as the

Traditional Values Coalition, the Family Research Council, and the

Concerned Women for America rapidly denounced forced vaccination of young

girls with the HPV vaccine.

They argued that forcing vaccination against a sexually transmitted

disease, as opposed to an infectious agent like measles, is not an

appropriate decision for schools and state public health departments.

Rather, it is a decision better left to parents.

Other critics noted Perry's ties to Merck, which produced the HPV vaccine.

According to press reports, Merck donated $5,000 to Perry's reelection,

while his former chief of staff is now a paid lobbyist for the drug giant.

And Perry was not alone as a target for Merck—the company pursued a

muscular lobbying effort to fast-track approval of the vaccine at the Food

and Drug Administration (FDA), secure a universal use recommendation from

the CDC and lobby individual states to mandate the vaccine. Currently,

dozens of states are considering mandating the HPV vaccine.

However, a growing number of critics wonder if vaccines such as the HPV are

really necessary and potentially dangerous.

Question Authority

The HPV vaccine rebellion marks the first time that large numbers of

parents have questioned the wisdom of a new vaccine. Before the HPV

vaccine, new vaccines were regularly introduced and quietly mandated by

states across the country. These mandates were enthusiastically supported

by public health organizations including the FDA, the CDC, the American

Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The CDC today recommends an aggressive immunization schedule beginning at

birth with vaccination against hepatitis B. Over the next 12 years,

children are supposed to receive a constellation of more than 50 vaccine

doses to immunize them against 15 diseases, including HPV.

"In the last 25 years, we've gone from 23 doses of 7 vaccines to more than

50 doses of 15 vaccines by age 12," says vaccine-safety activist Barbara

Loe Fisher, founder of the non-profit National Vaccine Information Center.

"At the same time, we have seen an explosion in allergies, asthma and

autism. Something has happened. I can't say it's all due to vaccines, but I

think it's a question that needs to be answered."

So far, that's easier said than done. Until recently, even asking question

about the long-term safety of vaccines was enough to destroy a physician's

career.

"Vaccination is considered a sacrament of modern medicine," says Dr.

Richard Moskowitz, Ph.D., M.D., a Harvard-trained doctor who has written

extensively on the possible connection between vaccines and chronic

diseases. "It's considered beyond the pale to question the concept of

vaccination. You might question the validity of this or that vaccine, but

you can't question the concept

There is no doubt that vaccines work to prevent disease. Victories over

polio and smallpox, terrible diseases that affected up to 50,000 children

per year before the age of vaccination, are among the greatest triumphs of

modern medicine.

Risk-Benefit Analysis

However, today's vaccine arsenal protects kids from diseases that were once

common and, in most cases, caused no long-term harm, including chicken pox.

Among vaccine-safety advocates, there is the nearly uniform opinion that

the risks of forced, mass immunization programs outweigh the benefits, and

America's children may be suffering from a massive epidemic of disease

because of it.

According to vaccine-safety advocates, the danger of vaccines comes from

loading a child's developing system with viral material that provokes a

strong immune system response, in addition to the various preservatives

used in vaccines. Just like adults react differently to prescription drugs,

they argue that children react individually to vaccines, and some children

may have genetic or biological factors that put them at risk from vaccination.

In calling for better data, vaccine safety advocates are striking at the

heart of America's mass immunization program. In fact, no well-designed,

large scientific study has ever compared the long-term health outcomes of

children who receive multiple vaccines versus children who receive few or

no vaccines.

"They'll never do these studies," Loe says. "Because they already know the

answer. Kids who are not highly vaccinated hardly get sick. They're immune

systems are so incredibly responsive. These children today are tremendously

compromised. . . . We're taking away the ability for the developing child

to experience the environment as previous generations experienced it. We

don't know if it's smart to do that."

But a head-to-head vaccine safety study in the United States would be

impossible because all states mandate vaccination before children can enter

school. "The purpose of vaccinating children is not to experiment on

children, but to help them," says Daniel Salmon, Ph.D., a researcher with

the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who has extensively

studied vaccine safety in the United States. "When a vaccine is licensed,

you have a fairly good level of confidence in its safety."

However, when public health advocates point to studies proclaiming that

vaccines are safe — that they are not linked to autism, asthma, allergies,

childhood rheumatoid arthritis or any other of the diseases that are on the

rise — they are usually using population or short-term safety studies used

during the drug-approval process

"We've never been against vaccines," Loe says of her group. "We're for safe

and effective vaccines for anyone who wants to use them, and we're opposed

to forced vaccinations. It may be that we should select a few vaccines for

a few of the deadliest diseases."

Pressure to Mass Vaccinate

Voluntary vaccination, however, runs against the concept of "herd

immunization. " This means that enough people receive vaccine that outbreaks

are impossible. Generally, the goal of any vaccination program is 100

percent compliance, which explains why public health authorities strongly

support mandatory vaccination.

It's highly unlikely that the United States will change its vaccination

policy absent widespread and vocal protests, in part because of the

political and financial pressure driving vaccination. Overall, the vaccine

industry in the United States generates about $10 billion in annual

revenue. Because of increased infant and flu vaccination, the industry has

almost doubled in the last five years.

Before a vaccine gets to market, it must first be approved by the FDA,

which evaluates its safety profile and its ability to establish immunity.

It is then evaluated by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,

which makes a recommendation to the CDC. If the CDC recommends a vaccine

for universal use, state health boards usually mandate the vaccine for all

school-age children.

This process, however, can be manipulated both by drug companies that stand

to make billions of dollars from national vaccine programs and by

physicians, who may believe in vaccines as an article of faith and also

have a financial interest in promoting vaccines.

Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., explored this issue in a series of Congressional

hearings focused on whether mercury used as a preservative in some vaccines

contributed to autism.

"These advisory committees and panels consist of people who may have a

vested interest in getting the vaccine into the marketplace, " Burton says.

"The FDA has never turned down an advisory committee recommendation on

vaccines. I think we ought to make sure the FDA properly reviews the

advisory committee recommendations and reviews financial disclosure forms

from the people on these panels."********

The Killer Vaccines

An Honest Physician Warns of Serious DangersDr. Russell Blaylock

Vaccines routinely given to millions of children and adults can be very

dangerous to your health, a respected neurosurgeon warns.

"The medical industry is making a fortune promoting and requiring

unnecessary vaccinations, " Dr. Russell Blaylock warns in The Blaylock

Wellness Report – published by NewsMax.com.

Dr. Blaylock says that during the past few decades we have seen a

“vaccination explosion.”

For example, the number of vaccines given to children has increased from a

few vaccines, for polio and other common childhood diseases during the

1950s, to some 22 mandatory inoculations for many schoolchildren today.

Vaccines are even being promoted for newborns, often for diseases that pose

no risk to children. The greatest danger is the vaccines themselves.

And many in the medical community would like to see annual flu vaccinations

as mandatory.

Powerful lobbies are pushing for many more new vaccinations to be added to

the list!

The popular theory is that vaccines vastly decrease the risk of disease, so

the more the better.

But don’t believe it, Dr. Blaylock warns.

He argues that vaccinations themselves are now causing a major upsurge in

childhood diseases, adult maladies – and even deadly ailments such as Gulf

War Syndrome and Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Dr. Russell L. Blaylock is a respected medical doctor who is unafraid to

challenge establishment thinking. He doesn’t parrot what the New England

Journal of Medicine – which receives heavy subsidies in advertisements –

claims.

Dr. Blaylock is a nationally recognized, board-certified neurosurgeon,

health practitioner, author and lecturer. He has more than a quarter

century of medical experience.He is now editing The Blaylock Wellness Report because he believes too

many Americans are not getting the best advice for preventing and dealing

with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, brain diseases such as Parkinson's

and Alzheimer’s, and dozens of health problems besetting the American

people.

In his latest report Dr. Blaylock challenges the conventional wisdom that

vaccines are the “golden path to health” and offers these startling

conclusions:

* Vaccines already may have caused harm to your health.

* Vaccinations are not providing the protection they claim to provide.

* Studies on vaccines, including ones that should link vaccinations

with autism are inadequate.

There are serious dangers in our present vaccine policy, a policy that may

cause tremendous harm to the human brain.

Deadly and debilitating diseases such as Gulf War Syndrome, Alzheimer’s

disease and Parkinson’s disease may be caused or greatly aggravated by

overvaccination.

The mysterious Gulf War Syndrome – which may have killed hundreds and

seriously incapacitated tens of thousands of GIs – may have been caused by

overvaccination.

In his wellness report Dr. Blaylock says, “Our soldiers were given

approximately 17 vaccinations during a short period of time, despite

manufacturers’ warnings that many of the vaccines were to be spaced over a

one-year period.”

The interaction of so many vaccinations administered so closely together is

extremely harmful and dangerous, according to Dr. Blaylock.

It’s an important warning for you, because many doctors like to give

multiple vaccines at the same time.

The largely uninvestigated effect on humans of administering several

vaccinations together or within a short period of time can be serious.

Dr. Blaylock adds that there may be many long-term harmful effects of

vaccinations, especially on the brain.

These effects include:

* A highly stressed immune system unable to combat infections and cancer

* The accumulation of free radicals in the body, which can cause

“bystander injuries” and immune system dysfunction

* Advanced aging and general debilitation

* The onset of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, which are now

afflicting Americans at ever younger ages

Despite growing scientific evidence of the terrible health effects of

overvaccination, pharmaceutical companies and other “big medicine”

lobbyists continue to push for many more mandatory vaccinations of children

and adults.---------------------------

Dr. Blaylock’s credentials include 26 years ofexperience in neurosurgery,

editorship of the respected Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons and

Journal of the American Nutriceutical Association. He previously served as

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of

Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS, and is currently a visiting

professor of Biology at the Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi.

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