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Facts About Hepatitis B

¾The Disease and the Vaccine ¾

 

¨Hepatitis B is a blood-borne disease, usually transmitted through blood,

shared needles and multiple sex partners. Most people are not at risk

because the disease is not contagious and only mildly infectious. In 2000,

the incidence of Hepatitis B virus in the United States was 2.1 cases per

100,000 with less than 2 percent of those cases occurring in children. Of

these cases, 90 percent develop antibodies after a flu-like illness, then

recover with immunity for life.1 The United States had one of the lowest

rates of hepatitis B infection in the world before the hepatitis B vaccine

was introduced.2

 

¨Although young children are in the lowest risk category for contracting

hepatitis, they are given three doses of hepatitis B vaccine by the age of

18 months, and then a fourth booster shot around 11-12 years of age.

Birthing hospitals routinely inject all newborns with their first hepatitis

B vaccination before they leave the hospital. The only way a newborn is at

risk for hepatitis is if it is born to a mother with an active hepatitis B

infection.3

 

¨The liver in a newborn baby does not begin to function until after the

first 48 to 72 hours of life. The enzymes in mother's milk assist the liver

in beginning to function. Receiving a hepatitis B vaccine within the first

few hours of life does nothing to protect the newborn. Rather, the opposite

is true, since the vaccine may compromise proper development of the immune

system.4

¨ The hepatitis B vaccine, Recombivax HB, manufactured by Merck and Co., is

a recombinant DNA vaccine. It is produced by cloning the hepatitis virus,

and then, adding the cloned virus to a yeast-based culture. This culture, as

with all vaccine cultures, contains a variety of foreign proteins

originating from other viruses and bacteria. In 1971, scientists in Geneva

discovered that when viral proteins are injected directly into the

bloodstream, they combine with human genetic material, causing DNA to

mutate.5

¨ Recombivax HV also contains the neurotoxin aluminum sulfate along with

thimerosal, a mercury derivative which the U.S. government has mandated for

removal from vaccines because of its ability to cause brain damage.6

¨By late 1998, there were 439 deaths in the United States attributed to the

hepatitis B vaccine.7 Between 1991 and 1999, 25,000 adverse reactions to the

hepatitis B vaccine were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting

System (VAERS).8 Since it has been shown that less than 10 percent of

doctors report adverse reactions and many vaccine reactions are now

diagnosed as SIDS or Shaken Baby Syndrome,9 there is no accurate accounting

of just how many children and adults are suffering an adverse reaction to

this vaccine.

 

¨By 1999, at least 100 medical reports confirmed at least 45 side effects

associated with the hepatitis B vaccine, many related to chronic crippling

disabilities and permanent neurological damage. Adverse reactions include:

polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre (paralytic nerve damage), visual disturbances

and blindness, vertigo, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), serum sickness,

colitis, autism, herpes zoster, myesthenia gravis and rheumatoid

arthritis.10

 

¨Since 1987, there have been at least 38 reports in international medical

literature showing that the hepatitis B vaccine causes chronic autoimmune

and neurological disease in both children and adults.11 Because it is

genetically engineered, Recombivax HB can confuse the body's immune system

into attacking itself resulting in an auto-immune response such as multiple

sclerosis (MS).12 In 1997, while publicly defending hepatitis B vaccine,

the CDC produced an internal memo suggesting a " possible association between

the vaccine and multiple sclerosis. " 13

 

¨In 1998, 15,000 people filed a class action lawsuit against the French

government because the officially mandated hepatitis B vaccine caused

thousands to develop MS-like symptoms. That year, France ended compulsory

hepatitis B vaccinations.14

 

¨In 1998, data linking the vaccine to auto-immune diseases, including lupus

and rheumatoid arthritis, was released at the 62nd annual meeting of the

American College of Rheumatology.15 That same year, a study by Dr. John

Classen, an immunologist at Classen Immunotherapies, published a paper

linking hepatitis B vaccine with the development of insulin dependent

diabetes in certain children. 16 Diabetes is considered an auto-immune

disease.

 

¨Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, a Baylor College of Medicine professor and vaccine

researcher for over twenty-five years, has a brother and two colleagues who

have suffered disabling injuries from the hepatitis B vaccine. She told a

congressional committee in 1999: " I have now been contacted personally by

hundreds or more individuals with severe health problems and life long

disabilities resulting in major medical costs following the administration

of this (hepatitis B) vaccine. " 17 Dr. Dunbar confirms that it can take weeks

or months for autoimmune disorders to develop following vaccination. 18

 

¨After many newborns died or suffered seizures, brain swelling and permanent

brain damage following their hepatitis B injections, the dangers of the

vaccine were brought to public attention by a documentary on ABC's 20/20.19

Finally in July, 1999, the CDC reversed its ill-advised mandate on giving

the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns.20. Nevertheless, despite a decade of

problems, and virtually no clinical control studies proving safety or

efficacy, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices once again

recommends in its 2002 immunization schedule that newborns be injected with

the hepatitis B vaccine.

 

¨ In 1999, Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the American Association

of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) made the following statements about the

hepatitis B vaccine:

 

" An independent review of the VAERS data; publications by governmental,

pro-vaccine, and anti-vaccine groups; and a sample of the medical literature

leads to the following conclusions: For most children, the risk of a serious

vaccine reaction may be 100 times greater than the risk of hepatitis

B..VAERS contains 25,000 reports related to hepatitis B vaccine, about

one-third of which were serious enough to lead to an emergency room visit,

hospitalization, or death. " 21

 

 

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has called for

an immediate moratorium on mandatory hepatitis B vaccine for all children

pending further research on the dangerous side effects. 22

 

 

For more information, or to obtain a $30 membership packet that documents

the facts in this flyer, contact:

Vaccination Information And Liberation

V.I.A.L. - Southeast Chapter

P.O. Box 607554

Orlando, Florida 32860

(407) 262-1627/ (888) 249-1421

www.vaclib.org

 

 

 

Footnotes

 

1. Statistics from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

2. " Critics say Required Hepatitis B Vaccine Not safe for Everyone, "

ABC.NEWS.com; and " Hepatitis B Vaccine Reaction Reports Outnumber Reported

Disease Cases in Children According to Vaccine Safety Group, " National

Vaccine Information Center, 1999.

 

3. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

 

4. Master Research Chronology, The Psycho-Social Chemical, Biological and

Electromagnetic Manipulation of the Human Consciousness, Revised and

Expanded Version 2.0, by Valdamar Valerian 1994/1995/1996 Leading Edge

Research Group, P.O. Box 7530, Yelm, Washington 98598

 

5. " Vaccines and Production of Negative Genetic Changes In Humans, " Leading

Edge Research Group, 1996-1998. www.trufax.org/vaccine/vaccgen.html.

 

6. On July 7, 1999, the U.S. Public Health Service and the American Academy

of Pediatrics made a joint announcement calling on vaccine manufacturers to

eliminate mercury in childhood vaccines

 

7. Data released in January 1999 by the National Vaccine Information Center

from figures collated by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

 

8. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

 

9. " Shaken Baby Syndrome Diagnosis on Shaky Ground, " Viera, Sheibner,

Journal of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine,

Vol. 20, No. 2; 2001 August.

 

10. See vaclib website at: www.vaclib.org/links/hep.htm.

 

11. " Hepatitis B, The Untold Story " : a 16-page Report sent to 55,000

pediatricians by the National Vaccine Information Center in 1999.

 

12. " Ounce of Prevention, Pound of Misery? " Insight Magazine, March 22,

1999. In this article, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, professor of cell biology at

Baylor College of Medicine and an award-winning vaccine research scientist

has stated that because the hepatitis B vaccine derives from a surface

protein of virus molecules, the similarities between the antigen and

proteins in human nerves and tissues may trick the autoimmune systems of the

genetically susceptible into attacking themselves. Dunbar says it may take

months or years for the auto-immune response to become obvious.

 

13. " Shots in the Dark, " American Spectator Magazine, May 1999.

 

14. " Hep B Vaccine Linked Directly to Autoimmune Rheumatoid Diseases, " From

Doctor's Guide to Medical and Other News, www.pslgroup.com/mednews.htm.

 

15. Ibid.

 

16. " Vaccines Proven to be Largest Cause of Insulin Dependent Diabetes In

Children " PR Newswire, September 11, 2000. This article says Classen

presented data to the International Public Conference on Vaccination showing

that vaccines cause at least 80% of diabetes in children who have received

multiple vaccines starting after the first 2 months of life. His research

showed that there was a 60 percent increase in Type I diabetes following a

massive campaign in New Zealand to vaccinate babies with Hepatitis B

vaccine. Dr. Classen's research was mentioned by Jane Orient, M.D. president

of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons to the Subcommittee

on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on

Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, June 14, 1999. For more

information, contact Classen Immunotherapies, at classen or

410-377-8526.

 

17. Testimony of Dr. Bonnie Dunbar before the Texas Department of Health,

March 12, 1999.

 

18. " Hepatitis B Vaccine Reaction Reports Outnumber reported Disease Cases

in Children According to Vaccine Safety Group, " report released by the

National Vaccine Information Center, January 27, 1999.

 

19. 20/20, January 27,1999. Additional information and also testimony was

then gleaned at a hearing on hepatitis B vaccine damage conducted by the

House Subcommittee of Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resource's,

May 18, 1999.

 

20. " Fed Policy Reversed on Hep B Vaccine, " Gannett News Service, July 11,

1999. On July 9, 1999, the US Public Health Service and the American

Academy of Pediatrics announced cancellation of their previous

recommendation to inject newborns with the hepatitis B vaccine.

 

21. Statement by Jane Orient, M.D., president of the Association of American

Physicians and Surgeons to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug

Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, U.S.

House of Representatives, June 14, 1999.

 

22. " Doctors Call for Hepatitis B Vaccine Moratorium, " U.S. Newswire, July

8, 1999.