WASHINGTON, October 7, 2009

Could Hepatitis B Vaccine Be Harmful?

In New Research, Vaccinated Monkeys Showed “Significant Delays" in Development of Critical Reflexes Compared to Control Group

  • Play CBS Video Video Does HepB Vaccine Cause Defects?

    CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson spoke with Dr. Andrew Wakefield about a recent study comparing the developmental differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated animals.

  • Video Controversy Over Vaccine Research

    CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson asked Dr. Andrew Wakefield about the controversy surrounding his original study in 1998 on autistic children and MMR vaccine.

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(CBS)  In a newly-published study, vaccinated monkeys demonstrated “significant delays in the acquisition of critical survival reflexes" compared to an unvaccinated control group, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

It was the first time researchers had time compared vaccinated animals with unvaccinated controls. Researchers vaccinated 13 newborn rhesus macaque monkeys with Hepatitis B vaccine containing a standardized amount of thimerosal - a vaccine preservative thought by some to cause developmental issues. The thimerosal dose matched that given to human babies until the early 2000s. Four monkeys received a saline placebo and three more had no shots at all.

The study found the unvaccinated animals developed normally, while the vaccinated monkeys demonstrated the survival reflex delays. According to one of the lead investigators, Dr. Laura Hewitson of the University of Pittsburgh, “Infants of lower birth weight and gestational age were at greater risk.”

The study, published last week in the scientific journal NeuroToxicology, was not designed to determine whether it was the thimerosal or another component of the vaccine that caused the observed delays.

“We undertook these experiments largely because we were unable to find any safety studies comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated animals,” said another study author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield of Thoughtful House, which provides resources for children with developmental disorders.

Watch: Part one of Attkisson's interview with Dr. Wakefield

Research conducted by Wakefield and his colleagues on a small group of autistic children in 1998 in Great Britain unleashed a firestorm of controversy. The findings were published in the British Journal Lancet. Based on the research, Wakefield recommended that studies be conducted on the safety of administering the three MMR vaccines (measles, mumps and rubella) in one jab. Until such research was done, Wakefield recommended children get the vaccines as three separate shots.

The study became the centerpiece for an ongoing and nasty fight between vaccine safety advocates who embrace Wakefield's research and believe vaccines can be administered in a safer fashion, and public health and government officials who attack Wakefield and believe his ideas threaten international vaccination programs.

Though the FDA and American Academy of Pediatrics have said thimerosal is safe in the doses it has been used in childhood vaccines, in 1999 they recommended that it be removed from vaccines as soon as possible. They said they made that recommendation out of an abundance of caution and because some parents and health professionals disagreed that thimerosal is safe for use in childhood vaccines. Despite that recommendation for removal in 1999, thimerosal remains in most flu shots, and is found in recently-licensed Novel H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines. Smaller amounts of thimerosal also remains in some other vaccines, even those marketed as “preservative-free.”

Watch: Part two of Attkisson's interview with Dr. Wakefield

More on Wakefield's research:

Feb. 28, 1998: Wakefield Lancet Article Abstract
Feb. 28, 1998: Wakefield Lancet Article
March 2004: Dr. Wakefield Statement for Lancet
Sunday London Times: The Wakefield Factor
The Autism File: Wakefield addresses critics (PDF)

According to the CDC:

“All Hepatitis B vaccines for the U.S., including for adults, are now available only as thimerosal-free or thimerosal-reduced containing formulations… The term "preservative-free" indicates that no preservative is used in the vaccine; however, traces used during the manufacturing process may be present in the final formulation. For example, some vaccines may be preservative-free but may contain traces of thimerosal (1 micrograms mercury or less per dose); in such settings, this information is noted in the package insert. Similarly, the term "thimerosal-reduced" usually indicates that thimerosal is not added as a vaccine preservative, but trace amounts (1 micrograms mercury per dose or less) may remain from use in the manufacturing process.”

The government tracks the number of injury and death claims filed in the special vaccine court regarding HepB and other vaccines. While most vaccine injuries are never brought to the little-known court, it is still interesting to read about those that are. Click here and scroll down for claims filed, compensated or dismissed: by vaccine type.

Click here for more information on the FDA's list of of thimerosal-containing vaccines.

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by P1llman October 14, 2009 9:46 AM EDT
Glarstout: Wow, you really have an agenda. Difficult to follow though, because your writing follows no logical pattern, probably because your thoughts have no logic behind them.
My original question had nothing to do with the safety or efficacy of GARDASIL (which is, by the way, BOTH Safe AND Effective: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaers/gardasil.htm). I questioned why CBS failed to mention in their article that "Dr." Wakefield is a discredited untruthful scientist. Without mentioning his background, the article is slanted, incomplete, and poor journalism.
As for Brian Deer exposing Wakefield's scientific errors, and Wakefield's subsequent suit against Deer, Wakefield eventually dropped the suit, therefore becoming liable for the costs incurred by Deer and the other defendants <http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=36663>.
As to your other ramblings: one baby dies in France and they curtail the Hep B vaccine.... did they not care about the thousands of babies that will die of Hepatitis B WITHOUT the vaccine? <http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102269552.html>
You parrot the same unsubstantiated fears that other organicrazies do on the Web: "Aluminum and Polysorbate 80 are killers". WebMD says Aluminum in vaccines is safe: <http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20040129/aluminum-in-vaccines-poses-no-harm>.
What is your source that "Polysorbate 80 is unfit for human consumption"? It's used in ICE CREAM at much higher concentrations than in a vaccine, for goodness sakes! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tween_80>
Your long diatribe is filled with inaccuracies and false conclusions drawn from disreputable sources. This causes me to ask you: what is your scientific background and training that provides you with the logic and critical thinking processes that are necessary to determine what data is true, what is false, what data is missing (like admitting Dr. Wakefield's bad reputation) and if the existing true data is enough to form a correct scientific conclusion? Because you have not shown me any of that in the long-winded fiction that you posted. If you don't understand the science, please STOP SPREADING LIES AND FEAR on the Internet.
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 10:22 AM EDT
Other factors for distrust
The FDA needed missing information on Gardasil, proof it prevents cancer for one, yet approved it without the missing data. Merck added part of the vaccine solution to the "placebo". That control group was then quoted as same as the 300+ pur saline placebo group when in fact it had 3,000+ of the AAHS placebo which actually had the dangerous ploysorbate 80 and Aluminum in it, masking the effects of the comparison, basis for tests. This reduced the numbers of reactions significantly. The FDA knew this and Merck says so in its literature relevant to its trials. Merck disclosed many recent disclaimers and warnings or alerts, yet they are not being posted in the advertisements on any of the media, nor are the being forced to as the other drug companies have to. It is imperative that this company adhere to the same laws as other companies in order to guarantee safety to the general public.
Google "gardasil_pi.pdf"
Google "USPPI Patient Information about GARDASIL® (pronounced ?gard-Ah-sill?);Generic name: [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant]" Google "GardaslPI RT 08Jun09.pdf"

Take the time and trouble to read the references listed so you can become a Gardasil expert too. It will come in real handy in debates, believe me- you will encounter many and only because you sympathize, sheesh!
Where is the compassion in this society, it can't live with fear. See www.whale.to/v/lippmann.html to understand that psychological dilemma.

And let me know if a link doesn't open, please.
BTW the vaccine was to tour the world to spread the hurt, alert alert.
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 10:22 AM EDT
Those victims that did not die have been found with increased blood arsenic, abnormal mercury and other heavy metal levels in their blood. The CDC and the FDA were asked about where the heavy metals came from and asked if there may have been any contamination. They said no.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEqpRKO5CA&feature=channel

Those victims are currently housebound and have been for years. They have lost academic standing, and have lost athletic opportunities where prior to the vaccine they were over-achieving in both areas. They are home because despite their doctor's accusations that they are "trying to get attention", "hypochondiratic", etc...they have all the symptoms of Celiac's Disease(CD) and Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA), both given to them by Gardasil. The CD causes the girls to have to adhere to strict diets and to not endure long periods of stress due to seizures and popping knees. They cannot assimilate enzymes, proteins, vitamins and minerals which would make them nourished so they have extreme weight loss and no way to recover it. They are weak and delicate no matter how much they eat, it all passes through them. The RA leaves them with severe pain in their joints and the inability to move on some days. The paralysis comes and goes at unforeseen times causing them to collapse or not be able to drive a car, all frightening events. They have fallen to the ground from fainting from one minute to the next and at any time after the vaccine. The following testimonies come from their direct dialogues while discussing Gardasil on Lets_Talk_About_Gardasil, a Yahoo Group, other internet blogs or comments following Gardasil on-line articles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY8_NUUrrW0&feature=channe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kes9DyNu6y8&feature=channel

Merck's track record
This is disturbing information. However, more disturbing than this is the track record Merck has for causing devastation due to injury. Yes, Gardasil has killed upwards of 42 people and hurts people upwards of 15,000 people, Vioxx has killed at least 28,000 in the US alone but up to 140,000 persons and hurt over 60,000 people, but VAERs lists many of vaccines that have hurt people all belonging to Merck.
http://www.mynippon.com/vioxx/2004/11/vioxx-death-toll-higher-than-iraq-war.html
http://www.adrugrecall.com/vioxx/death.html
http://www.vaers.hhs.gov/scripts/data.cfm

MMR II has several complaints on VAERs, computations forthcoming, and one cannot help asking oneself "Is this the MMR II that has caused autism? It is easy to believe that it would be with the Merck's track record. Already, the Hep B vaccine has injured tens of thousands in Europe. Why is this company not being fined? Reprimanded? Why is it allowed to produce vaccines? What kind of ties are there with the government that allow Merck to continue and to get away with many things. Many other vaccines by Merck are listed repeatedly throughout the data base.
http://www.adrugrecall.com/vioxx/death.html
http://www.vaers.hhs.gov/scripts/data.cfm

The VAERs database needs to be used each time there is an injury because case numbers and their information are being used in the judicial courts when claims are settled or cases are brought for compensation. If you do not make use of the VAERs and no-fault National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP)then those vaccines that are creating injuries or deaths will continue to do so, at the expense of yet another injury or possible death.
http:/www.immunizenc.com
downloadable VICPVacAdvReactioneporting System.pdf
http://www.vhcinfo.org/subpage.asp?page=8

Growing Distrust in Vaccines
It is for the reasons above that families have lost the necessary trust in the vaccine industry and have decided they need to go it alone. Too many accidents have occurred and nothing seems to be done to avoid further injury or deaths. A callousness has begun to precipitate into the society as well which ignores and almost disdains the number of injured and the injured themselves as if it is their fault they get sick or die. The fear that has been conjured by the press has led to a sort of competition as to who can stick out the vaccine and to those who can not it is almost a "the weak need to move on" or a "it is to be expected" type of mentality. The idea that Darwin says the fittest continue and the weak die seems to make it ok for there to be injury victims or deaths. But we are not animals and it is not ok for their to be negligence in using poisons and then offering them to the public to see who drops down dead and who keeps going a little while longer and who cannot have babies in their futures and who will be home crippled for several years, etc...
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/01/vaccine-injury.html
http://www.squidoo.com/swine-flu-vaccine-info
http:/www.whale.to/v/lippmann.html
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 10:16 AM EDT
What are the side effects of Polysorbate 80, A.K.A. Tween 80 or polyoxyethylene sorbitan, found in the adjuvant of Gardasil?
Severe allergic reactions which have been associated with Polysorbate 80 (Tween) include: anaphylaxis shock resulting in a sharp drop in blood pressure, hives and breathing difficulties, which can sometimes be fatal; thus death; Infertility; chronic oestrogenic stimulation; abnormal changes in the ovaries; impaired and premature changesin the sexual organs; Rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue, blurred vision or vision changes; chest pain; confusion; fainting; fast or irregular heartbeat; flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, sore throat) one-sided weakness; pale skin color; seizures; redness, tenderness, or swelling of the calf; severe diarrhea, dizziness, headache, stomach pain, or vomiting; severe or persistent tiredness or weakness; slurred speech; sudden pain or numbness of an arm or leg; sudden shortness of breath; sudden trouble walking or loss of balance; swelling of the arms or legs; vision or speech problems; weight gain.

Other less severe adverse effects include: Constipation; cough; diarrhea; dizziness; headache; muscle, joint, back, or stomach pain; nausea or vomiting; pain, swelling, irritation, redness, or bruising at the injection site; unusual tiredness or weakness.
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=27883
http://holfordwatch.info/2008/07/28/is-the-aluminium-content-of-gardasil-a-potential-peril-unlikely/

Does this provide causation that the deaths are in fact due to Gardasil?
I would have to say that it does. It is evident that Gardasil during trials caused death due to anaphylaxis as stipulated in their literature. And then post-approval a young girl with no other reason to die of a heart attack died of a heart attack cause by anaphylaxis. Other girls who died were said in biopsies that the heavy metal content in the blood was abnormally high and stated it was aluminum. To have 43 girls drop dead: in the shower, in their sleep, in the ER, instantly after normal conversations with parents, or in other mysterious manners indicates a reaction to something in their system, a poisoning. Many if not most were days after the shots. Many had the same reactions prior to the deaths. And many seemed mysterious deaths. These are trends. Many died from thrombosis, something already proven in the living girls as an adverse reaction. And Merck claims Gardasil gives clots, that causes or is thrombosis which causes tachycardia which is what many died from. Maybe those who died as fast but were mysterious died of stroke, also due to thrombosis.
Google " 9883611, USPPI , Patient Information about GARDASIL® (pronounced ?gard-Ah-sill?), Generic name: [Human Papillomavirus QuadrivalenRecombinant]"
Google "gardasil_pi.pdf"

Previously these girls were full of health. Their pictures indicate they were athletes and active, of normal weight, energetic and happy. Yet, after taking the vaccine they died. Their symptoms are very similar if not exactly the same as those listed above. Their testimonies testify to it. And those who are lucky to have their life, have no health. They have been saddled with Rheumatoid Arthritis, admittedly be Merck, from Gardasil, (see above ref.) which in turn increased their risks of Celiac's Disease, which is what most have now. It is a very hard future that they face, most of it is uncharted territory and because of that and the fear of retribution, which they have none, they are being told they are imagining things by their doctors. Some non-traditional doctors are seeking to help them. But the doctors who made them sick unwittingly, they have enormous guilt trips and the families are paying with becoming outcast by them. Some doctors are starting to become a bit more sympathetic but many are defensive, as are the reports made on VAERs. VAERs was used but how many were not aware or not told to report, the doctors had no obligation by law to report. Many did not. Some were reported by on-looking staff and parents. The lack of attention to detail and the delay in sending out the reports shows how facts were obstructed to be shown to the govt. and the public concerning this vaccine. I think medical community was shocked and thinking it was all in their heads, what they saw i the increase of deaths in young girls unlikely to suffer tachycardia or thrombosis or sudden death syndrome. The defensive attitude to the truth is recorded in the reports. This is and continues to be an emotional trauma for all involved, because it is wrong and needs to be thrown out, like other countries do after one or two deaths occur.
Google "vaersdeathsALL_20090616.pdf"
http://jessie-ericsonforeverremembered.last-memories.co/index.php?co=memories&poz=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPVvnxnzAQ8&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEqpRKO5CA&feature=channel
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 10:13 AM EDT
Discovered Deception
One of Merck's partners GlaxoSmithKline was charged with hiding adverse effects in a trial by the NY Attorney General in June of 2004, so I cannot imagine what made Merck think they could get away with false advertising themselves, but they did. Even to date, 9/7/09, few people, Women in Government(WIG) who have encourage state mandating of the vaccine, cannot believe that Gardasil hurts the youths. They insist that the vaccine is the salvation to the current juvenile female population, contrary to the claims by the injured public that deaths have arisen and thousands of girls are left housebound with paralysis. WIG is determined to stick to their cause and force everyone to take the vaccine under the guise of the state law.
http://www.communicationagents.com/sepp/2004/06/1/pharma_promotion_dishonest_slanted_reporting_of_paxil_prozac_studies.htm
http://www.womeningovernment.org/prevention
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6232/
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Women_in_Government
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/61854.php

People gloss over the deaths, as a needed Darwinian consequence; the weaker people did not have the survival of the fittest "make up", a callousness beyond what is humanly acceptable in a society who is faring for the common good of all. To date nothing has been done to investigate the deaths, and compensate the families by at the very least recognizing their losses, reprimanding Merck for the lack of moral judgment to market an untested product resulting in negligence, let alone not recall the vaccine, which is still being promoted for profit by masking the adverse events by funding media to cover it up, a tactic seen in previous companies like Nutrasweet with Aspartame and Splenda with Sucralose. Merck knows that it has caused anaphylaxis shock during the clinical trials yet when it happens post-approval it is a coincidence.
Google "HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION; These highlights do not include all the information needed to use GARDASIL safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for GARDASIL.; Vaccination with GARDASIL may not result in protection in all vaccine recipients. (1.2)"
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/hep-b.htm

The media scare that cervical cancer is a threat in the USA has created a fearful and traumatized population who is working and thinking under fear. When in reality cervical cancer makes up less than 1% of the US population, and 30% of cervical cancer does not come from HPV. Other facts that have come out to discredit the vaccine is that Merck has no time frame for its effectiveness and the girls who were dosed as early as nine maybe expired at 12 not having really helped them at all if they are still sexually inactive. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(06)68439-0/abstract
http://www.cogforlife.org/gardasilfacts.htm
http://health.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2009/03/30/is-gardasil-more-effective-in-older-teens.html


The testing continues
Certain "lot" letters of the vaccine created disproportionately larger adverse effects than others, which suggests that experimentation is on-going even after approval, on the general public. Not only does the claim made by Dr. D. Harper about the vaccine eliminating cancer create charges for false advertising because it does not prevent it, only the HPVs they started out testing for but they never even had to test their claim that the vaccine would prevent cancer to the FDA. And now Dr. D. Harper says the vaccine will not effect the population anyway because the requirements are so stringent for it to benefit the future girls of 30-40 years old that the recent adverse effects discovered do not justify the future contributions of the vaccine because in essence it is not likely to have any or be attained.
http://www.cogforlife.org/gardasilfacts.htm
http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61045-X/fulltext
http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/health/politicians-drinking-the-gardasil-kool-aid/

Where is the poison?
Since the media is well aware of the adverse effects they are curious as are those who have become ill or have died, where is the poison? It is in the aluminum, of course, especially after multiple doses in such a short time, thus the girls get sick and then recover finally and then get the second dose and get worse, then finally get the third and some are done in. But it is not just the aluminum, there is also Polysorbate 80 in the adjuvant. This is not recommended for human consumption. It is a emulsifier found in soaps and was not designed for internal consumption because it is a poison and has resulted in severe side effects in humans. It is designated by the world health Organization(WHO) as unsafe for human consumption beyond 0-25 mg. yet one Gardasil doses has 50mg.
http://holfordwatch.info/2008/07/28/is-the-aluminium-content-of-gardasil-a-potential-peril-unlikely/
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=27883
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 10:11 AM EDT
The Real Gardasil Story

The Reason
This vaccine was created with the motivation of creating a fast return in order to make up for 80 billion dollars or more of fines created by charges made by several states to reimburse medicaid fraud, consumers of Vioxx in a settlement program, pay for fines incurred by dishonest marketing and other violations incurred by the maker Merck and Co, Inc.
Drugmakers Hurry Sales, Delay Safety Studies--Gardasil; Thursday, 08 February 2007
Official Vioxx Settlement; Claims Administrator?s website,www.browngreer.com. Claims Packages
http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/10216#more-10216</ref>,
Google VIOXX POTENTIAL PRODUCT LIABILITY TRIAL DATES As of July 24, 2009
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/07/states_settlement.html

The Inspiration
The vaccine was an idea that occurred while Dr. D. Harper et al were testing an HPV vaccine. It was later discovered in the testing that the vaccine ''could'' be used to combat cervical cancer, but it was never tested towards this end. The only testing that occurred was to see what if any adverse reactions would be produced at the injection site, since it was the only thing observed. During the testing other adverse reactions presented itself, but were not proactively looked for, as they may have been in biopsied mice to inspect organs and damages made to them if any.
See Interpretation on
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60777-6/abstract</ref><ref>Merck
http://www.cogforlife.org/gardasilfacts.html

The Nightmare
Since it was tested all kinds of adverse reactions have become apparent as caused by the vaccine which even the CDC has finally, 8/18/09, publicly declared. Since testing deaths, clotting and fainting were reported by Merck but the other myriad of adverse effects seen in the product literature was never advertised publicly. However, articles post-vaccine approved started springing up everywhere with declarations from researchers who started to investigate girls and their symptoms came to find they had cutaneous PAN and that hyperpigmentation plaques had formed overlying the vessels of the lower extremities below the knees, thrombosis, nodules, and inflammation. They have also confirmed that vasculitis was associated to the vaccine.
Google "Cervical Cancer Vaccine Linked to Deaths, Incidents of Fainting and Blood Clots;By RADHA CHITALE;ABC News Medical Unit;August 18, 2009" ;
Google "HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION;These highlights do not include all the information needed to use GARDASIL safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for GARDASIL."

Because the severe adverse effects had been underplayed and never divulged to the public in the barrage of incessant advertising, something other drug companies adhere to in their marketing, disclosing the adverse effects publicly, Merck soon became the villain coming across like a deception trying to ensnare the girls who were falling prey. Having been charged publicly for dishonest marketing in the recent past helped to create this portrayal. In fact, in May of 2009, Merck was caught paying to create a fake Journal to be published in a Medical Journal forum to advertise the company.
Google "HPV vaccine possibly linked to cutaneous PAN; Publish date: Aug 4, 2009;By: John Jesitus; Source: Dermatology Times"
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=477
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/691557/gardasil_vaccine_injuries.html?cat=5
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 8:56 AM EDT
Now for my original comment- It is a known fact that vaccines- as wonderful as they were when we were growing up have gone to the trash can since the Pharmaceutical companies have been allowed to literally get away with "murder". One baby died in France thanks to the Hep B Vaccine. "Only one?" you may ask. Yes, only one. Because for the French, as much as I never have a reason to compliment them before now, have a sense of true compassion and have outlawed the vaccine since that baby died.
So it was NEVER allowed to happen again. One death was all it took for this government to stop in its tracks and say "If this was bad for this one baby it is bad for everyone" This is real thinking and analysis of truth.
The evidence- the dead baby. Yes, it was the vaccine because it happened soon after the shot. No rocket scientist needed here. Pure and simple- without theologists, without further trials- it was good ol' cause and effect. They decided that Hep B was not nec. for babies because if the mother did not pass it down to the baby then the baby had no reason to contract Hep B.
So after seeing and knowing this story, how is everyone else still so stupid??
Here in U$A, we have a battle of interests. $$ is our society's biggest downfall- GREED. The green-eyed monster. And even with all the money in the world is it enough? Never.
But how can a government with checks and balances be so corrupt? Key people in Key places. Agencies are not corrupt- just the directors who allow products like Aspartame, Sucralose /Splenda, Gardasil, Polysorbate 80, and other disgusting products that belong to: the Chlorine Tree found on the CDC website disclosing poisons, or the WHO's list of products "unfit for human consumption" or the vaccine that has wiped out a generation of women in their pre-child bearing age.
SO why does the CDC allow the FDA to approve these products? And why does the FDA allow itself to take data from the product manufacturers who are trying to gain their approval? If that is not a "no brainer", than what is?
Even the scientists who work for the FDA say their management is corrupt. University researchers are taking in millions of dollars from product manufacturers while they "research" ( or dummy the research) for approval.
The game will be over one day and it will sweep all of these greedy people into Jail; I hope!
They are a network of "drug dealers" no better than those on the streets, if anything worse because they all have a formal education and other means to secure a roof over their heads- but that is not enough- they have to secure yatchs and the fan-fare of millionaries while their activities have hurt so many people.
The testimonies on-line of those innocent people who have fallen on these poisons and have spent years trying to figure out their poor health - all a result of the poisons- have spent thousands of dollars bouncing from one doctor to the other and have lost hundreds of days of work and have been worried sick over their conditions and have been housebound- their lives disrupted and their bodies compromised. And for what? SO someone can get more money into their coffers? Those people will def. find their place in this universe and it will not be a good one.
And the public who sits there and continues to empty their pockets into the drug generation of businesses who sell them, advertise them, distribute them, make them, are fueling the deception.
Pull the rug out form under it already. You don't need government to stop it. Just stop buying drugs. Start eating better, exercising, seeking out natural products, not fake natural products, and watch what you put into your body- it is not a trash can- read and stay away from sucralose, aspartame, splenda, polysorbate 80, heavy metals found in vaccines, antibiotics- heal with herbals(don't even tell me they are expensive- they are for your precious body, does the body mean nothing?), and all the other things that tax your immune systems and compromise your organs and general health. Take control and say NO to this crap they try to pawn off on you at the doctor's offices or TV. You have a brain - USE it!
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 8:25 AM EDT
For P1llman- FYI when you hear the word "Skepticism"- run!
It almost always means the complete opposite of investigate or truth!
read on:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/08/brian-deer-interviewed-by-matt-lauer-on-dateline-nbc-dr-wakefield-program.html
August 30, 2009
Brian Deer Interviewed by Matt Lauer on Dateline NBC Dr. Wakefield Program

Brian deer The Dateline NBC program on Dr. Andrew Wakefield featured UK journalist Brian Deer. You can read more about Deer at Age of Autism, the nation's first daily web newspaper of the autism epidemic (Dan Olmsted, Editor, Kim Stagliano, Managing Editor and Mark Blaxill, Editor-At-Large) throughout the category title, "Dr. Andrew Wakefield" HERE.

Link to the Film "Selective Hearing" In bringing the case against Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Professor Simon Murch and Professor John Walker-Smith, the General Medical Council in the UK listened to the Sunday Times journalist Brian Deer and excluded the views of hundreds of parents of vaccine damaged children. Who is Brian Deer: vigilante for truth or front man for Big Pharma?? Selective Hearing? introduces Deer?s part in the heartbreaking betrayal of vaccine damaged children by the British government. View the complete film at www.cryshame.co.uk.

Dr. Wakefield Files Complaint Against Brian Deer Dr.Andrew Wakefield filed a complaint on 13th March 2009 alleging that Mr. Brian Deer falsely accused Dr Wakefield of committing scientific fraud in articles published on pages 1, 6, and 7 of the Sunday Times. Dr Wakefield further alleges in this addendum that Mr. Deer failed to disclose in the Sunday Times articles material conflicts of interest with respect to his role in the GMC investigation and that Mr. Deer continues to mislead the public by denying his role in the GMC proceedings against Dr Wakefield and his colleagues.

Brian Deer: A Character Assassin Caught in the Act At the source of the General Medical Council?s (GMC) investigation and trial of Dr. Andrew Wakefield lies a man named Brian Deer. In his first Sunday Times article on February 22, 2004, Deer accused Wakefield of launching a ?public panic? over the connection between the MMR vaccine and autism by failing to disclose his conflict of interest and participation as an expert witness on behalf of a group of families involved in vaccine litigation against the British government. Since then, Deer has alleged many things. Among them are the following: that he is an independent, investigative journalist; that he is not a complainant in the GMC investigation; that Wakefield is guilty of medical misconduct; and that Wakefield and his co-authors committed scientific fraud.

Brian Deer: Conflicted Journalist, Modern Day Toady, or Madame Defarge? On February 25, 2004, self-styled ?journalist? Brian Deer initiated the Complaint with the GMC that led to the hearing presently underway against Dr. Wakefield, and Professors Murch and Walker-Smith by ?lay[ing] before? the GMC what he, Brian Deer, concluded was evidence of serious professional misconduct. Documentary evidence produced during discovery and now presented at the hearing demonstrates that the key charges (unethical research, undisclosed participation in MMR litigation, and unauthorized recommendation of the monovalent components of the MMR as a temporary precaution until safety issues could be resolved) are completely without merit. Key witnesses during the investigation knew the allegations lacked merit. What, then, propelled the allegations by Deer into a full-blown fitness to practice hearing with possible risk to their medical licenses? Deere has most recently taken credit for defeating the ?test case? claims in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding. Who is Brian Deer, and why were his allegations, easily proven either false or irrelevant, taken so seriously? Who funds his daily vigil at the GMC hearing, now in its 125th day?
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by P1llman October 9, 2009 3:09 PM EDT
The study in this story was run by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the British researcher who originated the MMR vaccination scare with a study that was later totally discredited. In fact, ten out of Wakefield?s twelve co-authors of the Lancet paper later published a retraction of its conclusions. Wakefield has been accused of altering his scientific data to fit his theories, and has been accused of professional misconduct.
CBS? article makes no mention of the doctor?s widely-known poor scientific reputation. Why not?
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by glarstout October 12, 2009 8:28 AM EDT
See next comment for answers to your queries.
by Allison Chapman October 9, 2009 11:05 AM EDT
Thank you CBS and Sharyl Attkisson for doing this interview! It is rare mainstream media organizations run both sides of this issue fairly anymore. This is a piece of science among many other good pieces of biological science pointing to injury from an immune insult. It's about time those calling us antiscience start paying attention to the biological findings where immune insults can cause neurological disorders or neurological decline in some. Epidemiological science will not find the subset of the population that may be predisposed, biological science is the only science that will lead to finding the answers to treatments. Thank you Dr. Wakefield for fighting for the children and respecting and heading their medical symptoms and respecting parental observations.
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by momofGG October 8, 2009 9:35 PM EDT
Thanks for doing this story ... it's about time people start waking up to what the pharmaceutical companies are doing to our children. They are profiting off our pain and suffering. This is only the tip of the straw ... there are so many more vaccines that are equally as dangerous. If our drug companies would develop a safe vaccine - no metals, it might be different ... but they have chosen to exploit those with pk deficiency. That is wrong! I applaud Dr. Wakefield and others willing to stand up for others.
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by TeresaAllen October 8, 2009 6:48 PM EDT
For any person that got the Gardasil vaccinations and did NOT have any side effects or symptoms, PLEASE go and have a pap test done immediately! We are getting reports of these girls that had no side effects to the vaccine that are now getting cervical lesions and cervical cancer. So if you know of anyone that received Gardasil with NO side effects, PLEASE tell them to get a pap test done immediately!

My 16 yr old daughter was also injured by Gardasil. She had 2 of the 3 injections (Jan 9th and March 9th, 2009). Before Gardasil, she was a happy, healthy and vibrant teenager. Since Gardasil she is sick every day of her life. She has dizziness, overall weakness, numbness and tingling in both legs and left arm, back pain, neck pain, pressure headaches, vision problems, breathing problems, chest pains, racing heartbeats, brain fog, stomach problems, nausea, diarhea, weight loss, hair loss, jerking all over spells...the list goes on and on.

She was an A/B student but failed her 10th grade year because she was too sick to retain what she was trying to learn (brain fog). She no longer has the energy to go off with her friends. Most days she lays in bed, in pain.

This just doesnt happen to a healthy teenager!! And it just doesnt happen to THOUSANDS of other girls with no connection except they all had the Gardasil vaccine.

It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

Please educate yourself as much as you can before you allow anyone to push this unproven and unsafe vaccine on your daughter! The guilt is overwhelming from a mothers' standpoint! I thought I was doing something to protect my daughter. Instead, I allowed the doctor to inject poison into my child and take away her life!

These 'side effects' are NOT rare! They are happening every day to literally hundreds of thousands of young girls after receiving Gardasil. The numbers in VAERS is estimated to only be between 1-10% of the true numbers! Try asking some of us moms who have to deal with these horrible side effects every day if we consider it to be RARE!

Everyone should look at the other side of the fence and research this. There are thousands of girls that are coming down with strange illnesses, paralysis, gran mal seizures, etc. after receiving Gardasil.

We are now getting reports of girls as young as age 9 that are breaking out with genital warts and severe cases of cervical cancer AFTER receiving Gardasil. Some of these girls/women did not initially have any side effects from the vaccine.

There are perfectly healthy girls all of a sudden come down with all of these strange sicknesses (some that I cant even pronounce) after getting jabbed with Gardasil. All within hours/days/weeks?

Just like Merck's 'wonderful' Vioxx...what will it take? How many dead/injured before someone takes notice?

The doctor that literally pushed this vaccine on us at a routine doctor visit told us that there were no side effects except for soreness or redness at injection site.

She also told us that it would protect her from a whole LIST of things! I had seen the commercials but had not researched it.

As a matter of fact, I never really THOUGHT about vaccines until my daughter suddenly started having all of these strange health issues.

She was ALWAYS a healthy child, happy and outgoing, active and just a joy to be around.

Now, she is a totally different child. She is always sick..always in pain..and cries a LOT, so scared that she will die in her sleep from the breathing problems. She describes it as breathing through a blanket or that an elephant is sitting on her chest.

She has SO many of the exact same symptoms as all of the other girls that have been injured.

It is NOT a coincidence! All of these Gardasil girls have the same symptoms, some worse than others, but the bottom line is the one thing they all have in common is Gardasil.

These symptoms are NOT in their heads!

Cervical cancers have gone down 70% since the PAP smear came along.

This is NOT an epidemic! Why are they mandating this vaccine for as young as 9 year old girls for a vaccine that doesnt even do what they claim it will do?

Please see my posts at www.injuryboard.com/Teresa-Allen

And this website:

http://wbx.me/l/?u=http://lecafpolitiquedecamusdecaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/gardasil-and-how-it-has-affected-lives_14.html

There, you can see other girls' stories and their pictures..there is also a memorial document with pictures and stories of young girls that have died after receiving Gardasil.

Educate Before You Vaccinate!!
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by rdmathis2 October 8, 2009 6:17 PM EDT
My 13 year old daughter was injured by Gardasil and completely disabled for the past year. Merck got it right when they used the slogan "One Less" for Gardasil. Because of Gardasil, my daughter was "One Less". She was "One Less Student", "One Less Active Child", "One Less in every aspect of her life". Take it from a mother who has spent the past year sitting by my child's bedside wondering if she would die in her sleep. INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU VACCINATE. DO NOT trust your doctor to make this decision. If you want to understand Merck's role in the medical community, investigate some of their former wonderdrugs such as VIOXX and then marvel at how many people died from it before it was pulled off the market. The CDC AND FDA need to do their job and get this off the market before more children are harmed. The public is not aware of VAERS and the #'s are grossly understated. I have had to tell my child's doctors about VAERS and make them file reports or she would not be one of the current statistics in VAERS. Even then, her information has not been entered correctly so I know that VAERS is not what it should be. Please do not let this happen to your child. There is NO WAY that I will get my son this vaccine.
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by phelangelica October 8, 2009 3:44 PM EDT
THANK YOU for doing this piece. This is one of a few recent studies that are cause for concern and I am SO relieved to see at least on media outlet taking the time to address them. That said, I am surprised that there is no mention of Aluminum here. The hep b shot contains 225 micrograms of aluminum which was recently shown in a study published in the journal of inorganic biochemistry to cause neuron death in mice. This same week another study (a review of data actually) said that Boys who get the Hep B vax in the first month of their lives are 3 times more likely to become Autistic. Especially if they are non-white boys. Please address these other 2 studies as you follow up on this piece. I believe that Aluminum is an important part of the puzzle - it is an adjuvant so it was there when the thimerisol was there, and like mercury, its a neurotoxin --- in fact, its been shown to amplify the effects of mercury so they probably worked in tandem. Anyway THANK YOU CBS!! THANK YOU!
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by goffredo29 October 8, 2009 2:59 PM EDT
Dear Moron Journalists: What should really concern you is the fact that when the vaccine is administered, the recipient is not informed that they won't know if it took unless they are tested for antibodies (titers is the name of the tests). Thus, there are countless (I'm talking thousands, at least) recipients of the vaccine out there that think they have immunity when they don't. Boy are they in for a surprise. I know I was when I took the titer and found out I wasn't immune. There's a law suit out there with the drug maker's name on it just for that.
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by truthforhumanity October 8, 2009 11:08 AM EDT
Many people are becoming aware that the flu vaccines are not as safe as promoted by the drug companies and mass media. The vaccines contain thimerosal (mercury) and squalene (an adjuvant to "turbocharge" the active ingredients). The problem is these ingredients are coming under more scrutiny as being the cause of horrendous health complications when injected into people. Search engine these two components and you'll find some interesting information. Take the time and effort to inform yourselves before you roll up you sleeve and get jabbed.

Some of you will counter by saying that the CDC website states the new flu vaccine does not contain thimerisol (mercury) or adjuvants,
so we should accept that as the truth. Here, it would be worthwhile to look at the govt.'s track record on divulging the truth:

FACT: The CDC approved use of Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. Now, we read stories that young women, previously healthy and vibrant, are dying or being permanently disabled because of receiving Gardasil shots.

FACT: Christie Whitman, top EPA administrator, announced on Sept. 18, 2001 that the air was safe to breath
in NYC. Now, thousands of 9/11 first responders are sick, dying, or already dead because of what caustic materials they breathed in.
But the govt. said it was safe. Now, they're saying it's safe again. Trust them, or trust your instincts.
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