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VACCINATION MYTH #2: "Vaccines are very effective..." ...or
are they?
The medical literature has a surprising number of studies documenting vaccine failure.
Measles, mumps, small pox, polio and Hib outbreaks have all occurred in vaccinated
populations. [11, 12, 13, 14 ,15] In 1989 the CDC reported: "Among school-aged
children, [measles] outbreaks have occurred in schools with vaccination levels of greater
than 98 percent. [16] [They] have occurred in all parts of the country, including areas
that had not reported measles for years." [17] The CDC even reported a measles
outbreak in a documented 100 percent vaccinated population. [18] A study examining this
phenomenon concluded, "The apparent paradox is that as measles immunization rates
rise to high levels in a population, measles becomes a disease of immunized persons."
[19] A more recent study found that measles "produces immune suppression which
contributes to an increased susceptibility to other infections."[19a] These studies
suggests that the goal of complete immunization is actually counterproductive, a notion
underscored by instances in which epidemics followed complete immunization of entire
countries. Japan experienced yearly increases in small pox following the introduction of
compulsory vaccines in 1872. By 1892, there were 29,979 deaths, and all had been
vaccinated. [20] Early in this century, the Philippines experienced their worst smallpox
epidemic ever after 8 million people received 24.5 million vaccine doses; the death rate
quadrupled as a result. [21] In 1989, the country of Oman experienced a widespread polio
outbreak six months after achieving complete vaccination. [22] In the U.S. in 1986, 90% of
1300 pertussis cases in Kansas were "adequately vaccinated." [23] 72% of
pertussis cases in the 1993 Chicago outbreak were fully up to date with their
vaccinations.[24]
VACCINATION TRUTH #2:
"Evidence suggests that vaccination is an unreliable means of preventing
disease."
INTRODUCTION
MYTH #1: "Vaccines are completely safe..."
MYTH #3: "Vaccines are the main reason for low disease rates
in the U.S. today..."
MYTH #4: "Vaccination is based on sound immunization theory
and practice..."
MYTH #5: "Childhood diseases are extremely
dangerous..."
MYTH #6: "Polio was one of the clearly great vaccination
success stories..."
MYTH #7: "My child had no short-term reaction to
vaccination, so there is nothing to worry about..."
MYTH #8: "Vaccines are the only disease prevention option
available..."
MYTH #9: "Vaccinations are legally mandated, and thus
unavoidable..."
MYTH #10: "Public health officials always place health above
all other concerns..."
SUMMARY and About the Author...
(11) Measles vaccine failures: lack of sustained measles specific immunoglobulin
G responses in revaccinated adolescents and young adults. Department of Pediatrics,
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007. Pediatric Infectious Disease
Journal. 13(1):34-8, 1994 Jan.
(12) Measles outbreak in 31 schools: risk factors for vaccine failure and
evaluation of a selective revaccination strategy. Department of Preventive Medicine and
Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Ont. Canadian Medical Association Journal.
150(7):1093-8, 1994 Apr 1.
(13) Haemophilus b disease after vaccination with Haemophilus b polysaccharide or
conjugate vaccine. Institution Division of Bacterial Products, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Md 20892. American
Journal of Diseases of Children. 145(12):1379-82, 1991 Dec.
(14) Sustained transmission of mumps in a highly vaccinated population: assessment
of primary vaccine failure and waning vaccine-induced immunity. Division of Field
Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Journal of
Infectious Diseases. 169(1):77-82, 1994 Jan. 1.
(15) Secondary measles vaccine failure in healthcare workers exposed to infected
patients. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 14(2):81-6, 1993 Feb.
(16) MMWR, 38 (8-9), 12/29/89).
(17) MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) "Measles." 989;
38:329-330.
(18) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 33(24), 6/22/84.
(19) Failure to reach the goal of measles elimination. Apparent paradox of measles
infections in immunized persons. Review article: 50 REFS. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Mayo
Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN. Archives of Internal
Medicine. 154(16):1815-20, 1994 Aug 22.
(19a) Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, May 1996; 79(2): 163-170.
(20) Trevor Gunn, Mass Immunization, A Point in Question, p 15 (E.D. Hume, Pasteur
Exposed-The False Foundations of Modern Medicine, Bookreal, Australia, 1989.)
(21) Physician William Howard Hay's address of June 25, 1937; printed in the
Congressional Record.
(22) Outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in Oman; evidence for widespread
transmission among fully vaccinated children Lancet vol 338: Sept 21, 1991; 715-720.
(23) Neil Miller, Vaccines: Are They Safe and Effective? p 33.
(24) Chicago Dept. of Health.
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