http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/chicken_pox_vaccine.htm
After
vaccination with the live attenuated varicella zoster (chicken pox) virus
(VZV), anti-VZV titers decline and reactivation of the latent infection can
occur. While this can boost immunity to the natural infection, the drawback is
that reactivation may be accompanied by mild symptoms.
Researchers followed 4,631 children who
had received the vaccine. In children who initially had high anti-VZV titers,
titers tended to decline during the 4 years of the study, while in those whose
initial response to the vaccine was weaker, titers increased over time.
The investigators identified 508 children
who experienced a substantial increase, or boost, in VZV immunity. This rate
was considerably higher than that expected from exposure to wild-type virus,
and hence is attributable to reactivation of the vaccine virus. When titers
remain high, the virus is dormant, but as immunity declines, the latent virus
wakes up. In most cases, the boost will not lead to any symptoms more serious
than a mild fever or a few spots.
Nature Medicine
2000;6:381-382,451-454
COMMENT: Another article that was
forwarded by Michael Belkin who is noted fro his excellent testimony to
Congress on the vaccine issue. He comments "clinically
inconsequential?" What about the risk of complications (encephalitis),
which is supposed to be the big reason to vaccinate against a relatively benign
disease? Not mentioned anywhere. What about Shingles? Notice one of the authors
is an FDA crony.
This study was probably designed to
refute growing doubts about the efficacy of the Varicella vaccine. It does the
opposite. It admits it doesn't work and actually causes chickenpox years later.
Up to 30% of children vaccinated with the chicken pox vaccine could have a
recurrence of chicken pox.
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