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-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
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Sandy's Scandals Column
Past and current Scandals
- columns by Sandy Gottstein (aka Mintz)*
* ►March 8, 2010 - Vaccine
'made
me sick' - The Maitland Mercury - "Kristin Clulow was 26 when
she received two doses of the human papilloma virus vaccine. Within
months, her eyesight began to fail, she became ‘extremely nauseous’,
she could not sleep and the right side of her body became partially
paralysed. Today, Ms Clulow, 27, struggles with paralysis, lack of fine
motor skills, tremors, slurred speech, fatigue, sickness and a
compromised immune system. A member of the Gardasil Victims Campaign,
Ms Clulow has urged the Federal Government to further investigate the
vaccine before it was administered to other young women."
* ►March 8, 2010 - Rapid
Responses to: MMR and other coincidences - F. Edward Yazbak MD,
FAAP - journal article (BMJ)
- "On October 21, 2009, Merck informed Health Care Providers [4]
that “based on input from the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP), professional societies, scientific leaders, and
customers” Merck had decided not to resume production of the monovalent
measles, mumps and rubella vaccines. According to Merck, that
“science-based decision” was taken in order to “support vaccination of
the largest group of appropriate individuals.” On December 21, 2009,
Merck announced that Dr. Gerberding had been named president of Merck
Vaccines, effective January 25, 2010. Just one coincidence after
another!"
* ►Current
Studies - Canadian Center for Vaccinology - "Maternal Immunization
Study - Immunization of women with Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids
combined with Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) during the mid third trimester
of pregnancy: an evaluation of the potential for immunological
protection for the neonate.
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