http://www.vaccineinfo.net/meningococcal.htm
Meningococcal Vaccine Information
Dear PROVE Members,
Due to recent outbreaks of
meningococcal infections in Texas and other parts of the country, we have been
flooded with requests to provide some honest information about the vaccine that
is now being given to thousands of people in mass settings.
We recognize the potentially
serious complications of the disease and like always, support the right of the
individual to make educated vaccination decisions.
While this vaccine has demonstrated
some effectiveness at curbing outbreaks in some populations, it has not been
without a cost. Based on the calls and letters we've gotten, it is our concern
that people are not being given all the information that they should be
provided with about the vaccine itself and its recent history of reactions and
failures. There are also many legitimate outstanding questions about the safety
and efficacy of this vaccine being raised in other countries that have not been
publicized here at all. We've compiled some of this information and have it
posted here at http://www.vaccineinfo.net/meningococcal.htm.
People are concerned for their
children and deserve some honest answers to the following questions: Why are
these outbreaks of serious cases of the disease clustering and becoming more
common? If most people develop natural immunity to the bacteria with no
consequences and some even carry it, what do the people who have died or become
very sick from it have in common? Could the bacteria have mutated into a more
aggressive organism? And if so, why?
I found one statement by a state
health official quoted in the Houston paper particularly interesting. He said,
""We have found no personal connections among the cases that have
been confirmed in these six counties...this is not an outbreak that started in
one location and spread to other locations." This causes me to ask, have
the children and adults who have had a serious outcome from the disease
recently been on any medications, had any environmental exposures, or have they
recently been vaccinated for anything else that could have depressed their
immune systems? Please continue to push for answers to these types of
questions.
Antibiotics have been a lifesaving
medical tool, but their overuse has led to some serious problems of putting
enough pressure on organisms to mutate and become even more dangerous. The strains
of bacteria included in the new pnuemococcal vaccine were chosen
specifically because they are the most antibiotic resistant
strains. In a larger context, children in Texas now already receive
as many as 39 vaccines for 12 different viral and bacterial illnesses by
the time they reach school, and if we ignore looking for these types of
answers and just accept that the answer is throwing a vaccine at everyone just
because it is available rather than selectively and discriminately
doing honest risk/benefit analysis for individual children, it is the fear
of many scientists that outbreaks like this are going to become even
more common and with worse consequences.
We are not saying
that vaccination for some people in this outbreak is not appropriate,
but we are saying it needs to be an individual decision based on ALL OF
THE FACTS. We are also saying that we can't afford to stop asking these
questions of "WHY" because our future health depends on the
answers.
If a person does choose to take the
vaccination or have it given to their children, they are more likely able to
recognize a reaction, report it to the FDA's VAERS database, and get the proper
treatment and help they need if they can recognize a reaction early. It should
be noted that this vaccine contains the mercury preservative thimerosal. Please
see our news
alert on our web site for more information on the concerns of this
additive. This vaccine is also contraindicated for pregnant and nursing
women.
The information on our web site is
not intended to be a complete collection, but it's purpose is rather to spur
you on to think about some things and to help you start asking some
serious questions of the people who claim the vaccine will solve the
problem.
This information is not medical
advice. Please direct questions raised by this material to a health care
professional that you trust.
Please also forward this site to
your friends and family members in the affected areas and ask them to do the
same.
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