Update on CDC Plans to Force Smallpox
Vaccine on the US
My name is Dr. Sherri Tenpenny.
I am a physician from Cleveland, Ohio and I am board certified in two
medical specialties, including Emergency Medicine.
I am speaking today on behalf
of the National Vaccine Information Center, a non-profit, educational
organization founded in 1982 which represents more than 40,000 Americans,
including parents and grandparents of vaccine injured children.
I have spent more than 2,000
hours researching the vaccination issue and I both personally and
professionally support the position set forth by the NVIC. The NVIC opposes
giving the vaccine to the general public.
This is not “just another
vaccine.”
There are defined risks and
known contraindications that can lead to fatal consequences if they are not
strictly adhered to. The general public will not have the background to
understand these ramifications. In addition, as with all vaccines, this
vaccination will not guarantee immunity.[1]
The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) lists many other known biological warfare agents;
twenty six of these microbes are listed on the CDC website. In addition,
there are chemical warfare agents and an infinite number of weapons that
could be created through genetic engineering and used in a terrorism attack.
Vaccinating the general public
with the vaccinia vaccine will cover only a small fraction of the
potential risk that could come
from terrorism. However, the risk of medical complications from this vaccine
is not potential but real, and that risk exceeds any perceived benefit that
may come from the inoculation.
If first responders are offered
the vaccine before an actual attack, it must be done in a limited, highly
controlled manner with strict isolation of the individual and his body
fluids by quarantine, until the scabs from the vaccine lesions have fallen
off. The individual will need to be isolated from at-risk family members, as
well as from the community at large.
It is estimated that at least
10%, or more than 28 million people in the United States, have eczema.[2]
There are 184,000 organ recipients,[3] 850,000 individuals with diagnosed
and undiagnosed HIV infection or AIDS,[4] and 8.5 million people with
cancer.[5]
An even more extensive list of
people at risk is the untold millions who are taking immunosuppressive drugs
such as corticosteroids. Prednisone® and Medrol®, given to both adults and
children, are prescribed for dozens of conditions including but not limited
to: asthma; emphysema; allergies; Crohn’s disease; multiple sclerosis;
herniated spinal discs; acute muscular pain syndromes; and all types
rheumatoid and autoimmune diseases.
All of these patients would be
at risk for serious complications from contact with a vaccinated individual.
Historically, this live virus
vaccine has caused more injury and death among those who were vaccinated
than any other vaccine that has ever used. The general population has no
natural immunity to this virus and even with controlled vaccination of first
responders, the virus has the potential to spread throughout the community
and then across the globe.
If that were to happen, the
eventual end result would be the required mass vaccination of everyone in
the world. Tens of thousands of casualties from the vaccine itself will
result, and our already over-burdened healthcare system will be crushed
trying to care these victims.
I have personally treated many
patients, both children and adults, who have suffered from catastrophic
brain and immune system damage after vaccination. The potential suffering
that could be caused by this highly reactive vaccine cannot be measured in
either human or economic terms.
Please be sure to read the
Special Report on smallpox vaccination from the National Vaccine
Information Center.
In the event of an attack, the
PROPER MEDICAL USE of ring vaccination would be supported by the NVIC but
only with voluntary compliance and FULLY INFORMED CONSENT. A strict
definition of “close contacts” is necessary to ensure that surveillance
measures are focused only on those at greatest risk.[6] Complete informed
consent is particularly important because:
- the old vaccine was never
subjected to controlled clinical trials;
- the new vaccine will not
have to be proven effective in humans;
- standards for safety will be
lowered to fast-track production; and
- vaccine manufacturers, as
well as healthcare providers -- physicians -- will be protected from
liability for any vaccine-induced injuries or deaths, which are likely to
occur.
The National Vaccine
Information Center urges ACIP to stand behind its current policy of
employing ring vaccination in the event of a bioterrorism attack. There is
no reason why, in the absence of a confirmed smallpox outbreak, and with
only a theoretical risk that smallpox will be the agent used in an attack,
that Americas should be subjected to the very real and very significant
risks associated with the vaccinia virus vaccine.
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References:
[1] Cohen,
Jon. Science Magazine, Oct. 19, 2001, Vol. 294., p. 501
[2] Diepgen
TL. Is the prevalence of atopic dermatitis increasing? In: Williams HC,
ed. Atopic Dermatitis: The Epidemiology, Causes and Prevention of Atopic
Eczema. New York: Cambridge Univ Pr; 2000:96-112.
[3] United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). All Recipients: Age at Time of
Transplant. www.unos.org
[4] Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV
and Sexually Transmitted Infections: United States.
http://www.unaids.org/fact_sheets/index.html
[5]
National Cancer Institute. CanQues.
http://srab.cancer.gov/Prevalence/canques.html
[6]
Henderson, Donald A, et.al. CONCENSUS STATEMENT: Smallpox as a biological
Weapon, Medical and Public Health Management. JAMA, June 9, 1999, p.2133.
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