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By
Randall
Neustaedter OMD
E-mail: randalln@concentric.net
What people do
not know is that not only are flu vaccines nearly useless
in preventing flu, they will cause the flu, and they often
result in nervous system damage that can take years for the
body to repair.
According to a
CDC report of the 1994-1995 flu season, 87 percent of type
A influenza virus samples were not similar to the year's vaccine,
and 76 percent of type B virus samples were not similar to
the virus in that year's vaccine. During the 1992-1993 season,
84 percent of samples for the predominant type A virus were
not similar to the virus in the vaccine.
Here is a list
of the most common side effects of the flu vaccine as stated
by the CDC:
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Muscle aches
- Headache
According to the
CDC, the effectiveness of flu vaccine in preventing illness
among elderly persons residing in nursing homes is 30 to 40
percent (CDC, 2001b).
Other studies have
shown an even lower efficacy of 0 to 36 percent (averaging
21 percent). The CDC proudly notes that for those elderly
persons living outside of nursing homes, flu vaccine is 30
to 70 percent effective in preventing hospitalization for
pneumonia and influenza; the rationale being that one-third
of Americans have a risk factor or chronic disease that puts
them at risk of increased morbidity from the flu.
Vaccination is
currently recommended for children over six months of age
with high-risk medical conditions but is not recommended for
healthy children.
Live intranasal
vaccine was found to be 93 percent effective in preventing
influenza in children age one to six years old (Belshe et
al., 1998).
A mass vaccination
program was mounted that year by the U.S. government,
During that year
the rate of GBS in Ohio was 13.3 per million in vaccine recipients
compared to 2.6 per million in nonrecipients (Marks &
Halpin, 1980).
A follow-up study
also showed a significantly increased incidence of GBS during
the first six weeks following receipt of the vaccine in patients
residing in two other states.
According to the
CDC, two groups are most vulnerable to methylmercury -- the
fetus and children ages 14 and younger.
We are confronted
with what is undoubtedly the single most potent technology
the world has ever known -- more powerful even than atomic
energy.
Yet it is being
released throughout our environment and deployed with superficial
or no risk assessments as if no one needs to worry an iota
about its unparalleled powers to harm life as we know it --
for all future generations.
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