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The Controversy with Vaccines. Roselle Leone. What are they?. Religion Individual liberty Financial motive Autism Macrophagic myofasciitis Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) Nut Allergies Gillian Barre Type 1 diabetes. The First Amendment.
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The Controversy with Vaccines Roselle Leone
What are they? • Religion • Individual liberty • Financial motive • Autism • Macrophagic myofasciitis • Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) • Nut Allergies • Gillian Barre • Type 1 diabetes
The First Amendment • “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Religion • Christianity VS Small pox • Religious opposition continues to this day
Individual Liberty • Vaccine policies require you to get vaccinated • Does the government have the right to tell you what medications to take? • Where does it stop?
Vaccine Industry Misrepresentation of safety and effectiveness for final gain Recent spike in vaccine market: Prevnar, Guardasil, Pediarix: Over $1 Billion EACH in 2008. Lawyers Manipulation of information for financial gain (lawsuits) Financial Motive
The U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program • Federal no-fault system for vaccine-related injury or death. • Established in 1980s after DTP vaccine scare • Funded through $0.75 duty tax on vaccines • A total of $1.7 billion paid out in court by 2008
Autism • Autism increased 1000% since 1990 • U.S. Study: children who received vaccines with thimerosol were 2x as likely to develop autism as those who didn’t • Thimerosol ~50% mercury • Mercury is a known neurotoxin.
Autism • The immune system overload theory • Too many vaccines at once can overwhelm or weaken immune system • Evidence supporting and going against this theory
Macrophagic Myofasciitis • Rare muscle disease identified in 1993 • Microscopic muscle lesions • Most often associated with aluminum used in the adjuvant of vaccines • Aluminum is a neurotoxin even in very small amounts
Peanut and Tree Nut Allergies • Nut allergies affect ~1.1% Americans • Nut allergies in children < 18 increased from 0.4% in 1997 to 0.8% in 2002 • 50% increase in the number of immunizations since 1996
Peanut and Tree Nut Allergies • Comparing Amish population in Lancester, PA to general population of U.S. • 1 person out of 6,000 with peanut allergy • Vashon-Ridgefield Case-Control Study • Vashon vaccination compliance rate of 80.2% and a peanut allergy rate of only 0.3%. • Ridgefield vaccination compliance rate > 99.9%, and a peanut allergy rate of 1.8% • 6x larger than that of Vashon.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • Diptheria- tatanus- pertussis (DTP) vaccine has been linked to SIDS • U.S. administers at 2 months of age • Walker, A.M., et al (1987) • Focusing on narrow time intervals following immunization • SIDS mortality rate 0-3 days following DTP 7.3x greater
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • Sweden banned the vaccine in 1979 due to a major study finding a strong correlation • Japan waits until 2 years of age because of this correlation • Japan and Sweden attributed with lowest percentage of SIDS
Guillain-Barré syndrome • Immune system attacks the nervous system • One possible cause = immunization • Studies have been done linking correlation of the following vaccines to Guillain-Barré syndrome: • H1N1 • Flu • Guardasil • Oral polio • Meningitis
Type 1 Diabetes • Physicians as early as 1949 have researched and provided evidence in the link between the DTP vaccine and type 1 diabetes • “Pertussis toxin” over stimulates insulin production in islets of Langerhans • Followed by exhaustion and destruction of islets
Keep in mind… • This information is to inform you of some risks associated with vaccines • Vaccines have eradicated diseases such as small pox which at one point killed 1 in 6 Europeans • Vaccines can help prevent many acute and long term illnesses; however, it is important to understand the risks associated to make informed decisions