Did you know the former head of the CDC Dr. Julie Gerberding was named president of Merck & Co Inc's vaccine division back in 2009????
I don't know about you but this says conflict of interest and should
make people think twice. All of it gets more twisted as the story goes
on and should make everyone stop and think because none of us have the
whole story!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/12/21/us-merck-gerberding-idUSTRE5BK2K520091221
It is a well known fact that MERCK kept a hit list of doctors that spoke out against their product VIOXX. For those who don't already know MERCK is the maker of the MUMPS, MEASLES, and RUBELLA vaccine aka the MMR...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/merck-created-hit-list-to-destroy-neutralize-or-discredit-dissenting-doctors/
WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS YOU MIGHT ASK???
Well, it is pretty simple I am saying that a few cases of the MUMPS and MEASLES
have deliberately been turned into mass hysteria by folks who all have
an agenda to sell a product. Fear is a great seller and if you look
around online or at the media it is working pretty well.
There
is an eerie similarity between the witch hunt for doctors who spoke out
against VIOXX and the doctors who are now speaking out against
vaccines. Doctor Sherri Tenpenny had to cancel her Australian tour
because the media helped whip up a frenzy and there were very real
concerns for her safety.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/us-antivaccination-campaigner-dr-sherri-tenpenny-cancels-tour-of-australia-20150128-130qa4.html
IT DOES NOT END THERE!!!!
There
is now a call for any doctor who questions vaccines or speaks out to
have their licence to practice medicine revoked. The media seems to be
championing this agenda and both FORBES and CNN have stepped away from journalism to play judge, jury, and executioner.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlipson/2015/01/30/anti-vaccine-doctors-should-lose-their-licenses/
CNN has made Dr. Jack Wolfson a target after he spoke out on the MEASLES outbreak
and not only said vaccines were bad but encouraged natural immunity.
The Arizona Medical Board has since opened a case against him. I am sure
the media bias had nothing to do with this...
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12-news/2015/01/23/12news-doctor-dont-vaccinate/22200535/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/05/health/anti-vaccine-doctor-jack-wolfson/
WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE THEM????
First
off there are millions upon millions of parents who are questioning
vaccines, it has become fashionable to disrespect those who question non
vaxers and it is pretty much at the point that they are encouraging
violence and harm towards us. I will be posting more about this in
another post and hope I can stay on topic. The parents refusing to be
vaccinated and to have their kids not be subjected to vaccines is a huge
loss of revenue. VACCINE INJURIES ARE VERY REAL AND THEY KNOW IT!!!!!
There
is also another thing that is fuelling the witch hunt towards vaccine
refusers and anyone who questions vaccines and vaccine polocy. In 2010
virologists Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski accused the pharma
giant in 2010 of faking the efficacy of its MMR vaccine. According to
them Merck infused a blood sample with animal antibodies to make it look
like the vaccine had elicited increased antibody production, the
scientists claimed." This is a startling claim, and if true could cut
into profit because in order for a vaccine to approved by the FDA it
must show 95% effectiveness.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/natural-news-stirring-pot-merck-whistleblower-suit-falsified-mumps-rubella-measles-vaccine-data/
Adding to the motive to lie is the fact the CDC already had strong ties to MERCK and it is easy to believe that former head of the CDC Dr. Julie Gerberding already had her eye on a job with the pharmaceutical giant.
SO CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/048569_vaccine_fraud_Julie_Gerberding_cover-up.html
AND THE FOLLOWING!!!!!
MERCK back in December of 2014 named Dr. Julie Gerberding as Executive Vice President for Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy, and Population Health.
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/market-news/Merck-Announces-Appointment-of-Dr-Julie-Gerberding-as-Executive-Vice-President-for-Strategic-Communications-Global-Public-Policy-and-Population-Health
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS!!!!! THIS IS WHY THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH FOCUS ON A NON EVENT SUCH AS MEASLES, IT WAS TO TURN US ALL AWAY FROM THE REAL STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
$$$VACCINES ARE A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY$$$
One of the BIGGEST LIES used to push vaccines
is that vaccine manufacturers make little or no money and that lack of
revenue and profit has caused vaccine shortages. HERE IS WHAT THE VACCINE MAKERS MADE IN 2012.
Even if they made far less in other years this is billions of dollars
in revenue!!!!!!!!! Next time anyone says there is no money in vaccines
ask the how billions of dollars in revenue is NOT a lot of money. This is a product, they are trying to sell it, and lets face it FEAR SELLS!!!!! BTW, The vaccines market will be worth $57.8 BILLION by 2019!
http://www.fiercevaccines.com/special-reports/top-5-vaccine-companies-revenue-2012
Merck 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.27 BILLION
Sanofi 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.54 BILLION
GlaxoSmithKline 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.26 BILLION
Pfizer 2012 Vaccine revenue: $4.11 BILLION
Novartis 2012 Vaccine revenue: $1.38 BILLION
http://www.statista.com/statistics/314562/leading-global-pharmaceutical-companies-by-vaccine-revenue/
http://www.statista.com/statistics/265102/revenues-in-the-global-vaccine-market/
http://www.sys-con.com/node/3285724

http://www.fiercevaccines.com/special-reports/top-5-vaccine-companies-revenue-2012
Merck 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.27 BILLION
Sanofi 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.54 BILLION
GlaxoSmithKline 2012 Vaccine revenue: $5.26 BILLION
Pfizer 2012 Vaccine revenue: $4.11 BILLION
Novartis 2012 Vaccine revenue: $1.38 BILLION
http://www.statista.com/statistics/314562/leading-global-pharmaceutical-companies-by-vaccine-revenue/
http://www.statista.com/statistics/265102/revenues-in-the-global-vaccine-market/
http://www.sys-con.com/node/3285724

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Monday, February 2, 2015
IT’S F#CKING CHICKENPOX FOR GOD SAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER VAXING FOR CHICKENPOX???? The
sad thing in all of this is in just a few years suddenly everyone,
including those who should know better think of chickenpox as a deadly
disease, I really have no words to describe how insane and weak we have
become as a whole. I see parents all the time posting online that they
will get the vaccine for their kids, or that chickenpox is magically
somehow deadly after age 11... UGH! This vaccine was
made so parents would not have to miss work to deal with a sick kid, and
that kids would not miss time away from the brainwashing machine known
as the public school system!
Here is a clip from the documentary "Bought" discussing the issue!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a clip from the documentary "Bought" discussing the issue!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
USA TODAY: “Jail ‘anti-vax’ parents”
SO, THIS IS WHAT PASSES FOR NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/01/27/jail-anti-vax-parents-vaccines-cdc-measles-disney-world-california-column/22420771/
The entirely preventable California measles outbreak has now sickened more than 70 people. With perhaps hundreds more exposed, the outbreak will likely continue.
As the disease spreads, experts will debate how we respond and what to do about the anti-vaccine movement that’s partly to blame for this mess. Likely, all we’ll agree on is better outreach to parents.
That’s not enough. Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail.
In the year 2015, it is amazing that anyone in the United States contracts measles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
that the U.S. eliminated all native cases of measles in the year 2000.
New cases generally occurred only among unvaccinated foreigners. Today,
however, because of ignorant “anti-vaxxers,” the disease is staging a comeback.
Anti-vaxxers often claim the right not to put “poison” in their children’s bodies. That is ludicrous. A mountain of data has demonstrated that vaccines are safe and effective. Insisting otherwise is akin to believing that the moon landing was faked.
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A more serious objection is that, like birth control, those with religious objections should be exempted. But, let’s remember that civil rights go both ways.
Prohibitionist John Finch once said, “Your right to swing your arm leaves off where my right not to have my nose struck begins.” For infectious disease, we could reformulate that to: “Your right to be sick ends where my right to be healthy begins.”
Measles is perhaps the most infectious human disease. Virus particles can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. And measles is not a minor infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that before widespread vaccination began in 1980, 2.6 million people a year died from measles. About 400 people a day still do.
Put simply, no person has the right to threaten the safety of his community. Like drunken drivers, the unvaccinated pose an imminent danger to others. They pose a lethal threat to the most vulnerable: the immunocompromised, such as HIV or cancer patients, and infants who have yet to receive their vaccines.
Anti-vaccine parents are turning their children into little walking time bombs. They ought to be charged for endangering their children and others.
Because humans are the only natural host for the virus, the WHO hopes to eradicate the disease from the planet, just like smallpox. This noble mission has been greatly complicated by such medical luminaries as Bill Maher and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who have spread anti-vaccine propaganda to millions. They have blood on their hands.
It is time to end this insanity. Though jail sounds drastic, it could be the only way to send a strong message about the deadly consequences of failing to vaccinate children.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/01/27/jail-anti-vax-parents-vaccines-cdc-measles-disney-world-california-column/22420771/
The entirely preventable California measles outbreak has now sickened more than 70 people. With perhaps hundreds more exposed, the outbreak will likely continue.
As the disease spreads, experts will debate how we respond and what to do about the anti-vaccine movement that’s partly to blame for this mess. Likely, all we’ll agree on is better outreach to parents.
That’s not enough. Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail.
USA TODAY
Anti-vaccine parents boost measles comeback: Our view
Anti-vaxxers often claim the right not to put “poison” in their children’s bodies. That is ludicrous. A mountain of data has demonstrated that vaccines are safe and effective. Insisting otherwise is akin to believing that the moon landing was faked.
Like this column? Get more in your e-mail inbox
A more serious objection is that, like birth control, those with religious objections should be exempted. But, let’s remember that civil rights go both ways.
Prohibitionist John Finch once said, “Your right to swing your arm leaves off where my right not to have my nose struck begins.” For infectious disease, we could reformulate that to: “Your right to be sick ends where my right to be healthy begins.”
Measles is perhaps the most infectious human disease. Virus particles can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. And measles is not a minor infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that before widespread vaccination began in 1980, 2.6 million people a year died from measles. About 400 people a day still do.
Put simply, no person has the right to threaten the safety of his community. Like drunken drivers, the unvaccinated pose an imminent danger to others. They pose a lethal threat to the most vulnerable: the immunocompromised, such as HIV or cancer patients, and infants who have yet to receive their vaccines.
Anti-vaccine parents are turning their children into little walking time bombs. They ought to be charged for endangering their children and others.
Because humans are the only natural host for the virus, the WHO hopes to eradicate the disease from the planet, just like smallpox. This noble mission has been greatly complicated by such medical luminaries as Bill Maher and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who have spread anti-vaccine propaganda to millions. They have blood on their hands.
It is time to end this insanity. Though jail sounds drastic, it could be the only way to send a strong message about the deadly consequences of failing to vaccinate children.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
HPV VACCINE & POSSIBLE MANDATED CIRCUMCISION FOR BOYS!
This is just sick! Next the CDC will be using the HPV excuse as a way to push and possibly mandate circumcision of males. Mark my words on this, they are going to try it! They will use HPV, HIV, or some other hair brained excuse.
This is not the 1st time that a vaccine protecting females was later pushed on boys--They did it with the rubella vaccine.
PLEASE NOTE: While the safety of the HPV vaccine is generally established and still remains recommended by the government health agency, it has been shown in some studies to be associated with anaphylaxis, blood clots and fainting, and linked with some deaths.
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HPV Vaccine For Boys? CDC Considers Recommending Vaccinations For All
Vaccinating just half the population against human papilloma virus (HPV) only solves half the problem.
Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that girls and young women be vaccinated against the disease that can lead to cervical cancer, the treatment's effectiveness with regard to the male population is beginning to come into the limelight. In fact, the CDC is now considering recommending the shot for boys as well, according to Health Day.
From Health Day:
A study published in March also said that almost half of the male population of the US could be infected with HPV.
The issue of immunizing girls to the virus has returned to the limelight recently amidst the GOP Presidential debates. Notably, Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2007 mandate to require young girls to be vaccinated against the disease has drawn criticism from fellow conservatives.
According to Everyday Health, the measure was overridden in 2008.
While the safety of the HPV vaccine is generally established and still remains recommended by the government health agency, it has been shown in some studies to be associated with anaphylaxis, blood clots and fainting, and linked with some deaths.
This is not the 1st time that a vaccine protecting females was later pushed on boys--They did it with the rubella vaccine.
PLEASE NOTE: While the safety of the HPV vaccine is generally established and still remains recommended by the government health agency, it has been shown in some studies to be associated with anaphylaxis, blood clots and fainting, and linked with some deaths.
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HPV Vaccine For Boys? CDC Considers Recommending Vaccinations For All
Vaccinating just half the population against human papilloma virus (HPV) only solves half the problem.
Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that girls and young women be vaccinated against the disease that can lead to cervical cancer, the treatment's effectiveness with regard to the male population is beginning to come into the limelight. In fact, the CDC is now considering recommending the shot for boys as well, according to Health Day.
From Health Day:
A debate that's been simmering over whether males also should be vaccinated for human papillomavirus, or HPV, could come to a head in October at a meeting of a key advisory committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.Previous studies have shown that the HPV vaccine could even have a more powerful effect than simply immunizing males against the disease and protecting women. According to Science Daily, one study showed that giving the vaccine to men could prevent as many as 90 of genital warts cases.
A study published in March also said that almost half of the male population of the US could be infected with HPV.
The issue of immunizing girls to the virus has returned to the limelight recently amidst the GOP Presidential debates. Notably, Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2007 mandate to require young girls to be vaccinated against the disease has drawn criticism from fellow conservatives.
According to Everyday Health, the measure was overridden in 2008.
While the safety of the HPV vaccine is generally established and still remains recommended by the government health agency, it has been shown in some studies to be associated with anaphylaxis, blood clots and fainting, and linked with some deaths.
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THIS MAN WOULD SELL HIS SOUL FOR THE RIGHT PRICE!
Perry lies again about Texas Gardasil scandal, claims woman he met after signing executive order lobbied him to pass it
(NaturalNews) The more Texas Gov. Rick Perry tries to defend his decision to sign an executive order in 2007 mandating that all young girls in Texas receive vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV) before being admitted to school, the more he exposes himself as a lying scoundrel that is unfit to govern his own state, let alone lead a nation.
During the recent Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., Perry tried once again to defend his infamous Gardasil blunder, this time by telling the heart-tugging story of a woman he met and got to know who had cervical cancer. He told the audience and viewers Thursday night that the reason he signed the executive order was because the woman lobbied him to do so.
"I got lobbied on this issue," said a calm and composed Perry. "I got lobbied by a 31 year old young lady who had stage-four cervical cancer. I spent a lot of time with her. She came by my office. She talked to me about this program. I readily admitted we should have had an opt-in (for the mandate) but I don't know what part of opt out most parents don't get. The fact is I was on the side of life and I will always be on the side of life as a governor and as president of the United States."
A charming and sweet story, really -- except for the fact that it is not true. According to ABC News, Perry signed the vaccine executive order before he met the young woman, not after, as he claims. The woman did, according to reports, lobby in favor of upholding the executive order after it had been signed (which the legislature eventually overturned), but she did not play a role in Perry's original signing of it.
Unlike the petty issues that typically bog down the presidential campaigning process, Perry's Gardasil scandal is gravely serious and needs to be exposed. After all, the vaccine that he pushed is implicated in causing thousands of serious and permanent injuries, and potentially hundreds of known deaths, which is a far cry from his empty rhetoric about "being on the side of life" (http://truthaboutgardasil.org/).
Perry was truthful about one thing, though. He was lobbied to sign his executive order. But this lobbying appears to have come from Merck & Co., the manufacturer of Gardasil, not a heart-wrenching victim of cervical cancer
(NaturalNews) The more Texas Gov. Rick Perry tries to defend his decision to sign an executive order in 2007 mandating that all young girls in Texas receive vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV) before being admitted to school, the more he exposes himself as a lying scoundrel that is unfit to govern his own state, let alone lead a nation.
During the recent Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., Perry tried once again to defend his infamous Gardasil blunder, this time by telling the heart-tugging story of a woman he met and got to know who had cervical cancer. He told the audience and viewers Thursday night that the reason he signed the executive order was because the woman lobbied him to do so.
"I got lobbied on this issue," said a calm and composed Perry. "I got lobbied by a 31 year old young lady who had stage-four cervical cancer. I spent a lot of time with her. She came by my office. She talked to me about this program. I readily admitted we should have had an opt-in (for the mandate) but I don't know what part of opt out most parents don't get. The fact is I was on the side of life and I will always be on the side of life as a governor and as president of the United States."
A charming and sweet story, really -- except for the fact that it is not true. According to ABC News, Perry signed the vaccine executive order before he met the young woman, not after, as he claims. The woman did, according to reports, lobby in favor of upholding the executive order after it had been signed (which the legislature eventually overturned), but she did not play a role in Perry's original signing of it.
Unlike the petty issues that typically bog down the presidential campaigning process, Perry's Gardasil scandal is gravely serious and needs to be exposed. After all, the vaccine that he pushed is implicated in causing thousands of serious and permanent injuries, and potentially hundreds of known deaths, which is a far cry from his empty rhetoric about "being on the side of life" (http://truthaboutgardasil.org/).
Perry was truthful about one thing, though. He was lobbied to sign his executive order. But this lobbying appears to have come from Merck & Co., the manufacturer of Gardasil, not a heart-wrenching victim of cervical cancer
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Calls for calm amid flu jab scare
SPIN, SPIN, SPIN! The sad part in this is there are too many people stupid enough to get this vaccine despite the fact it is killing and crippling people.
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Calls for calm amid flu jab scare
Updated 10 hours 3 minutes ago
The AMA is concerned general immunisation rates will fall
The AMA hopes people will not be put off immunising their children despite suspension of the flu shot program. (ABC News)
The Australian Medical Association in WA is hoping a nation-wide ban on flu shots for small children will not affect overall immunisation rates.
Australian doctors have been warned not to give the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the age of five, after a child fell critically ill and dozens more suffered serious adverse reactions after receiving the vaccine in Western Australia.
Other states, including Queensland and South Australia, are also reporting incidents of children being hospitalised and having adverse reactions such as fevers and convulsions.
The vaccine supplier, CSL, has stopped its distribution while it investigates the matter.
Gary Geelhoed from the AMA says while he understands parents' concerns, it is important to remember the benefits of immunisation.
"We would certainly continue to advise parents to have the appropriate vaccination of their children," he said.
"At the same time we need to investigate any possible side effects or downsides, and that's what's happening at the moment.
"But we have to remember that the benefits of vaccinations far, far, far outweigh any side effects."
Mr Geelhoed says he hopes the temporary ban will not affect overall immunisation rates.
"We must remember now that we don't see things like whooping cough, diptheria, tetinus, measles, mumps and rubelle," he said.
"All those things have essentially gone from our community, they've largely gone because of vaccinations."
Health authorities say it is still safe for older children and adults to receive the flu vaccine.
More harm than good?
But one expert urged health authorities yesterday to consider whether rolling out vaccinations to millions of people around the country causes more harm than good.
Peter Collignon, a professor in infectious diseases from the Australian National University, says an effective surveillance system should monitor thousands of people for one or two weeks after vaccination before the vaccine is rolled out to the entire population.
"If you're in a risk group everybody agrees you need to be vaccinated," he said.
"But the majority of the population don't have risk factors, including children.
"Before we roll out a vaccine to millions of people, in my view, we need to do studies of thousands of people over a period of time to make sure we are always going to do more good than harm with the vaccine."
He says the seasonal flu vaccine has three components - one of which is swine flu - and children may be reacting badly to receiving a second exposure to part of the flu virus.
"If you were infected with swine flu itself last year or had been given the swine flu vaccine last November or December or January, if you then get exposed again to a part of the virus, you've already got antibodies and white cells that are turned on to try to fight the virus," he said.
"Therefore if you get exposed to it again you may have a brisk reaction, where you produce more antibodies and more white cells, which gives you a fever and an inflammatory reaction."
He says about 20 per cent of Australian children who received the swine flu vaccine had moderate to severe side effects in the form of a fever of more than 38.5 degrees Celsius and severe muscle aches and pains.
But he says last winter, the risk of someone under the age of 40 getting swine flu and dying from it if they had no risk factors was less than one in a million.
"You have to start weighing this up because you may actually produce as much influenza-like illness with a vaccine as you prevent with people not getting influenza," he said.
"That's been my concern about rolling out this vaccine to the entire population. I don't think we've got enough data to know how effective it's going to be."
*****
Calls for calm amid flu jab scare
Updated 10 hours 3 minutes ago
The AMA is concerned general immunisation rates will fall
The AMA hopes people will not be put off immunising their children despite suspension of the flu shot program. (ABC News)
The Australian Medical Association in WA is hoping a nation-wide ban on flu shots for small children will not affect overall immunisation rates.
Australian doctors have been warned not to give the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the age of five, after a child fell critically ill and dozens more suffered serious adverse reactions after receiving the vaccine in Western Australia.
Other states, including Queensland and South Australia, are also reporting incidents of children being hospitalised and having adverse reactions such as fevers and convulsions.
The vaccine supplier, CSL, has stopped its distribution while it investigates the matter.
Gary Geelhoed from the AMA says while he understands parents' concerns, it is important to remember the benefits of immunisation.
"We would certainly continue to advise parents to have the appropriate vaccination of their children," he said.
"At the same time we need to investigate any possible side effects or downsides, and that's what's happening at the moment.
"But we have to remember that the benefits of vaccinations far, far, far outweigh any side effects."
Mr Geelhoed says he hopes the temporary ban will not affect overall immunisation rates.
"We must remember now that we don't see things like whooping cough, diptheria, tetinus, measles, mumps and rubelle," he said.
"All those things have essentially gone from our community, they've largely gone because of vaccinations."
Health authorities say it is still safe for older children and adults to receive the flu vaccine.
More harm than good?
But one expert urged health authorities yesterday to consider whether rolling out vaccinations to millions of people around the country causes more harm than good.
Peter Collignon, a professor in infectious diseases from the Australian National University, says an effective surveillance system should monitor thousands of people for one or two weeks after vaccination before the vaccine is rolled out to the entire population.
"If you're in a risk group everybody agrees you need to be vaccinated," he said.
"But the majority of the population don't have risk factors, including children.
"Before we roll out a vaccine to millions of people, in my view, we need to do studies of thousands of people over a period of time to make sure we are always going to do more good than harm with the vaccine."
He says the seasonal flu vaccine has three components - one of which is swine flu - and children may be reacting badly to receiving a second exposure to part of the flu virus.
"If you were infected with swine flu itself last year or had been given the swine flu vaccine last November or December or January, if you then get exposed again to a part of the virus, you've already got antibodies and white cells that are turned on to try to fight the virus," he said.
"Therefore if you get exposed to it again you may have a brisk reaction, where you produce more antibodies and more white cells, which gives you a fever and an inflammatory reaction."
He says about 20 per cent of Australian children who received the swine flu vaccine had moderate to severe side effects in the form of a fever of more than 38.5 degrees Celsius and severe muscle aches and pains.
But he says last winter, the risk of someone under the age of 40 getting swine flu and dying from it if they had no risk factors was less than one in a million.
"You have to start weighing this up because you may actually produce as much influenza-like illness with a vaccine as you prevent with people not getting influenza," he said.
"That's been my concern about rolling out this vaccine to the entire population. I don't think we've got enough data to know how effective it's going to be."
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says
A bit old but worth reading
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Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: December 17, 2009
WASHINGTON A new report finds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a poor job of screening medical experts for financial conflicts when it hired them to advise the agency on vaccine safety, officials said Thursday.
Most of the experts who served on advisory panels in 2007 to evaluate vaccines for flu and cervical cancer had potential conflicts that were never resolved, the report said. Some were legally barred from considering the issues but did so anyway.
In the report, expected to be released Friday, Daniel R. Levinson, the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, found that the centers failed nearly every time to ensure that the experts adequately filled out forms confirming they were not being paid by companies with an interest in their decisions.
The report found that 64 percent of the advisers had potential conflicts of interest that were never identified or were left unresolved by the centers. Thirteen percent failed to have an appropriate conflicts form on file at the agency at all, which should have barred their participation in the meetings entirely, Mr. Levinson found. And 3 percent voted on matters that ethics officers had already barred them from considering.
The inspector general recommended that the centers do a far better job of screening. In a reply, the agency’s new director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, agreed.
“Since the period covered in this review, C.D.C. has strengthened the financial disclosures and conflict-of-interest process by instituting improved business processes and realigning responsibilities and oversight,” Dr. Frieden wrote.
As numerous medicines have been pulled from the market in recent years, worries have grown that experts may be recommending medical products even ones they know to be unsafe in part because manufacturers are paying them.
As a result, government agencies, medical societies and medical journals have become increasingly insistent that experts disclose potential conflicts. And while the experts invariably insist that they have done so, government audits routinely find large gaps between these disclosures and the experts’ actual income from consulting.
Congress tightened the rules on outside consulting after similar conflicts were found among members of advisory panels to the Food and Drug Administration. But little attention has been paid to the potential conflicts of advisers to the C.D.C., even though that agency’s committees have significant influence over what vaccines are sold in the United States, what tests are performed to detect cancer and how coal miners are protected.
Most of the advisers identified by Mr. Levinson had either a job or a grant from a company or other entity whose interests were affected by the committees’ discussions, and a considerable number also owned stock in such companies, the report said.
Representative Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat who said she had long been a supporter of the C.D.C., said: “That is why I am so concerned about this report issued by the inspector general exposing serious ethics violations within the C.D.C. All members of the federal advisory committees, whose recommendations direct federal policy, should be without conflict of interest.”
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Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: December 17, 2009
WASHINGTON A new report finds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a poor job of screening medical experts for financial conflicts when it hired them to advise the agency on vaccine safety, officials said Thursday.
Most of the experts who served on advisory panels in 2007 to evaluate vaccines for flu and cervical cancer had potential conflicts that were never resolved, the report said. Some were legally barred from considering the issues but did so anyway.
In the report, expected to be released Friday, Daniel R. Levinson, the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, found that the centers failed nearly every time to ensure that the experts adequately filled out forms confirming they were not being paid by companies with an interest in their decisions.
The report found that 64 percent of the advisers had potential conflicts of interest that were never identified or were left unresolved by the centers. Thirteen percent failed to have an appropriate conflicts form on file at the agency at all, which should have barred their participation in the meetings entirely, Mr. Levinson found. And 3 percent voted on matters that ethics officers had already barred them from considering.
The inspector general recommended that the centers do a far better job of screening. In a reply, the agency’s new director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, agreed.
“Since the period covered in this review, C.D.C. has strengthened the financial disclosures and conflict-of-interest process by instituting improved business processes and realigning responsibilities and oversight,” Dr. Frieden wrote.
As numerous medicines have been pulled from the market in recent years, worries have grown that experts may be recommending medical products even ones they know to be unsafe in part because manufacturers are paying them.
As a result, government agencies, medical societies and medical journals have become increasingly insistent that experts disclose potential conflicts. And while the experts invariably insist that they have done so, government audits routinely find large gaps between these disclosures and the experts’ actual income from consulting.
Congress tightened the rules on outside consulting after similar conflicts were found among members of advisory panels to the Food and Drug Administration. But little attention has been paid to the potential conflicts of advisers to the C.D.C., even though that agency’s committees have significant influence over what vaccines are sold in the United States, what tests are performed to detect cancer and how coal miners are protected.
Most of the advisers identified by Mr. Levinson had either a job or a grant from a company or other entity whose interests were affected by the committees’ discussions, and a considerable number also owned stock in such companies, the report said.
Representative Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat who said she had long been a supporter of the C.D.C., said: “That is why I am so concerned about this report issued by the inspector general exposing serious ethics violations within the C.D.C. All members of the federal advisory committees, whose recommendations direct federal policy, should be without conflict of interest.”
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