Re: FW: vaccine article -Money magazine (part 2)

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At 12:36 PM 9/14/98 -0600, you wrote:

>From: Mom2Q <mom2q@...>

> But SV-40 could be a

>factor that

> predisposes some people to develop tumors of the brain,

>bone,

> and tissue that surrounds the lung.

>My grandmother was a registered nurse after WW2--when the polio vaccine

was first introduced. All of the hospital employees were vaccinated.

There was a benign tumor found in her brain....not only her, but many of

her nurse friends also have tumors in her brain. She has no idea what

caused it....I think I will send a copy of this article to her. Things

that make you go hmmmm.....

Lana

>

>>

>>Even though SV-40 was being screened out, scientists

>>such as

>> , a professor of pathology at the University

>>of

>> Southern California, warned that other monkey viruses

>>could be

>> dangerous. But government officials rebuffed 's

>>attempt to

>> research those risks back in 1978 and again in 1995

>when

>>he was

>> denied federal funding and vaccine samples he needed to

>> investigate the effects of simian cytomegalovirus

>>(SCMV), an

>> organism that his studies indicate causes neurological

>>disorders

>> in the human brain. The virus has been found in monkeys

>>used for

>> polio vaccine production. Similarly, Cecil H. Fox was

>>also

>> rebuffed when, as a senior scientist at the National

>>Institutes

>> of Health in 1988, he asked to examine archived lots of

>>polio

>> vaccine to learn whether they contained simian

>>immunodeficiency

>> virus (SIV), which has been screened out of polio

>>vaccines since

>> 1987 because of potential human impact. " The resistance

>>of those

>> in authority to face the issue of prior vaccine

>>contamination is

>> particularly unfortunate, " says , " because

>>research

>> establishing a viral cause for neurological disorders

>or

>>cancers

>> can lead to effective antiviral treatments. "

>>

>> Beginning in 1992, scientific evidence supporting fears

>>about

>> prior contamination began to mount. Studies suggested

>>that SV-40

>> was a catalyst for many types of cancer, not only in

>>people who

>> had received polio vaccine containing the virus but in

>>their

>> children as well.

>>

>> In a series of papers published from 1992 through 1996,

>>Michele

>> Carbone, a molecular pathologist at Chicago's Loyola

>>University

>> Medical Center, examined the same types of tumors in

>>humans that

>> were known to develop in hamsters exposed to SV-40. He

>> discovered SV-40 genes and proteins in 60% of patients

>>with

>> mesothelioma, a particularly deadly form of lung

>cancer,

>>and in

>> 38% of those with bone cancer. His most recent

>research,

>> presented at a medical conference in July, connects

>>SV-40 and

>> these cancers even more clearly by describing the

>>mechanism

>> through which SV-40 turns a cell cancerous. Carbone's

>>research

>> shows that SV-40 switches off a protein that protects

>>cells from

>> becoming malignant. Not everyone who is infected with

>>SV-40 gets

>> cancer for the same reason that not every smoker gets

>>lung

>> cancer: A variety of assaults on the immune system

>>usually

>> combine to trigger malignancy. But SV-40 could be a

>>factor that

>> predisposes some people to develop tumors of the brain,

>>bone,

>> and tissue that surrounds the lung.

>>

>> Now, in what could be a crucial piece of the puzzle, a

>>study by

>> Italian researchers published in October in the U.S.

>>medical

>> journal Cancer Research suggests that the reason all

>>three

>> cancers are on the rise is that the SV-40, originally

>>introduced

>> to humans through polio vaccine, is now being spread

>>sexually

>> and from mother to child in the womb. The study found

>>SV-40

>> present in the blood and semen of 25% of healthy study

>>subjects.

>> According to one of the study's authors, biology and

>>genetics

>> professor Mauro Tognon of Italy's University of

>>Ferrara's School

>> of Medicine, this would explain why SV-40 was detected

>>from 1992

>> on in the brain tumors of children who were born after

>>1965 and

>> therefore presumably did not receive vaccine containing

>>SV-40.

>> Tognon also points to SV-40 as one possible reason for

>>the 30%

>> increase in U.S. brain tumors over the past 20 years.

>>

>> Strickler, senior clinical investigator at the

>>National

>> Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute, told

>>MONEY

>> that the federal government is taking recent reports

>>about SV-40

>> very seriously. " They are plausible, but it's not a

>done

>>deal, "

>> Strickler said.

>>

>> The accumulating body of evidence from research around

>>the world

>> has heightened the fears many scientists have expressed

>>for

>> years about the dangers of using monkey tissue in

>>vaccine

>> production, particularly when there are safer

>>alternatives

>> available. " There's no question that our polio vaccines

>>should

>> be made exclusively with killed viruses grown on human

>>diploid

>> tissue, " says Urnovitz, a microbiologist in

>>Berkeley.

>>

>> Connaught uses human diploid cells to produce Poliovax,

>>the

>> inactivated polio vaccine it manufactures and markets

>in

>>Canada.

>> The company is licensed to sell Poliovax in the U.S.

>but

>>now

>> markets Ipol here, a vaccine grown on monkey tissue.

>> " Ipol is

>> the more widely used vaccine, and it was a company

>>decision [to

>> continue selling it here] based on what best meets the

>>needs of

>> the U.S. market, " Connaught's Grant told

>>MONEY.

>>

>> The FDA is equally dismissive of the potential dangers.

>>

>> Patriarca, deputy director of the division of viral

>>products at

>> the FDA, says he sees no need to stop producing polio

>>vaccines

>> with monkey tissue.

>>

>> Government thinking is best summed up by Neal Halsey,

>>who is a

>> member of advisory committees on immunization practices

>>at both

>> the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Halsey

>>cautioned

>> MONEY against " raising a hypothetical concern that

>could

>> jeopardize vaccine supply. If it were a real concern,

>>the FDA

>> wouldn't allow the production of vaccine on monkey

>>tissue. " That

>> viewpoint, of course, overlooks the fact that the FDA

>>allowed

>> the production of polio vaccine that contained SV-40,

>>SIV and

>> SCMV, with human health consequences that are just

>>beginning to

>> be understood.

>>

>> MOVES THAT MUST BE MADE RIGHT NOW

>>

>> Evaluating the safety record of vaccines such as DPT

>and

>>polio

>> is especially important in light of the vaccine

>>industry's

>> explosive growth. According to Frost & Sullivan, a

>>technology

>> market research firm in Mountain View, Calif., current

>>worldwide

>> revenues of nearly $3 billion are expected to more than

>>double

>> to $7 billion over the next five years as scores of new

>>vaccines

>> come to market. The industry is no longer focused

>>primarily on

>> life-threatening diseases, or on children but wants to

>>introduce

>> adult vaccines like those in the research pipeline to

>>fight

>> herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases.

>>

>> What can be done in our interest? Much of the necessary

>>change

>> involves reforms in public health policy. In a joint

>>effort with

>> doctors and scientists, the government should:

>>

>> --Ban dangerous products. To immediately improve the

>>safety of

>> existing vaccines, we must use only acellular DPT

>>vaccines and

>> inactivated polio vaccines. And we must discontinue use

>>of

>> monkey tissue in the production of all vaccines. Cost

>>should not

>> be a factor. " To avoid even a small risk of brain

>damage

>>or

>> death, what mother wouldn't pay even $50 more for a

>>safer

>> vaccine, " says Victor Harding, a Milwaukee attorney who

>>has

>> represented parents of children harmed by vaccines.

>>

>> --Expand research. " We want to see scientific proof

>that

>>you

>> know precisely what is happening in the human body when

>>you give

>> vaccines to our babies, " says Barbara Loe Fisher,

>>co-founder and

>> president of the National Vaccine Information Center.

>>She and

>> other experts recommend that the NIH take half of the

>>$415

>> million spent on promoting immunization and new vaccine

>>research

>> and allocate it to studies investigating the

>>cause-and-effect

>> relationship between existing vaccines and immune and

>> neurological disorders suspected to result from their

>>use. An

>> Institute of Medicine committee appointed to evaluate

>>vaccine

>> safety in 1994 noted that its analysis had been

>hampered

>>by lack

>> of such studies. Out of 59 health problems suspected to

>>be

>> associated with a variety of vaccines, the committee

>>found that

>> no scientific studies had been conducted on 40 of them

>>(see the

>> table on page 157 for a list of the key risks). To aid

>>such

>> evaluations, experts want the FDA and manufacturers to

>>provide

>> samples of current and archived vaccines to independent

>> researchers.

>>

>> --Stop hiding facts. When federal health officials and

>> pediatricians refrain from warning the public about

>>risks out of

>> fear that parents will stop immunizing their children,

>>they

>> insult parents' intelligence and endanger the public's

>>health.

>> Parents deserve the facts so they can make informed

>>choices.

>> Geneticist and former NIH researcher Mark Geier says

>>that when

>> he speaks out publicly about vaccine risks or testifies

>>on

>> behalf of vaccine-damaged children, he is frequently

>>criticized

>> by other physicians. Says Geier: " They agree privately

>>that what

>> I say is accurate but warn that if I'm not careful,

>I'll

>>scare

>> people away from taking vaccines. That's certainly not

>>my

>> goal--my own kids are vaccinated. But if you operate on

>>the

>> premise that you can't tell the public about problems

>>with

>> vaccines because you'll scare them away, then

>>unfortunately, the

>> problems don't get fixed. "

>>

>> [sIDEBAR]

>>

>> HOW TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE

>>

>> To ensure that your child gets the benefits of

>>immunization

>> while minimizing the risks, follow these steps:

>>

>> --BE ASSERTIVE. Request that your child receive the

>>inactivated

>> polio vaccine, which is given as a shot rather than

>>orally, and

>> the acellular form of DPT. Tell your doctor what you

>>want well

>> before you come in for your appointment so he or she

>can

>>get the

>> vaccines in stock.

>>

>> --BE INFORMED. Ask to see government " benefit/risk

>>information "

>> on each vaccine before your child is immunized. And

>>discuss with

>> your doctor any reason your child might be at

>particular

>>risk.

>> Possible risk factors: a personal or family history of

>>seizures

>> or neurological disorders, immune system disorders or

>>previous

>> bad reactions to vaccines. Also, if your child has a

>>cold or

>> other illness, immunization should be delayed because

>>the risk

>> of an adverse reaction is higher when the immune system

>>is

>> already under assault from another virus or bacterium.

>>

>> --BE CAUTIOUS. Your doctor should explain what symptoms

>>to watch

>> for--such as high fever or high-pitched screaming--that

>>might

>> indicate a serious reaction. Monitor your child closely

>>after

>> vaccination, and call your doctor if you suspect a

>>problem. " If

>> your doctor is not concerned and you still are, take

>the

>>child

>> to an emergency room, " advises Barbara Loe Fisher of

>the

>> National Vaccine Information Center, a nonprofit

>>organization in

>> Vienna, Va. that provides vaccine safety information to

>> consumers and assists those who have suffered adverse

>>reactions.

>> For more safety tips, or to learn your legal rights if

>>your

>> child is injured by a vaccine, you can call the

>>organization

>> at 800-909-SHOT. --A.R.

>>

>> [sIDEBAR]

>>

>> MORE VACCINE HEALTH RISKS THAT MUST BE CHECKED OUT

>>

>> In addition to the vaccine-related problems disclosed

>in

>>the

>> accompanying article, many other risks have been

>>discovered

>> through lab experiments and random cases reported by

>>victims or

>> doctors. The government and the medical community,

>>however, have

>> failed to follow up these findings with the

>>comprehensive

>> studies that could prove a definite causal link between

>>the

>> vaccine and the disease. A " controlled clinical trial "

>>is

>> considered the gold standard of scientific inquiry, and

>> " controlled observational studies " rank as the next

>>best.

>> According to the Institute of Medicine, a private,

>>nonprofit

>> organization for the examination of health policy

>>matters,

>> neither method of inquiry has been used to check out

>any

>> definitive connection between the medical problems

>>listed in

>> this table and the vaccines that preliminary scientific

>>research

>> suggests can cause them.

>>

>> Vaccine DPT

>>

>> Problem

>> Encephalopathy (inflammation of the brain resulting in

>>loss of

>> consciousness that can range from stupor to coma);

>>demyelinating

>> diseases of the central nervous system (infections of

>>linings

>> around nerve cells that can cause problems such as

>>muscle

>> weakness and blurred vision); Guillain-Barre syndrome

>>(nerve

>> condition characterized by numbness and weakness of the

>>limbs);

>> anaphylaxis (severe and sometimes fatal allergic

>>reaction)

>>

>> [Vaccine] Measles

>>

>> [Problem]

>> Epilepsy; optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic

>>nerve that

>> causes blurred vision and can be an early sign of

>>multiple

>> sclerosis); transverse myelitis (spinal cord disease);

>> Guillain-Barre syndrome; death from vaccine strain

>viral

>>infection

>>

>> [Vaccine] Mumps

>>

>> [Problem]

>> Encephalopathy; aseptic meningitis (inflammation of

>>membranes

>> covering the brain, causing fever, headaches, stiffness

>>in the

>> neck, drowsiness and sometimes loss of consciousness);

>> sensorineural deafness; sterility; thrombocytopenia (a

>>reduction

>> in the number of platelets in the blood, manifested by

>a

>>rash,

>> nosebleeds, a tendency to bruise easily and prolonged

>>bleeding

>> from cuts)

>>

>> [Vaccine] Oral polio

>>

>> [Problem]

>> Transverse myelitis; death from vaccine strain viral

>>infection

>>

>> [Vaccine] Hepatitis B

>>

>> [Problem]

>> Guillain-Barre syndrome; demyelinating diseases of the

>>central

>> nervous system; arthritis

>>

>> [sIDEBAR]

>>

>> DECEPTIVE NUMBERS AND DANGEROUS DECISIONS

>>

>> Since 1990, doctors have been required by law to report

>>all

>> adverse vaccine reactions through a centralized federal

>>system

>> overseen by the Food and Drug Administration and the

>>Centers for

>> Disease Control. But they frequently fail to do

>>so--either

>> because they don't recognize that a subsequent health

>>problem is

>> related to a vaccination, or they consider it

>relatively

>> harmless. From 1991 through August 1996, 48,743 adverse

>> reactions were reported. Unfortunately, those figures

>>represent

>> only a small portion of the dangers. For example, a

>1995

>>CDC

>> study found that reporting rates were less than 1% for

>>serious

>> reactions such as loss of consciousness after a DPT

>>shot. A 1994

>> survey of doctors' offices in seven states, conducted

>by

>>the

>> National Vaccine Information Center, found that only 28

>>of 159

>> offices said they file a report after a patient has an

>>adverse

>> reaction to a vaccine.

>>

>> Underreporting is an important problem because those

>>figures are

>> what the FDA relies on to identify exceptionally

>>dangerous lots

>> of vaccine. When doctors don't report harmful effects,

>>there is

>> little chance a " hot lot " can be identified early in

>its

>>market

>> life and recalled before more children are hurt. What's

>>more,

>> unfortunately, even with timely reporting, the FDA is

>>reluctant

>> to act. For example, the lot that killed

>>Silvermintz

>> produced exactly 70 adverse reactions, including nine

>> deaths--yet was never taken off the market. Why? " This

>>lot did

>> have a relatively large reporting rate for serious and

>>fatal

>> reactions, " Marcel Salive, chief of the FDA's

>>epidemiology

>> branch, told MONEY, " but there were other lots of

>>vaccine of

>> smaller size that had higher numbers of reports in

>those

>> categories, so it was felt no action was needed. "

>>

>> What does it take to get action? No horror is enough,

>> apparently. Salive confirms that no lot has been

>>recalled

>> because of adverse effects since the centralized

>>reporting

>> system was set in place six years ago. --A.R.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> " was the first of nine kids to die after shots

>>from the

>> same batch of DPT vaccine. It stayed on the market a

>>full year. "

>>

>> " Health officials were aware that the oral vaccine they

>> recommended would cause about 10 cases of polio each

>>year. But

>> they considered those human sacrifices to be

>>acceptable. "

>>

>> " Why should there be any polio victims when the

>injected

>>vaccine

>> is just as effective as the oral--and doesn't cause

>>polio? The

>> answer is that it all comes down to money. "

>>

>> " Fears grow about using monkey tissue to make vaccines.

>>Studies

>> suggest that one monkey virus that contaminated polio

>>vaccines

>> has been a catalyst for cancer in humans. "

>>

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