[NVIC] Surprising Chickenpox Outbreak

[Guest guest]

And I would say vaccines don't give immunity at all.................they

give you a chronic case of the illness injected into you and while

chronically ill from them (until and if the body throws it off), you cannot

get an acute case as you are already chronically ill from them - a chronic

case of the illness injected in

Sheri

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BL Fisher Note:

Vaccines provide temporary, qualitatively inferior immunity compared to

immunity achieved after natural recovery from disease. And just as mass

antibiotic use has put pressure on organisms to evolve into antibiotic

resistant forms, mass vaccine use can put pressure on organisms to mutate

into vaccine resistant forms.

The live varicella zoster vaccine for chicken pox had difficulty getting FDA

approval for many years because of its high failure rate (often 20 percent).

NVIC opposed mandatory use of chicken pox vaccine when it was licensed in

1995 because 99.99 percent of all healthy children recovered from chicken

pox without permanent effects and obtained a qualitatively superior immunity

that was boosted throughout life by contact with young children with chicken

pox.

Because chicken pox has been removed from the childhood population through

mass vaccination and no boosting is taking place to reinforce naturally

acquired immunity, older children and adults are now vulnerable to shingles.

There is an epidemic of shingles in America today. Drug companies are now

developing a shingles vaccine to deal with the effects of mass use of

chicken pox vaccine.

Goldman, Ph.D., an expert on chicken pox vaccine and shingles

increases, has published several excellent articles on this topic in the

medical journal, Vaccine, as well as in the medical journal he edits,

Medical Veritas.

http://www.troymessenger.com/articles/2006/02/26/news/newsssss01.txt

Troy Messenger, AL

February 27, 2006

Chicken pox outbreak

By Matt Clower, The Messenger

Troy Elementary School nurse Black should probably go ahead and get a

revolving door for her office. It would help with all the traffic coming in

and out these days.

TES is the midsts of the worst outbreak of chicken pox the school has faced

in eight years - an outbreak made more surprising because most all the

affected students have previously received chicken pox vaccinations.

Black said she could hardly believe it when the first students started

showing up in her office with the characteristic red, itchy spots.

" I was in denial at first, I said this can't possibly be chicken pox, " Black

said.

Oh, but was it ever chicken pox, and it has spread like wildfire. Since the

first student was diagnosed in late January, over 40 students in every grade

have come down with it.

In recent years, the numbers of chicken pox cases at TES had been

dramatically reduced by the chicken pox vaccination which is now required

for all incoming students. In eight years, Black said she had seen only one

student with a case.

This recent outbreak appears to be a new mutation of the virus, Black said,

and the Alabama Department of Public Health is calling it a second

generation breakthrough.

ADPH official Peggy Searcy said the department is not officially committing

on the situation at this time, but she did confirm that the ADPH is aware of

the situation at TES and is monitoring it. She also said the ADPH was not

making any recommendations regarding a booster shot for the vaccination at

this time. Searcy said TES was the only school in the eight counties of the

area ten region to report cases of chicken pox.

TES teacher Gloria Blackmon's son Hunter is thought to be the first case in

the outbreak. She said even the doctors office was hesitant at first to

believe Hunter could have chicken pox after he'd received the vaccination.

" I called and the nurse said 'Oh, he doesn't have chicken pox', " Blackmon

said. " But as soon as I brought him in, they said to take him out of

school. "

Chicken pox is highly contagious, and actually starts becoming contagious

two weeks before the first pox appear, Black said. Infected children remain

contagious until all of the pox have dried up and scabbed over.

Until then, Black said it is imperative for parents to keep those children

out of school to avoid spreading the virus.

Black said most of the infected students are experiencing only a mild case

of chicken pox, with just a few visible spots and few students reporting a

fever.

Although one more student was diagnose with chicken pox on Friday, Black

said the disease does appear to be tapering off and she hopes the impending

Spring Break holiday will give the outbreak a chance to run its course

without spreading to more students.

Other local school systems confirmed they have not yet experienced an

outbreak of chicken pox.

Dwight Ward, Pike Liberal Arts headmaster, said he was not aware of any

cases of chicken pox and reported the school was experiencing normal levels

of fu and other seasonal sickness.

Ward said because of the school's smaller size, in the past outbreaks of

sickness have spread quickly and resulted in large numbers of absences. But

he said that has not happened so far this year.

Pike County Elementary School has also been free of chicken pox so far, but

is battling traditional seasonal outbreaks of flu and stomach virus, said

nurse Betty Vance.

Vance said stomach viruses are unpredictable and difficult to prevent, but

she said flu, and even chicken pox to an extent, can be avoided by good hand

washing.

" Good hand washing is the most important thing as far as preventing

sickness. Kids come to school and pick things up off of door handles or from

each other. A lot of that ca be prevented by regular hand washing, " Vance

said. " And not just at school but at home too, A lot of people think that

germs wont be as bad at home but they are. "

Black encouraged adults to be cautious when around a child affected with

chicken pox. The same virus that causes chicken pox in a child can cause

shingles in an adult.

Black also reminded parents not to use aspirin to treat children infected

with chicken pox, as it can lead to a potently fatal complication.

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