[NVIC] Pencil Pushers Deny Vaccine/Optic Neuritis Link

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BL Fisher Note:

Optic neuritis is a demyelinating inflammation of the optic nerve. Many

times development of optic neuritis precedes development of multiple

sclerosis (MS), which is inflammation of the myelin sheath of the brain.

More than 75 percent of all females who develop optic neuritis go on to

develop MS.

Multiple sclerosis, which affects more than 1 million people worldwide,

is a dreaded chronic disease because it can cause severe deterioration of

the brain and block nerve signals that control muscle coordination,

strength, sensation and vision. Multiple sclerosis has been positively

associated with hepatitis B vaccine in studies linvestigating the biological

mechanism of molecular mimicry.

All vaccines have the potential to cause inflammation in the body,

particularly brain inflammation leading to permanent brain damage. Public

health officials and medical doctors promoting forced use of use of

hepatitis B, influenza, anthrax and smallpox vaccines in the military and

civilian life have a vested interest in denying an association between

vaccination and serious chronic diseases, such as MS.

Those determined to deny an association between vaccine induced

inflammatory conditions in the body usually like to use retrospective, case

controlled " studies " that look at old medical records. Using pencils and

calculators to dismiss causal associations between vaccines and chronic

diseases is easier than having to look at real live patients or study what

happens to their blood, urine, eyes, brain, colons, etc. after vaccination.

The pathetic attempts by the pencil pushers to write off onset of brain

and immune system dysfunction after vaccination in previously healthy people

as just a " coincidence " will not wash. The people, whose lives have been

ruined by doctors too proud to admit the harm being done, will not let them

get away with it.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536350

Medscape

Release Date: June 14, 2006

Optic Neuritis Not Linked to Anthrax, Hepatitis B, Influenza or Smallpox

Vaccines

News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD

CME Author: Hien T. Nghiem, MD

June 14, 2006 — Anthrax, hepatitis B, influenza, and/or smallpox vaccination

is not linked to the development of optic neuritis, according to the results

of a postmarketing surveillance of military personnel reported in the June

issue of the Archives of Neurology.

" Numerous case reports have suggested a possible association between optic

neuritis and receipt of several different vaccines, " write C. Payne,

PhD, MSPH, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta,

Ga, and colleagues. " The most frequently identified vaccines associated with

optic neuritis in the literature are influenza and hepatitis B, and a report

describing 2 US military cases suggests an association with the currently

used anthrax vaccine (anthrax vaccine adsorbed). "

Using the Defense Medical Surveillance System, the investigators conducted a

matched case-control study in US military personnel from January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 2003. They estimated statistical associations between

vaccine exposures and optic neuritis within 6-, 12-, and 18-week study

intervals using multivariable conditional logistic regression analyses. The

1131 cases of optic neuritis were matched by sex, military component, and

deployment status to 3393 controls.

There were no statistically significant associations between optic neuritis

and anthrax vaccine for any of the 3 study intervals: 6-week interval (odds

ratio [OR], 1.18; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.74 - 1.87); 12-week

interval (OR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.63 - 0.35); and 18-week interval (OR, 0.81;

95% CI, 0.58 - 1.14). Comparing those who received no dose, 1 dose, and 2

doses of anthrax vaccine, there was no difference in optic neuritis risk.

For all study intervals, there were no statistically significant

associations between optic neuritis and smallpox, hepatitis B, or influenza

vaccines, and no vaccine-to-vaccine interactions were statistically

significant.

Study limitations include lack of medical record review to confirm the

diagnosis of optic neuritis; inability to rule out an infectious cause for a

minority of cases; and age imbalance between cases and controls.

" The results from this vaccine postmarketing surveillance investigation

suggest that there is no association between optic neuritis and receipt of

anthrax, smallpox, hepatitis B, or influenza vaccinations in the US

military, whether these vaccines are administered alone or in combination, "

the authors write. " The negative findings presented here are important to

the continuing discussions regarding the safety of these vaccines. "

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