[NVIC] Chicken Pox Vaccine Fails to Protect

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" Forty-three of 48 students (90%) who developed varicella had been

vaccinated, the findings indicate, and the highest attack rate occurred in a

first grade classroom where all of the students had been vaccinated. "

BL Fisher Note:

In 1995, when the FDA licensed Merck's live varicella zoster vaccine, the

AAP denied that the vaccine for chicken pox would be mandated. Anybody who

knew anything about mass vaccination policies in America knew that was not

true. Every vaccine which has been recommended by the CDC for universal use

in children during the past 50 years has eventually been mandated.

In 1995, the National Vaccine Information Center opposed mandated use of

chicken pox vaccine because (1) the vaccine was known to be only 80 percent

effective; (2) the disease was mild for 99.9 percent of children with most

children obtaining a qualitatively superior immunity that lasted a lifetime;

and (3) because mandates would take chicken pox out of the normal childhood

population, where it was primarily benign, and drive it into older adult

populations where it can cause severe complications.

Sure enough, the AAP was not telling the truth in 1995 and eventually the

AAP and CDC both lobbied with Merck for state mandates. Today almost all

states mandate chicken pox vaccine for school entry.

As a result of a decade of mass vaccination of all American children with

chicken pox vaccine, there are (1) serious reactions (brain inflammation and

death) from the vaccine; (2) transmission of vaccine strain chicken pox to

vaccinated and unvaccinated children; (3) an epidemic of shingles in adults

because older children and adults no longer have their immunity

asymptomatically boosted by coming into contact with young children with

chicken pox.

Now a study confirms that lots of vaccinated kids are coming down with

chicken pox anyway. No surprise here - the vaccine was never more than 80

percent effective in preventing chicken pox. So what do the experts suggest?

Why more chicken pox vaccine of course! Another booster dose that will boost

the numbers of vaccine reactions and chronic immune system dysfunction of

vulnerable children as well as boost the profits of Merck.

No vaccine delivers lifelong immunity. All vaccines carry an inherent risk

of injury or death. Vaccine consumers are always taking two risks: the risk

of a vaccine reaction and the risk of vaccine failure to protect.

On the other hand, Mother Nature usually gets it right the first time.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536566

Medscape

Second Dose of Varicella Vaccine May Be Needed to Prevent School Outbreaks

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 16 - One dose of varicella vaccine may be

insufficient to prevent school outbreaks of chickenpox, according to a

report in the June issue of Pediatrics.

Outbreaks of varicella continue to be reported, even in highly vaccinated

populations, the authors explain.

In Arkansas, a varicella vaccination requirement for entry into kindergarten

was introduced in 2000, so by September 2003 children in kindergarten

through third grade 3 were covered. Nonetheless, a large number of cases of

chickenpox occurred in an elementary school in 2003. Dr. L. Snow from

the Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, and colleagues investigated

the outbreak.

Among the 545 children attending the school, 96% who had a negative disease

history had been vaccinated, the team found, including 14 children who had

received two doses of varicella vaccine.

Forty-three of 48 students (90%) who developed varicella had been

vaccinated, the findings indicate, and the highest attack rate occurred in a

first grade classroom where all of the students had been vaccinated.

Most of the vaccinated patients had mild disease, the researchers note, with

only 6% appearing sick and only a median two days of school being missed.

The overall vaccine effectiveness was 82% for varicella of any severity and

97% for moderate or severe varicella, the report indicates.

None of the previously reported risk factors for varicella in vaccinated

persons were statistically significant in this study.

" The effectiveness of 1 dose of varicella vaccine is not adequate to provide

sufficient herd immunity levels to prevent outbreaks in school settings

where exposure can be intense, " the investigators conclude.

" Although the current recommendation of providing a second dose of varicella

vaccine during an outbreak offers a possible tool for controlling outbreaks,

a routine 2-dose recommendation would be more effective at preventing

cases, " Dr. Snow and colleagues add. " Routine 2-dose vaccination will

provide improved protection against disease and further reduce morbidity and

mortality from varicella. "

Pediatrics 2006;117:e1070-e1077.

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