[PROVE] Meningitis Vaccine Information for College Students

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This piece contains information that parents and college students need to

know about the meningococcal vaccine. Please share it widely and do your

part to make sure as many college students and their parents see it as

possible. It was written and submitted by Andy Schlafly, General

Counsel,American Association of Physicians and Surgeons -

http://aapsonline.org. Thank you.

Sincerley,

Dawn

Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education - PROVE

http://vaccineinfo.net

Meningococcal Vaccine

Incoming college students nationwide are being told to take the

meningococcal vaccine or else they may not be admitted. But here is what

schools and government are not telling parents and students. Less than 1 in

100,000 contract the meningococcal meningitis disease annually in the

United States and 50% of those cases are in infants. Of those who do

contract the disease, most recover fully and fatalities are in less than

10% of the case.

The disease is not easily transmitted. The primary method of transmission

is by mixing saliva, as in kissing the mouth of an infected person. Even

then, most people have already been exposed, and are thereby immune, to the

disease. Only 5-15 college students nationwide die from this disease and

contributing factors, which is far less than other risks faced by college

students.

In September 2005, the FDA announced that five (5) recipients of this

vaccine reported serious symptoms of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) soon

after receiving the vaccine, a condition having similarities with Multiple

Sclerosis. They were ages 17 and 18, typical for the incoming college

freshmen being urged to have this vaccine.

(http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2005/NEW01238.html)

Other reports of adverse reactions after the vaccine are highly disturbing.

41% the recipients report having a headache subsequent to receiving this

vaccine. 35% report fatigue after the vaccine; 24% report malaise; and 20%

report aches and pains in their joints after receiving the vaccine. One can

only wonder what the long-term harm is from the vaccine. The vaccine

manufacturer does not report in its package insert any study of long-term

harm beyond six months. View the package insert yourself at:

http://www.fda.gov/cber/label/mpdtave102105LB.pdf It is easy to test a

vaccine in animals to see if it causes cancer or infertility, but the

vaccine maker failed to do that. Its package insert expressly states that

the " vaccine has not been evaluated in animals for its carcinogenic or

mutagenic potentials or for impairment of fertility. "

When long-term harm from the vaccine is combined with the short-term harm

indicated above, it is quite possible that the vaccine is causing more harm

than it is preventing. For a disease that can be largely avoided by not

mixing saliva with an infected person, or receiving prompt treatment if one

is infected, the insistence on vaccination rather than education is

unfortunate.

And what benefits are truly provided by the vaccine? The meningococcal

vaccine does not even claim to protect against at least one-third of the

strains of the meningococcal disease, according to the above package

insert. Of the remaining strains, the vaccine provides no guarantee of

immunity either.

Vaccination information is often more objective from state agencies than

from the federal government, because vaccine manufacturers can influence

the federal government and distort federal policy more easily than dealing

with 50 different states. This information from the Illinois Department of

Health is useful, and supports several of the above facts:

http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbmenin.htm

Parents and students may not realize that all states have available

exemptions to decline this and other vaccines. Know your rights, and

exercise them.

Andy Schlafly

General Counsel

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons

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Dawn

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