Jon and I were beyond stunned. The disease just moved so fast. It wasn’t actually until after Brady was gone that we got an official diagnosis that confirmed he had whooping cough. People don’t think much about diseases like whooping cough these days. I know that before going through this nightmare, I never would have imagined this could happen— and even the best medical care couldn’t help.
Losing a baby we loved is more than any parent should have to suffer. That’s why our new mission is to educate everyone to get a Tdap booster shot, especially if they have any contact with newborns. Nothing can bring back our baby. But hopefully we can help prevent another tragedy by getting our message out. A web page we started called “Brady’s Cause” simply asks people to pledge to get vaccinated. It’s a simple gesture that could save a young life.
http://simplysenia.com/2014/01/04/jenny-mccarthy-my-bad-turns-out-my-kid-doesnt-have-autism/
Whooping cough outbreaks have occurred with increasing frequency in the last year and are beginning to become major news items, as highlighted by major outbreaks on-going in California. In virtually every article, the disease is described as “vaccine preventable” and blame is often cast upon Jenny McCarthy and autism-crazed parents that frequently refuse vaccination. But the facts of the matter are not that simple.
Despite the recent press on the vaccine-autism debate, infant vaccination rates remain at or near all-time highs with 96.2% of infants getting at least three doses of DTaP in 2008 versus just 61% getting at least three doses of DTP in 1991 [1]. Furthermore, in recent outbreaks, a majority of affected have in fact been completely vaccinated (see NJ outbreak in which ALL affected children had been completely vaccinated). So given that the most at-risk population (children under 3 months) is not eligible for vaccination and their protection depends on the protection of older children, the real question to emerge from the recent pertussis outbreaks should be “Why is the pertussis vaccine no longer as effective or as long lasting as it once was?” People and public health agencies should be DEMANDING the answer to this question. They instead seem content with the possible addition of another booster of the DTaP to be given at seven years of age, thus increasing the number of doses of DTaP now given to American children to 6 and unnecessarily boosting tetanus and diphtheria in the bargain.
On a comical level, it is hard to imagine any other industry responding to the failure of their product by encouraging people to just buy more of the failing product. Do you want a second Toyota, just in case the first shoots off like a cannon? Yet this laughable marketing scheme seems to be just what Big Pharma has pulled off when it comes to DTaP. Their reward for a failing product is 20% higher sales of that very same product.
...Regardless of the cause or causes, the increasing failure of the pertussis vaccine requires serious investigation. The unwillingness to honestly inquire about the nature of the failure (presumably because it might cast doubt on the use of aluminum adjuvants, our overall approach to the vaccine program and the safety of grandfathered in products in an ever-changing world) is just another of a long list of examples of the public health authorities refusing to support the vaccine program with adequate research. It is this kind of failure, not Jenny McCarthy, that has parents questioning the logic of the CDC, and many ultimately deciding that the unseen benefits do not outweigh the potential risks.Regardless of the cause or causes, the increasing failure of the pertussis vaccine requires serious investigation. The unwillingness to honestly inquire about the nature of the failure (presumably because it might cast doubt on the use of aluminum adjuvants, our overall approach to the vaccine program and the safety of grandfathered in products in an ever-changing world) is just another of a long list of examples of the public health authorities refusing to support the vaccine program with adequate research. It is this kind of failure, not Jenny McCarthy, that has parents questioning the logic of the CDC, and many ultimately deciding that the unseen benefits do not outweigh the potential risks.
http://www.smartvax.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112
This news piece fails to report on the serious health risks associated with the Tdap vaccinations, the relatively benign health complications commonly associated with these diseases, along with the important fact that vaccines have never been proven to prevent any disease.
Real Risk of Disease is Low
The risks that whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus pose to health are low compared to the potential, serious dangers reported as a result of this vaccine. Whooping cough can be treated successfully through a vitamin C protocol developed by Dr. Suzanne Humphries which has been shown to greatly reduce symptoms. [2]
In contrast, antibiotic treatments, given routinely by conventional, allopathic physicians to treat whooping cough, have never been shown to positively impact the course of the illness. Regardless of treatment received, most people recover completely from the whooping cough, giving them lifelong immunity to the disease. If they do become re-infected, subsequent courses of the illness are quite mild.
Tetanus can be prevented by thoroughly washing and cleaning the area of infection. [3] The risk of contracting tetanus is quite low. Only 233 cases of tetanus were reported to the Center for Disease Control between 2001 and 2008. [4] The incidence of tetanus declined by more than 95% between 1947 and 2008. [5]
Diptheria is a very low risk disease, not widely seen in the United States since an outbreak in the 1970’s. Between 1980 and 2010, 55 cases of diphtheria were reported to the Center for Disease Control.[6]
Dangers of Tdap Vaccine Include Proven Brain Damage and Death
Health consequences resulting from the Tdap vaccine include encephalitis, brain damage and death. A comprehensive report made by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) documents clearly the widespread health dangers associated with the Tdap vaccine. [7] Tdap and DTap vaccines are currently used in the United States, replacing the DTP vaccine in 1996, but all three vaccines contain the dangerous pertussis toxin with unsafe additives. [8]
As early as 1933, T. Madren reported that two babies died within minutes of vaccination with DPT. A study published in Pediatrics in 1981 revealed that children were experiencing brain damage as a direct result of the DPT vaccines. Research done by the Institute of Medicine in the 1990’s confirmed that the DPT vaccines were responsible for brain damage. The pertussis toxin, aluminum, mercury and endotoxin contained in the DPT vaccines have been well-documented through scientific studies to cause permanent brain damage. [9]
A search of the National Vaccine Information Center incidence reports for the DTap vaccine alone on July 21, 2013 showed 52,835 negative reactions were submitted. [10] A 7/21/13 review of the reactions to the Tdap vaccine indicated 20,179 negative reactions. [11]
As of August 2012, half of the 2,982 awards under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which totaled almost $2.5 billion dollars, were made to those damaged by the Tdap, DTap or DPT vaccines. Currently children in the U.S. routinely receive 6 dosages of the DTap or Tdap vaccine at ages 2, 4, 6 months, 15-18 months, 4-6 years and at age 12. [12]
No Evidence Supports Dtap Vaccines Prevent Disease, But There is Proof of Damage
Incidence of whooping coughs in vaccinated populations disproves the “theory” that vaccines prevent disease. Repeatedly, when there is an outbreak of whooping cough, population studies show that the majority of those who contract the illness are vaccinated. No actual research has ever shown that vaccines prevent disease, only that vaccines increase antibodies to a particular disease. [13]
Renowned neurologist Dr. Russell Blaylock has done extensive research demonstrating that vaccines decrease cellular immunity, which is more important than antibodies in fighting disease. [14] Studies comparing the health of children vaccinated to those unvaccinated consistently demonstrate superior health of unvaccinated children. [15]
Vaccinations inject poisons and toxins into the body, without allowing the body to eliminate the toxins through a cell-mediated immune response, which is critical for the elimination of these toxins. The result is often chronic disease, serious life-threatening reactions or death. The long term health consequences of injecting foreign substances and toxins directly into one’s bloodstream are unknown and have never been studied adequately.
http://real-agenda.com/2013/07/26/dangers-of-tdap-vaccine-include-proven-brain-damage-and-death/
And it’s not just Vermont; every state but Michigan and California have experienced outbreak levels at least twice as high as those recorded by the CDC at this time in 2011.As of the 39th week of 2011, the CDC had recorded 11,969 pertussis cases. That number has nearly tripled this year, as officials have documented 30,908 cases.
In 2012, there have thus far been more cases of pertussis than in any full calendar year recorded since 1959, when roughly 40,000 cases were reported. The last time Vermont saw pertussis cases near this year’s level was in 1997 when 283 were reported. In 1996, 280 cases were reported.
As of Sept. 20 of this year, Vermont had the sixth highest incidence rate in the country, with 42 people per 100,000 contracting pertussis. Wisconsin had the highest incidence rate in the country at 78.6, then Minnesota with 63.5 and Washington with 58.1. The national average is 9.3 people per 100,000.
Pertussis (whopping cough) outbreaks are reported across the country but the media fails to report that it is the fully vaccinated children who are getting sick! The outbreaks started in 2010 in California and when it was discovered that 90% of the outbreaks were in the vaccinated, it was covered up. Dr. David Witt, infectious disease specialist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, California was the first to discover it was the vaccinated, here is his quote, “We started dissecting the data. What was very surprising was the majority of cases were in fully vaccinated children. That’s what started catching our attention.” That is not what was reported!
Doctors in hospitals are using fear and intimidation to get both children and adults to take the combined DTaP vaccine even though they know it does not protect and carries risks. Many still contain very high levels of a form of ethyl mercury called Thimerosal so please read on and make informed vaccine decisions based on truth, not fear!
The Vaccine
Vaccine side effects have been noted in the combined Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccination since it was licenses in the 1940’s. This combined vaccine was not used on a large scale until the vaccinations were independently approved and eventually combined together with inadequate safety studies. The first combined shot was the DPT. After years of causing severe neurological injury, the DPT was attenuated (weakened) and is now referenced as the DTaP.
Dr. Mark Geier was responsible for weakening the vaccine after he observed the damage it was causing. He is also the doctor who was appointed by Congressman Dan Burton, chair of the Government Reform Committee (2000) in Washington, to investigate the vaccines after Burton’s grandson regressed into severe autism following his vaccinations. It was Dr. Mark Geier and his son, David Geier, who discovered the form of mercury referred to as Thimerosal used in over 50 vaccines.
First, we must all realize that the “theory” of vaccine is based on very old and outdated science and understanding of the immune system. Considering that vaccines are recommended for every child starting at birth and continuing on for years and throughout life, one would hope and expect that the science is current and totally accurate....In the case of vaccinations, our understanding of the immune system has exploded in the last 10-15 years and any informed ethical immunologist will admit that vaccines are potentially causing great harm.
Having made that distinction lets us carefully look at the known side effects of the DTaP Vaccine.
Tetanus: How does one get tetanus? Tetanus is a spore that comes from animal feces. You can only get it from deep puncture wounds. In other words the pathogen (Clostridium tetani) is literally injected into the body via the deep puncture wounds. Vaccine injection does the same thing: it bypasses the normal portals of entry (the mouth and nose) and delivers the pathogen and toxins straight into the blood stream which triggers an unnatural, abnormal, deranged immune response called sensitization. Also, those who get the disease do not get natural immunity! The incidence of tetanus infection is rare because of modernization and wound management. Humans are no longer exposed to animal feces and the tetanus spore as they were at the turn of the century when we were, at large, farming communities. That fact alone calls to question: why are we still giving this pathogen to babies and infants? Here are some early references of the tetanus vaccine causing neurological harm:
Journal of Neurology, 1977, entitled "Unusual Neurological Complication following Tetanus Toxoid Administration."
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1973, carried an article entitled "Hypersensitivity to Tetanus Toxoid," and in a volume entitled "Proceedings of the II International Conference on Tetanus" (published by Hans Huber, Bern, Switzerland, 1967), an article appeared entitled "Clinical Reactions to Tetanus Toxoid."
Journal of the American Medical Association (1940) was entitled "Allergy Induced by Immunization with Tetanus Toxoid."
The British Medical Journal (1940) reported on "Anaphylaxis (a form of shock) following Administration of Tetanus Toxoid."
German Medical Journal (19690) reported a case of paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (the nerve to the voice box) after a booster injection of tetanus toxoid.
The way to deal and avoid the tetanus infection is proper wound management. The vaccine carries no guarantee of immunity but is a known toxin.
Diphtheria : This disease like all the others was prevalent in the turn of the century before we became modernized. Like most infectious illnesses, death from Diphtheria was greatly diminished decades before we introduced the vaccine. The bacteria live in an infected person's nose, throat, skin, or eye discharges, and are passed to others in close contact through coughing or sneezing. It was prevalent before modern sanitation and was most common in crowded conditions with inadequate hygiene. Skin diphtheria causes a rash that is hard to distinguish from impetigo. There is not much on record about the individual vaccine.
The toxoid comes in two strengths - (D- DTaP) capitol D is recommended for children younger than seven because they say they need the higher concentration to develop immunity. Anyone older than seven should get the low (d- TdP) concentration because they say it has fewer side effects and is strong enough to boost immunity. This author questions why they would recommend a stronger toxoid to the younger, more underdeveloped and venerable children? The key to avoiding this illness is personal hygiene.
Pertussis : The Pertussis toxin is produced by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, colonizes in the respiratory tract and causes an infection. This illness is commonly referred to as Whooping Cough because it is a respiratory illness that causes mucus and a deep persistent cough. The Pertussis toxin is also a virulent poison that can affect the islets of the pancreas, which is where the insulin is produced. It is treatable with medications and not life threatening for most but can be life threatening for babies under a year because they cannot cough up the mucus. Once a child has the wild illness, they are immune for life and many physicians feel that the benefits of the illness include better immunity to other illnesses like asthma. The vaccine does not guarantee immunity and has been associated with juvenile diabetes and other neurological injuries.
Congressional Testimony by Dr. Harris Coulter showed that infants are very vulnerable to hypoglycemia due to increased production of insulin after vaccinations. Extensive studies around the world show that consistently, within four years of any vaccine implementation including the DTaP, juvenile diabetes increased by 50%. The pertussis vaccine has also been suspected of causing infantile encephalitis and sudden infant death (SIDS) syndrome and also noted to cause bacterial infections including meningitis. Sweden banned the Pertussis vaccine many years ago because of these dangers. For similar reasons, Japan delays the vaccine until after two years of age, whereas in North America, it is usually administered at two months of age. The United States has more babies’ die of SIDS than any other modernized country! Both Sweden and Japan are credited with having the lowest infant mortality rates in the world. This fact would tend to discredit claims that the Pertussis vaccine is necessary to prevent an escalation of infant mortality in North America.
The key to avoiding all illnesses and vaccines is by promoting natural health! There are no guarantees that you will not get some sort of infection in life. I believe that early-life childhood illnesses build the immune system and prepare us for adulthood…the passage to a healthy life. As a parent, you must decide if your child is better off with the possibility of getting these common illnesses or an injected vaccine. Before making that decision, I encourage you to look up all vaccine ingredients, consider how they are administered (injection which bypasses the natural method of exposure) and make a vaccine decision based on education and not fear. ~Mary Tocco
http://www.childhoodshots.com/DTaP-Vaccine-Side-Effects-s/72.htm
