Re: info in here about disease decline

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Charlene, this is masterful!

At 09:41 PM 4/6/01 +0100, you wrote:

>The Parade

>711 Third Avenue

>New York, NY 10017

>Attention: Walter , Editor

>

>Dear Walter ,

>

>Your email address as a contact appears on your web site in relation to

>editorial comments regarding articles published in The Parade, your

>nationally syndicated Sunday Newspaper Magazine. My writing to you is

>specifically in regard to " Don't Worry About Vaccinations " by Dr.

>Isadore Rosenfeld, published on January 9, 2000 wherein he assures your

>readers of vaccine safety, urges the continuation of universal

>vaccination and the legislation to make it mandatory. As the parent of 2

>children whose autism has been diagnosed as being secondary to vaccine

>induced encephalitis, I feel that Dr. Rosenfeld's article is an

>incredible disservice to your readers. Vaccines have serious risks which

>must be addressed and your readers should be entitled to make decisions

>regarding the health and welfare of their children based on all of the

>available information.

>

>Proponents of vaccination often speak of the critical need to vaccinate

>every child, however they seem unconcerned in providing information such

>as what vaccines are and exactly what is contained in the injection they

>suggest every child receive. Vaccines consist of mainly three

>categories of ingredients. The first are cultured bacteria and viruses.

>The second ingredient the medium they are cultivated in. This can

>include chick embryo, rabbit brain tissue, chicken or duck egg protein,

>pig or horse blood, dog kidney tissue, monkey kidney tissue, calf serum,

>aborted human fetal cells and cowpox pus. These foreign proteins are

>injected directly into the bloodstream. They do not get filtered through

>the digestive process or pass through the liver and therefore are very

>toxic. Lastly, there are stabilizers, neutralizers, carrying agents and

>preservatives such as formaldehyde, mercury, and aluminum. formaldehyde,

>for instance, is a known

>carcinogen and used to embalm corpses. There is no safe level of

>formaldehyde injected into a living body.

>

>Dr. Rosenfeld's statement that serious and permanent consequences of

>vaccination are rare is untrue. Each year the FDA receives between

>12,000 and 14,000 reports of adverse events following vaccines. These

>include hospitalizations, permanent brain damage and death. If any other

>drug on the market had a fraction of this result, the drug would have

>been recalled. In further supporting the documented dangers of

>vaccination it should be known that:

>

>France suspended use of the hepatitis B vaccine because of its

>association with multiple sclerosis.

>

>The April 1995 issue of Lancet reported that recipients of the measles

>vaccine are 3 times more likely to contract Crohn's disease.

>

>Serious reactions to the DPT vaccine (including grand mal epilepsy and

>encephalopathy) were shown to be as high as 1 in 600. In another study,

>approximately one out of every 200 children who received the full DPT

>series suffered severe reactions.(1)

>

>Dr. J. Barthelow Classen, M.D., a former researcher at the National

>Institutes of Health, analyzed vaccination and disease statistics in

>foreign countries and reported that there was a 60 percent increase in

>juvenile diabetes (Type I) following mass hepatitis b vaccine campaigns.

>(2)

>

>A recent study in Clinical Infectious Diseases concluded that every case

>of polio in the United States since 1980 was caused by the polio

>vaccine. (3)

>

>Lancet recently published an article showing evidence that the

>measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may be linked to autism. (4)

>

>Also, if vaccines have no serious and permanent consequences as Dr.

>Rosenfeld states how do you explain that during the 1950s, prior to mass

>vaccinations, the USA had the 2nd best infant mortality rate in the

>world. Today, after 40 years of mass immunizations, and a childhood

>series of more than 34 vaccine mixtures prior to entering 1st grade, we

>dropped to number 24? In fact, as each new vaccine is added to the

>mandatory schedule, infant mortality rates increase!

>

>Dr. Rosenfeld goes on to assure your readers that vaccine reactions are

>unsubstantiated. ly, they are unsubstantiated because no one has

>looked. The FDA and CDC hold most of the cards and aren't interested in

>following up on these parents' stories -- 12,000 to 14,000 stories

>annually of perfectly healthy children prior to the shots who were

>either damaged or killed after receiving them. Vaccines have documented

>dangers, including brain damage and death. Some researchers are now

>finding correlation's between the shots and new autoimmune diseases.

>This data is well referenced. This information is documented in medical

>and scientific journals throughout the world. I recommend

>acquiring a copy of Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows

>that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune System by Dr.

>Viera Scheibner.

>

>Dr. Viera Scheibner is a Principal Research Scientist (Retired) and

>since 1986, has been involved in the study of vaccination and SIDS (Cot

>death) in Australia. She has flatly stated, " There is another aspect to

>problems with vaccination: contrary to what you may have heard even from

>some of those who are calling for the discontinuation of mandatory

>vaccination in the United States, vaccines do not prevent diseases. " (5)

>

>In his article " Don't Worry About Vaccinations, " Dr. Rosenfeld states

>that the lower incidence of disease correlates with vaccination. This is

>untrue. From 1911 to 1935 the 4 leading causes of death among 1 to 14

>year olds covered by Metropolitan Life Insurance were Diphtheria,

>whooping cough, scarlet fever and measles. By 1945 the combined death

>rates of these four diseases had declined by 95 present before mass

>vaccination programs began in the United States.(6) He further states

>that in Britain, Sweden and Japan when fewer children were vaccinated

>for whooping cough in early 1970, the disease spread dramatically. The

>truth is that when Sweden banned the pertussis vaccine in 1979,

>considering it both dangerous and ineffective their infant mortality

>rate dropped. Sweden now maintains one of the lowest infant mortality

>rates in the world. In 1975, Japan raised the age of the pertussis

>vaccine to two years of age considering it a danger in infancy. Since

>that time SIDS has largely disappeared.(7) Nations with voluntary

>vaccine programs such as the UK have lower infant mortality rates than

>the US.

>

>Dr. Bernard Rimland of the Autism Research Institute has publicly stated

>that he believes current childhood vaccine programs are one of the major

>causes for the current epidemic of autism. (8) He further stated that

> " the increase in autism is real, and that vaccinations are a prime

>suspect as a cause of the increase. " (9) While Dr Rosenfeld and those

>who share his opinions continue to assure the public that serious

>reactions are very rare, the prevalence of autism continues increasing

>at an alarming rate in the US. Dr. Bernard Rimland believes there is no

>plausible alternative to vaccines as the most likely cause.

>

>The CDC has been adamantly opposed to considering the possibility that

>vaccines may play a role in the causation of autism. Recently, at

>meetings in Brick, New Jersey, Dr. Bertrand, representing the

>CDC, stated that vaccines have nothing to do with the cluster of

>autistic children that had been widely reported in Brick. When she was

>asked from the floor whether any of the children had blood samples drawn

>to determine their immune status and to find whether there was evidence

>of vaccine damage, she said

> " No. " How could she possibly conclude that the vaccines were not

>implicated? Closed minds do not conduct meaningful research. ( " The

>Autism Explosion " Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., Autism Research Institute)

>

>Finally, included in the list of shots Dr. Rosenfeld recommends every

>child should receive is the Hepatitis B shot. The first in a series of

>three is recommended at birth. Dr. Rosenfeld goes on to say that a child

>should not have any of the listed shots if they are allergic to any of

>the vaccines constituents. Bearing in mind that the Hepatitis B vaccine

>is given to infants as young as 12 hours old, how is it determined

>whether or not the baby is allergic to any of the contents of the

>vaccines? Not

>knowing what an infant is allergic to and injecting that infant with the

>toxic mixture described above has to be one of the most grievous

>violations of the Hippocratic Oath I have ever been witness to. It

>should also be noted just for the sake of common sense that a 12 hour

>old infant will receive the same amount of the vaccine as a 5 year old

>child. Looking at the dosage information on a bottle of Tylenol should

>immediately alert people that there is something devastatingly wrong

>with this method of science.

>

>Dr. Rosenfeld clearly outlined his beliefs on the issue of vaccination.

>I find it sad that a person in his position would turn his back on the

>truth. The fact is, vaccines are not nearly as safe, nor anywhere near

>as effective, as vaccination proponents claim.

>I'm urging you to provide your readers with the whole story. Dr.

>Rosenfeld's information is clearly not enough for any parent to make an

>informed decision for their children. The dangers of vaccines are

>documented and the data is well referenced in several easily attainable

>books. Your publication is in the unique position of giving your readers

>all of the facts. In the end, perhaps it will prevent another mothers

>child the needless suffering that my sons endure daily.

>

>In closing, if Dr. Rosenfeld honestly believes that vaccine reactions

>are rare and nowhere near the risk of contracting the disease, he is

>welcome in my home anytime to meet with my children. No one would choose

>what happened to my children over a bout with the measles, therefore I

>find his statement incredibly insulting. A two week visit at my house

>just may open his mind to the truth and his heart to compassion for the

>thousands of children who have been and will continue to be damaged or

>killed as a result of his beliefs and those like him.

>

>Sincerely,

>

>Mrs. Charlene Pagac

>3796 Kelley Street

>Mineral Ridge, Ohio 44440

>(330) 544-4018

>

>

>References

>

>(1) Immunization: Survey of Recent Research, (United States Department

>of Health and Human Services, April 1983), p. 76.

>(2) Classen, J. B., New Zealand Medical Journal, (May 24, 1996).

>(3) Classen, J. B., Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, (October

>22, 1997).

>(4) A. J. Wakefield, et. al., " Ilcal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia,

>non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children, "

>Lancet, (2/28/98). pp. 637-641.

>(5) Hearings on Hepatitis B vaccine Blackheath 6/16/1999

>(6) Dublin L. & Lotka A, Twenty-Five Years of Health Progress, New York,

>Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1937, page 48

>(7) Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines

>Represent a Medical

>Assault on the Immune System, Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., 1993, (from pages

>33 to 49 the author extensively reviews the Swedish and Japanese

>experiences with the pertussis vaccine)

>(8) Statements by Dr. Rimland were given at a conference on Autism

>sponsored by the Autism research Institute in Chicago in June of 1996.

>(9) " The Autism Explosion " Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., Autism Research

>Institute

>

>Hundreds of additional studies are summarized and footnoted in the

>following books:

>

>(1) Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?

>(2) Immunization Theory vs. Reality

>(3) Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines

>Represent a

>Medical Assault on the Immune System

>(4) A Shot in the Dark

>

>

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