Mass hysteria blamed for 1998 outbreak in Jordan

[Guest guest]

This is they type of propaganda that is set out when vaccine adverse events

are reported. The WHO is so tightly linked to the Pharmaceutical Industry

of the USA that $$$$$$$$$ speaks louder then the voices of the people...

Humans are not the deciding factor......but $$$$$$$$$$$$$ is.... The

" PEOPLE " are only the " rabble....the uneducated masses " .....those who do not

mean much more then the " Labor " that can be pulled out of them to justify

the $$$$$$$$$ that the BIG MONEY LENDERS....the " movers and the shakers "

need to be manipulating to keep the economy doing whatever they want it to

do for each country..... This is the reasons that vaccines will always be

a mandate and not a choice to us...

Sheri Nakken <vaccineinfo@...>

Ahhhh, yes hysteria.........

Sheri

The WHO report can be read at (pdf file)

http://www.who.int/bulletin/pdf/2001/issue8/vol79.no.8.764-770.pdf

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2001/08/28/eline/links/20010828elin008.

> html

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> Mass hysteria blamed for 1998 outbreak in Jordan

>

> NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters Health) - A " mystery

> illness " that sickened 800 young people living in

> Jordan in September 1998 was not caused by side

> effects of a vaccine, but instead was a case of mass

> hysteria, according to a report published by the World

> Health Organization (WHO).

>

> Lead author Dr. Saad Kharabsheh of the Ministry of

> Health in Jordan and colleagues cite the media as a

> strong contributing factor as to why hundreds of young

> people and their parents believed that they were

> suffering side effects from tainted vaccines.

>

> " Unfortunately, because of the complex nature of the

> events, only a relatively superficial--and, as it

> turned out, misleading--account was broadcast, " the

> authors write. " As far as the public was concerned, a

> faulty and dangerous vaccine had been used. "

>

> On September 29, 1998, the day after 160 tenth-grade

> students were vaccinated with tetanus-diphtheria

> toxoid vaccine, 22 students complained of feeling ill

> or had fainted.

>

> " The teachers became alarmed, thinking it was the

> start of a disease outbreak, " the report indicates.

> They called in a civil defense team, the only resource

> available to them so early in the morning. Then more

> and more children fell ill.

>

> Media coverage was almost instantaneous, the authors

> note, and nationwide. " It is likely that far more

> students were encouraged by their parents to seek

> healthcare than would otherwise have done so without

> the publicity, " they add.

>

> Overall, 806 students sought medical attention and 122

> were admitted to the hospital.

>

> While the first cases probably were linked to side

> effects of the vaccine, the researchers explain, the

> " escalation of events " was not vaccine-related. A

> number of factors contributed, they note, including a

> " background mood " of distrust and suspicion, created

> by the government's handling of previous reports that

> the nation's water supply was contaminated.

>

> " Could this mass psychogenic illness have been averted

> by different handling of the situation? It is

> impossible to know with certainty, " Kharabsheh and

> colleagues write.

>

> " However, immunization programme managers would be

> able to handle crisis situations better if they

> already have a strong relationship with the media, "

> they conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

> 2001;79:764-770.