Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, March 20, 2012

Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination

Swine Flu, Pandemrix and Narcolepsy

by Karin Munsterhjelm-Ahumada, M.D.

(OMNS, March 20, 2012) The swine flu pandemic of 2009 was caused by a type A

influenza (H1N1) virus. This virus was originally referred to as " swine flu "

because many of the genes of this new virus were very similar to influenza

viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. The H1N1 virus is

genetically similar to the 1918 pandemic virus, as determined from victimes of

the latter who were buried, and later disinterred, in Svalbard. It was

responsible for most of the outbreaks up until 1956 and then disappeared.

However, this new virus was actually quite different from the typical swine flu

viruses. This virus first caused illness in Mexico and the United States in

March and April, 2009. This novel H1N1 flu spread from person to person, unlike

typical swine flu. In 2009 vaccines were being developed for the prevention of

swine flu in humans. [link to www.medterms.com]

On 11 June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the swine flu

had developed into a full scale world epidemic - a pandemic alert to Phase 6.

Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO, commented on the situation in a

somewhat ambiguous way. While stressing that the swine flu had reached a serious

pandemic level, she declared later in the same statement that the illness seemed

to be mild and that most of the patients would recover without medical

intervention.

[link to www.who.int]

The world chose to listen to the first part of her message.

Two pharmaceutical companies GlaxoKline (GSK) and Novartis had, under

considerable time pressure, developed a vaccine against the swine flu. Since the

cultivation of an adequate amount of virus to generate the vaccine requires

time, GSK and Novartis decided to formulate a weaker vaccine but strenghten it

with an adjuvant that contains squalene. Immunologic adjuvants are substances,

administered in conjunction with a vaccine, that stimulate the immune system and

increase the response to the vaccine [link to www.who.int] Although squalene is

a natural substance found in methabolic pathways of the body, its inclusion in a

vaccine is controversial and it is not in use in the USA.

On 25 September 2009, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) approved Pandemrix,

the swine flu vaccine produced by GSK and Focetria produced by Novartis. [link

to justthevax.blogspot.com] The vaccine would be ready for use that October.

In Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland, the authorities explicitly set the goal

of vaccinating the entire population

[link to www.svd.se]

In this respect, it is of interest that the governments of these countries,

already before the outbreak of the swine flu, had concluded an agreement with

GSK, according to which they were assured the delivery of pandemic vaccines, if

needed. In addition, the contract stipulated that, in a situation characterized

as a pandemic by the WHO, the same Nordic countries would have ten days to

decide whether or not to accept delivery of the vaccine in question. Hence, the

purpose of the agreement was to assure that the entire populations of these

countries would receive vaccinations. Finally, the contract protected GSK from

any claim for financial compensation in case the delivered vaccine would have

any side effects.

When WHO declared the swine flu to be a Phase 6 pandemic, the agreement referred

to above was automatically activated.

Mass vaccination started in Finland and Sweden in October 2009. In order to

cover the largest possible percentage of the population, the authorities

initiated an enormous public relations campaign, which could be described in

terms of a " moral persuasion. " Solidarity became the slogan: " Be vaccinated to

protect your fellow citizens. " Those who questioned the vaccination program

(small groups of vaccine opponents or just people who were hesitant) were looked

upon with disapproval.

In contrast to these vaccine - enthusiastic countries, the politics of

vaccination within the rest of the European Union varied immensely among its

member states. Poland, for example, decided not to buy vaccines at all due to

the strict agreement conditions required by the pharmaceutical companies.

Denmark's order covered only " risk groups " .

[link to www.svd.se]

The expected second wave of the influenza never appeared. The epidemic gradually

declined during the first half of 2010. The same year, on 10 August, WHO

officially declared the end of the epidemic. The European Center for Disease

Prevention and Control (ECDC) stated that the swine flu was less dangerous and

had a lower mortality rate than the seasonal influenza. Thus, apparently the

swine flu would not have been a dangerous epidemic even without the mass

vaccination. Interestingly, also that same year, vitamin D was shown to prevent

influenza in children. (1)

In Sweden, 60% of the population had been vaccinated, while in Finland 50% was

covered. In contrast, the figures in Germany and Poland were only 8 and 0%

respectively. In the history of Swedish health care this pandemic campaign

amounted to one of the most expensive ever. Enormous amounts of taxpayer money

were at stake.

[link to www.svd.se]

Meanwhile, the media had become silent on this issue ; there was no further

discussion about the swine flu anymore.

Then the blow came: " The absolutely worst thing that could happen, " commented

Bergström, the Director - General of the European Federation of

Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, EFPIA. " The worst nightmare of both

the industry and the health authorities is an illness that turns out to be mild,

while the vaccine that was supposed to prevent a dangerous epidemic causes a

severe side effect that was previously unknown. "

[link to www.kostdemokrati.se]

In August 2010, Finland reported an increased occurrence of narcolepsy in

children and youngsters vaccinated with Pandemrix. On 1 September 2010, Finland

stopped all Pandemrix vaccinations.

[link to articles.mercola.com]

Narcolepsy is a severe chronic neurologic disease that not only results in a

disabling fatigue, which typically results in the patient falling asleep

anywhere and at any time. It might also lead to panic attacks and a state of

exhaustion. For many, the worst consequences are the symptoms of cataplexy. This

condition causes the narcolepsy patient, when expressing strong feelings such as

laughter or crying, to suddenly lose muscular control. The legs give way, speech

gets slurred, the gaze goes unfocused and the person gives the impression of

being drunk. In some patients, frightening hallucinations appear when falling

asleep or waking up.

On 1 September 2011, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

admitted, that for Finnish children and youngsters age 4-19, there was a new and

obvious connection between Pandemrix and narcolepsy. As stated in THL's press

release, " The increased risk associated with vaccination amounted to six cases

of narcolepsy per 100,000 persons vaccinated in the 4-19 age group during the

eight months following vaccination. This was 12.7 times the risk of a person in

the same age group who had not been vaccinated. "

[link to www.thl.fi]

This statement was made almost exactly two years after the THL's earlier

statement made in the midst of the swine flu hysteria that everyone should be

vaccinated with Pandemrix and that it would be safe. In that original statement,

the director of the THL emphasized that the squalene adjuvant could increase the

side effects of the vaccine to some extent. However, he stated, these side

effects would not be dangerous. [link to www.tohtori.fi]

In Sweden, at least 150 children are now suffering from narcolepsy caused by

Pandemrix vaccine. In Finland, the number is approximately 100. In both

countries the number is probably growing. Narcolepsy is a disease with lifetime

consequences, and the risk that Pandremix may have caused other neurological

illnesses has not yet been excluded. Many have already began to compare this

tragedy with the thalidomide catastrophe.

[link to www.svd.se]

No European countries had a particularly high rate of deaths due to the swine

flue. Germany had the same death rate as Sweden, which was 0.31/100 000,

although Sweden vaccinated 60% and Germany only 8%. This implies that the

vaccine did little to prevent deaths. The responsible authorities have not yet

commented on this matter of fact.

[link to www.svd.se]

Last year the Finnish government promised full compensation for those who have

developed narcolepsy as a consequence of the vaccination. [link to

www.bloomberg.com] While Sweden did, indeed, follow the Finnish THL in admitting

the connection between the vaccine and the disease, the Swedish authorities have

not yet decided whether and how to provide appropriate compensation.

In February 2012, Svenska Dagbladet, a widely read newspaper in Sweden,

presented an informative and accurate series of articles on this theme. They

describe some of the affected children narrating how difficult it is to live

with narcolepsy

[link to www.svd.se]

According to the authorities, much research is still underway concerning the

details of the vaccine injury. Taking the pressure from the public and the

affected families into account, it will be difficult for them to avoid carrying

out a thorough investigation. Let's hope so.

References:

1. Urashima M, Segawa T, Okazaki M, Kurihara M, Wada Y, Ida H. Randomized trial

of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1255-60.

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>Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination

>This article may be reprinted free of charge provided 1) that there is clear

attribution to the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, and 2) that both the

OMNS free subscription link [link to orthomolecular.org] and also the OMNS

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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>Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, March 20, 2012

>Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination

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>Swine Flu, Pandemrix and Narcolepsy

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>by Karin Munsterhjelm-Ahumada, M.D.

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>(OMNS, March 20, 2012) The swine flu pandemic of 2009 was caused by a type A

influenza (H1N1) virus. This virus was originally referred to as " swine flu "

because many of the genes of this new virus were very similar to influenza

viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. The H1N1 virus is

genetically similar to the 1918 pandemic virus, as determined from victims of

the latter who were buried, and later disinterred, in Svalbard. It was

responsible for most of the outbreaks up until 1956 and then disappeared.

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