Tetanus Vaccine/Mendelsohn

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Thanks Sheri.....all the other vaccines I had pretty much settled in my

heart as uneccessary; however, this one vaccine continued to plague me. My

husband is a roofer and therefore my children love to go to the job sight

with him, and I would always be concerned about the nails...rusty or not! LOL

I have read information by Dr. Mendelsohn before, and I greatly appreciated

this information regarding the tetnus vaccine! Thank you!

Debi

P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was anywhere

to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Thanks Dawn for the info!

Debi

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>with him, and I would always be concerned about the nails...rusty or not!

LOL

Funny! We sure are programmed aren't we!

>P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

>anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was anywhere

>to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

>

I don't know - anyone else know?

Sheri

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> P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

> anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was

anywhere

> to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

There is a book that has his newsletters in it with some comentary. It is

called: Immunizations, The terrible risks your children face that your

doctor won't reveal. By Mendelsohn, MD Forward by

s, MD. It is well worth it to have on file in case someone questions

your decision.

I got it from Amazon.com. However, I ordered it in Dec. and got it in April

so it took that long for them to find a copy.

-Dawn

Re: Tetanus Vaccine/Mendelsohn

> Thanks Sheri.....all the other vaccines I had pretty much settled in my

> heart as uneccessary; however, this one vaccine continued to plague me.

My

> husband is a roofer and therefore my children love to go to the job sight

> with him, and I would always be concerned about the nails...rusty or not!

LOL

> I have read information by Dr. Mendelsohn before, and I greatly

appreciated

> this information regarding the tetnus vaccine! Thank you!

>

> Debi

>

> P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

> anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was

anywhere

> to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

>

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Yes, they are available off of Amazon. My understanding is that it is

not all of the newsletters. It is listed under " Immunizations -The

terrible risks your children face that your doctor won't reveal " by

Mendelsohn

Sheri Nakken wrote:

>

> >with him, and I would always be concerned about the nails...rusty or not!

> LOL

>

> Funny! We sure are programmed aren't we!

>

> >P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

> >anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was anywhere

> >to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

> >

>

> I don't know - anyone else know?

> Sheri

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Re: Tetanus Vaccine/Mendelsohn

> Yes, they are available off of Amazon. My understanding is that it is

> not all of the newsletters. It is listed under " Immunizations -The

> terrible risks your children face that your doctor won't reveal " by

> Mendelsohn

>

>

It is only his newsletters relating to vaccination--you can get it from

Second Opinion who publish it:

Immunizations The terrible risks your children face that your doctor won't

reveal--- Mendelsohn MD

Second opinion Publishing, Inc. Suite 100, 1350 Center Drive, Dunwoody,

Georgia 30388, (800) 728-2288 Fax: 770 399 0815

>

> Sheri Nakken wrote:

> >

> > >with him, and I would always be concerned about the nails...rusty or

not!

> > LOL

> >

> > Funny! We sure are programmed aren't we!

> >

> > >P.S. Do you know if Dr. Mendelsohn's Newsletters are available still

> > >anywhere? I know he's passed away, but I didn't know if there was

anywhere

> > >to get these newsletters still. Thanks!

> > >

> >

> > I don't know - anyone else know?

> > Sheri

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Tetanus Vaccination by Dr Mendelsohn MD (The People’s

Doctor Newsletter 1976-1988)

You have every right to closely question me on the

tetanus vaccine, since that was the last vaccine I

abandoned. It wasn’t hard for me to give up vaccines for

whooping cough, measles, and rubella

because of their disabling and sometimes deadly side

effects. The mumps vaccine, a high—risk,

low—benefit product, struck me and plenty of other

doctors as silly from the moment it was introduced.

Arguments for the diphtheria vaccine were vitiated by

epidemics during the past 15 years which showed

the same death rate and the same severity of illness in

those who were vaccinated vs. those who were

not vaccinated. As for smallpox, even the government

finally gave up that vaccine in 1970, and I gave

up on the polio vaccine when Jonas Salk showed that the

best way to catch polio in the United States

was to be near a child who recently had taken the Sabin

vaccine. But the tetanus vaccine exercised a

hold on me for a much longer time.

As you point out, I gave up belief in this vaccine in

stages. For a while, I still held onto the notion that

farm families and people who work around stables should

continue to take tetanus shots. But in spite of

my early indoctrination with fear of " rusty nails, " in

recent years, I have developed a greater fear of the

hypodermic needle. My reasons are:

1) Scientific evidence shows that too—frequent tetanus

boosters actually may interfere with the immune

reaction.

2) There has been a gradual retreat of even the most

conservative authorities from giving tetanus

boosters every one year to every two years to every five

years to every 10 years (as now

recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics), and

according to some, every 20 years. All

these numbers are based on guesses rather than on hard

scientific evidence.

3) There has been a growing recognition that no

controlled scientific study (in which half the patients

were given the vaccine and the other half were given

injections of sterile water) has ever been carried

out to prove the safety and effectiveness of the tetanus

vaccine. Evidence for the vaccine comes from

epidemiologic studies which are by nature controversial

and which do not satisfy the criteria for scientific

proof.

4) The tetanus vaccine over the decades has been

progressively weakened in order to reduce the

considerable reaction (fever and swelling) it used to

cause. Accompanying this reduction in reactivity

has been a concomitant reduction in antigenicity (the

ability to confer protection). Therefore, there is a

good chance that today’s tetanus vaccine is about as

effective as tap water.

5) Until the last few years, government statistics

admitted that 40 percent of the child population of the

U.S. was not immunized. For all those decades, where

were the tetanus cases from all those rusty nails?

6) There now exists a growing theoretical concern which

links immunizations to the huge increase in

recent decades of auto—immune diseases, e.g., rheumatoid

arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus

erythematosus, lymphoma, and leukemia. In one case,

Guillain—Barre paralysis from swine flu vaccine,

the relationship turned out to be more than just

theoretical.

In preparing my courtroom testimony on behalf of a child

who allegedly was brain—damaged as a

result of the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus)

vaccine, I reviewed the prescribing information

(package insert) for the Connaught Laboratories product

which was administered to this child. The

1975 and.1977 package insert information which measured

seven—and—a—half inches long listed

three scientific references in support of the

indications, contraindications, warnings, cautions, and

adverse reactions to this vaccine. By 1978, the length

of the insert had grown to 13 1/2 inches, and the

number of scientific references had increased to 11. By

1980, the package insert was 18 inches long,

and the references numbered 14. Of those newly—added

references, seven (three from U.S. medical

journals and four from foreign medical journals) dealt

specifically with reactions to the tetanus DPT

portion of the (toxoid) vaccine.

An article in the Archives of Neurology (1972) described

brachial plexus neuropathy (which can lead to

paralysis of the arm) prom tetanus toxoi Four patients

who received only tetanus toxoid noticed the

onset of limb weak ness from six to 21 days after the

inoculation. A 1966 article published in the

Journal of the American Medical Association reports the

first case of " Peripheral Neuropathy .following

Tetanus Toxoid Administration. " A 23—year— old white

medical student received an injection of

tetanus toxoid into his rightupper arm after an abrasion

of the right knee while playing tennis. Several

hours later, he developed a wrist drop of his right

hand. He later suffered from complete motor and

sensory paralysis over the distribution of the right

radial nerve (one of the major nerves innervating the

arm and hand) One month later, no residual motor or

sensory deficit could be found.

Reference is made to an article in the Journal of

Neurology, 1977, entitled " Unusual Neurological

Complication following Tetanus Toxoid Administration. "

The author reports a 36—year—old female

who received tetatus toxoid in her left upper arm

following a wound to her finger. Five days later, she

noticed a weakness first of the right, and then of the

left and later of both legs. She complained of

dizziness, instability, lethargy, chest discomfort,

difficulty in swallowing, and inarticulate speech. S

staggered when she walked, and she could take only a few

steps. Her EEG showed some

abnormalities. After a month, she was discharged without

neurologic disturbance, but she continued to

feel weak and anxious. Examinations during the next 11

months showed continued emotional instability

and some paresthesias (numbness and tingling) in the

extremities. The medical diagnosis was " a rapidly

progressing neuropathy with involvement of cranial

nerves, myelopathy, and encephalopathy. "

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. "

A 44—year—old article in the Journal of the American

Medical Association (1940) was entitled

" Allergy Induced by Immunization with Tetanus Toxoid. "

That same year, an article in the British

Medical Journal reported on " Anaphylaxis (a form of

shock) following Administration of Tetanus

Toxoid. " In 1969, a German medical journal reported a

case of paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal

nerve (the nerve to the voicebox) after a booster

injection of tetanus toxoid. The patient developed

hoarseness and was unable to speak loudly, but the nerve

paralysis subsided completely after

approximately two months.

Should your doctor reassure you that tetanus vaccine is

completely safe, or that " the benefits outweigh

the risks, " or that you should have a shot " just in

case, " why not share these citations with him?

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