35 questions reg introduction of HiB vaccine.

[Guest guest]

To

Dr Nitin Shah, Former President IAP,

Chairperson,

Asian Strategic Alliance for Pneumococcal Disease Prevention (ASAP),

India.

DT: 31.10.08

Dear Dr Shah,

Namaste.

Wish you a very happy Deepavali. This is a open letter to you. I would

like to congratulate you for heading the ASAP-India. I would also like

to thank you for deciding to save the lives of 2 lakh children annually

who, as per your estimates, suffer from the 10-15 strains of the 94

strains of pneumonia that the vaccine you promote protects from.

I would like to ask you a few questions:

1. What is the name of this vaccine?

2. Who manufactures this?

3. Where was this vaccine tested in Asia?

4.

Which was the hospital involved? Did it have all the facilities to test

this vaccine? Were all protocols, medical and ethical,followed while

this trial was conducted? Was informed consent of participants taken?

5.

Who were the doctors who certified the study? I would like to have

their full names, qualifications, background and if there was any

conflict of interest.

6. Where is the full

text of the study?  Who funded this study?

7.

Where have the tests,

which have confirmed that 2 lakh children in India die from

    10-15 strains of pneumonia that this vaccine protects from, been

conducted?

8.

How many children in India suffer from these 10-15 strains? Where have

these tests confirming this been conducted and by whom?

9. If the

vaccine is so beneficial and so effective why is the Government of

India waiting for another one year to introduce this?

10. Do you have the permission from the Health Ministry to advocate for this

vaccine?

11.

What are the short term and long term side effects of this vaccine?

Where have these studies been conducted?

12. Which vaccine was used as the " placebo " for safety trials?

13. Is it true as has been discussed in WHO journals that this vaccine makes

children susceptible to asthma?

14. What are the ingredients of this vaccine?

15. What are the individual side effects of each of the

ingredients?

16. How do these vaccine ingredients interact amongst

themselves?

17. What are the heavy metals used in this vaccine?

18. What are the carcinogens in this vaccine?

19. What are the neurotoxins in this vaccine?

20. Which animal/human serum/tissues have been used?

21. What are the antibiotics in this vaccine?

22. Have genetically modified viruses been used?

23. Which particular test has made you sure about the efficacy of this vaccine?

24. How is this vaccine going to be administered?

25. Does this vaccine take care of both humoral and cell mediated immunity?

26.

Has the public been taken into confidence about the way the vaccine has

been tested, certified, and the side effects of the vaccine? What made

you decide that this vaccine can be indiscriminately administered to all

children

without taking into consideration their health history, family history

and without testing for their possible allergic reaction to any of the

vaccine ingredients? What about those who are genetically susceptible

to toxic damage? How do you intend to screen the children?

27. What is the protocol to treat children who suffer from side effects of this

vaccine?

28. What is the procedure to record adverse effects from this vaccine?

29. Will the adverse effects noted be available for public scrutiny?

30. What will be the medico legal options for parents

whose children suffer from adverse effects?

31. What is the amount of compensation that will be paid to infants who die from

he adverse effects of this vaccine?

32. Who will pay the compensation?

33.

Who is the responsible person who can be held liable in case this

vaccine is proved to be ineffective and/or associated with severe

adverse effects?

34. In countries where this vaccine has been allowed what are ALL the side

effects that have been noted?

35.

What is the source of funding of the ASAP? Can we have the list of

people/organisations who have financially supported it? Who, besides

you, are the other members of this organisation and their current

occupation and background?

This letter does not debar us from

asking further questions. We hope you will share the reply with ALL of

us. We are very much interested to know. We will ask further questions

upon receipt of the answers.

If you are unable to answer the questions or

you think that these questions are irrelevant kindly let us know.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Jagannath Chatterjee.

jagchat01@...

Citizen of India.

cc: Doctors/activists/policy makers/medico legal experts/public health

experts/academicians

who may be interested to know more about this vaccine.

" The damage caused by vaccine exposure (of mercury) is massive. It's bigger than

asbestos, bigger than tobacco, bigger than anything you've ever seen. " - Mark

Blaxill, vice president of Safe Minds, a nonprofit organization concerned about

the role of mercury in medicines.

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