Guest guest Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:07:58 -0800 (PST) > From: " R. " <rjamesmartin@...> > Subject: LYMErix vaccine > > > Dear FDA: > > In light of your prior reluctent approval of LYMErix > and the current lawsuit (below), I believe the FDA > should issue a precautionary recall on this vaccine > immediately! > > The basic research confusion about OspA and OspC > should have been apparent. Accepting " ...a novel > hypothesis... " about midgut interaction with the > tick is ludicrous! At time of attachment, you are > interacting with the secretions contained in the > mouth parts! The role of Dr. Steere, et al, and > Tufts University should be vigourously investigated > for the purity-of-research -vs- rush-to-market > conflict of interest. > > A 30% " chance " that an incurable disease will be > contracted is not an acceptable side-effect. > > SKB's reliance on the prescribing physician to > perform the necessary exclusion of " at risk " people > is preposterous. When the current tests (only to be > used as supportive documentation to the clinical > diagnosis for Lyme) produce so many equivocable, > false-negative and false-positive results, there is > no reliable way to exclude at risk people, except to > test for HLA-DR4+ !!!! Try getting any insurance > company or HMO to pay for that! > > ========================================================================= > > Lymerix Lawsuit > > Mealey Publications: Kline (SBH) Sued Over Lyme > Vaccine > > WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- > > A class action lawsuit filed today in Pennsylvania > claims the vaccine that prevents Lyme Disease causes > an incurable form of autoimmune arthritis and, for > some, could produce symptoms far worse than those > brought on by the illness. " Mealey's Litigation > Report: Drug and Medical Devices " informed > subscribers about the complaint today. > > The complaint, filed in Chester County Court of > Common Pleas, alleges Kline Beecham (NYSE: > SBH), manufacturers of the widely touted LYMErix > vaccine, failed to warn doctors and the general > public that nearly 30 percent of the population was > pre-disposed to a degenerative autoimmune syndrome, > which the lawsuit says is triggered by contents of > the inoculation. > > " Once this autoimmune reaction is triggered, it > cannot be cured and can only be treated > symptomatically for the remainder of the vaccine > recipient's life, " the complaint says. > > According to the class action, Kline (SBH) used > high concentrations of a surface protein called OspA > as the foundation for its vaccine. When bitten by a > Lyme infected parasite, humans are not exposed to > OspA protein. The levels of OspA that enter the > bloodstream at any phase of the three-dose LYMErix > vaccine, === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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