The pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine is included as a component in “combination” shots that include tetanus and diphtheria (DPT, DTaP, Tdap) and some pertussis-containing shots now also include polio, hepatitis B and/or Haemophilus Influenza B (Hib). Whole cell pertussis vaccines in DPT, used in the U.S. from 1949 until the late ‘90s, were estimated to be between 30 and 85 percent effective, depending upon the type of DPT and vaccine manufacturer, with protection lasting only two to five years. [1] The DPT vaccine was highly reactive and carried a high risk of serious allergic reactions and brain inflammation leading to permanent brain damage, as detailed in the groundbreaking 1985 book DPT: A Shot in the Dark, co-authored by Barbara Loe Fisher, cofounder of the National […] Read More
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A Harvard immunologist has written an open letter explaining why unvaccinated children pose no risk to their vaccinated counterparts. Vaxxter.com reports: Dear Legislator: My name is Tetyana Obukhanych. I hold a PhD in Immunology. I am writing this letter in the hope that it will correct several common misperceptions about vaccines in order to help you formulate a fair and balanced understanding that is supported by accepted vaccine theory and new scientific findings. Do unvaccinated children pose a higher threat to the public than the vaccinated? It is often stated that those who choose not to vaccinate their children for reasons of conscience endanger the rest of the public, and this is the rationale behind most of the legislation to end vaccine exemptions currently being considered […] Read More
An interesting fact is that children of The Amish people who live in the US does not have autism, and they grow healthy and without receiving this vaccine. Many European countries such as UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands and Spain have rejected mandatory immunization because it creates only a limited period of immunity. According to them, even if the children gets sick from some diseases, they cause fewer problems than autism. They say as an example that if a pregnant woman suffers from rubiola, she can then give birth a child with birth anomalies. Therefore, girls should not be vaccinated against rubiola because the immunity ends just when they become adults. Immunity from the vaccine lasts only 7 years. Known case is of Valentino […] Read More