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But even vaccinating 100% of the population wouldn’t be enough, say scientists at the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, because the measles vaccine is a dud with some people, offering no protection at all, and its effectiveness wanes with others, even if they get boosters. According to Tetyana Obukhanych of Stanford University’s School of Medicine, the measles vaccine works as planned with only 25% of the population, leaving the majority of adults who have been vaccinated as children with little or no protection. Up to half of today’s cases involve adults.
“Those relators, Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski, were Merck virologists who claim in their unsealed complaint that they "witnessed firsthand the improper testing and data falsification in which Merck engaged to artificially inflate the vaccine's efficacy findings.... As the largest single purchaser of childhood vaccines (accounting for more than 50 percent of all vaccine purchases), the United States is by far the largest financial victim of Merck's fraud," according to the 2010 False Claims Act complaint. "But the ultimate victims here are the millions of children who every year are being injected with a mumps vaccine that is not providing them with an adequate level of protection. And while this is a disease that, according to the Centers for Disease Control ('CDC'), was supposed to be eradicated by now, the failure in Merck's vaccine has allowed this disease to linger, with significant outbreaks continuing to occur."
“Government attorneys noted this is actually the fourth settlement with Pfizer or one of its subsidiaries since 2002 over illegal marketing, but the fines for those cases totaled only $513 million. Those previous actions, though, factored into the severe penalties levied this time around.”
“Vaccines are big business. Unfortunately, with enough money on the table, safety can take a back seat. It turns out that the government does not require vaccine manufacturers to submit to independent safety studies, but allows them do their own. Recently Pfizer pharmaceutical company was ordered to pay $2.3 billion for “felony with intent to defraud,” and the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that drug companies pay for ghostwriting scientific papers. In Britain, during a court investigation concerning vaccines, it was revealed that the a major drug company was publishing a journal, taking care to make it appear as peer reviewed, but in reality selecting articles favorable to its vaccines. Danish police are investigating Dr. Poul Thorsen, a leading “researcher” whose group wrote papers supporting vaccine safety. These are still the bulwark of safety claims in the popular press. After his major papers were questioned for authenticity, and after having been paid more than $14 million by the CDC since 2002, he has absconded with $2 million. His partner Kreesten Madsen was found to have emails that showed him colluding with CDC officials to cherry pick studies to defend the role of and safety of vaccines.”
"More than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine from 1955 to 1963 when a proportion of vaccine was contaminated with SV40... it has been estimated that 10-30 million Americans could have received an SV40 contaminated dose of vaccine."
“I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed.... I want to be absolutely clear that I believe vaccines have saved and continue to save countless lives.... My concern has been the decision to omit relevant findings in a particular study for a particular sub group for a particular vaccine. There have always been recognized risks for vaccination and I believe it is the responsibility of the CDC to properly convey the risks associated with receipt of those vaccines.”
originally posted by: Boadicea
Note: I am not anti-vax by any means. Because it simply attempts to use our body's natural immuno-defense mechanisms, it's arguably one of the most natural and potentially effective means of protecting ourselves from serious diseases. I am NOT, however, for ALL vaccines, nor for FORCED vaccines, including -- but not limited to -- the following reasons:
“Annual US measles deaths have declined from 408 in 1962 to 0 from 1993-present.”
“...by the late 1950s the vitamin pill, attractively packaged and increasingly familiar, began to join salt and pepper at the table. Vitamins were here to stay.”
“The United States revealed on Friday that the government conducted medical experiments in the 1940s in which doctors infected soldiers, prisoners and mental patients in Guatemala with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.”
“...the unsealing of a whistleblower suit against Merck, filed back in 2010 by two former employees accusing the drugmaker of overstating the effectiveness of its mumps, measles, and rubella vaccine.”
originally posted by: Prezbo369
"...misleading titles that does nothing but lead to the cause and spread of ignorance and fear surrounding vaccines.
You're not helping.
You're part of the problem."
originally posted by: Prezbo369
"...misleading titles that does nothing but lead to the cause and spread of ignorance and fear surrounding vaccines.
You're not helping.
You're part of the problem."
Hmmm... apparently people smarter than me also think transparency is important... From my third post: "Also note that these whistleblowers are not anti-vaccine. They strongly support quality vaccines, and that’s not what we’re getting. "
originally posted by: Prezbo369
a reply to: Boadicea
Second link (first was broken) 'Adverse Events following Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccines in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2013'
It's conclusion: Review of VAERS reports did not identify any new or unexpected safety concerns for Hib vaccines.
Now do you think that the link title is potentially misleading? especially to those either undecided or those who are anti-vaccination?
Do you really thin it is helping in this current climate of ignorant hysteria surrounding vaccines?
originally posted by: Yeahkeepwatchingme
a reply to: Boadicea
Get ready OP you're about to be flamed to death. Good luck.
originally posted by: Prezbo369
originally posted by: Boadicea
Note: I am not anti-vax by any means. Because it simply attempts to use our body's natural immuno-defense mechanisms, it's arguably one of the most natural and potentially effective means of protecting ourselves from serious diseases. I am NOT, however, for ALL vaccines, nor for FORCED vaccines, including -- but not limited to -- the following reasons:
You're not helping.
You're part of the problem.
The recent out breaks of whooping cough and measles have included a high percentage of fully vaccinated children and even some adults.