Vaccination & epidemic

[jinx]

Vaccine Researcher Flees with $2M

A Danish scientist who was a lead researcher in two studies that purport to show that mercury used in vaccines do not cause autism is believed to have used forged documents to steal $2 million from Aarhus University in Denmark.

Dr. Poul Thorsen was also a research professor at Emory University from 2003 until June of 2009. Emory University officials gave no reason for Thorsen's departure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded research conducted by Thorsen and his colleagues at Aarhus University.

The CDC asked the researchers to conduct studies to determine whether thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and adjuvant used in vaccines, played ay role in causing autism.

The results of the studies, that there was no link between vaccines containing mercury and autism, formed the foundation for the conclusions of several Institute of Medicine reports.

In a statement Aarhus University officials said Thorsen forged documents supposedly from the CDC to obtain the release of $2 million from the university.

[jinx]

Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say

Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.

Deep sequencing reveals viral vaccine contaminants

A little historical perspective about why we decided to analyze these vaccines even though there was absolutely no indications whatsoever that they are at all unsafe. Our intent was to use the latest technologies to show that live attenuated vaccine only contained the expected viral genomes and no other.

The Delwart laboratory obtained samples of eight infectious attenuated viral vaccines from the manufacturers: oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV, Bharat Biotech), rubella (Meruvax-II, Merck), measles (Attenuvax, Merck), yellow fever (YF-Vax, Sanofi Pasteur), human herpes 3 (Varivax, Merck), rotavirus (Rotarix, GlaxoSmithKline; and Rotateq, Merck) and multivalent measles-mumps-rubella (MMR-II, Merck). The vaccines were treated with DNAse and RNAse to remove nucleic acids that are not protected by viral capsids. Nucleic acid was then extracted from the vaccine, amplified by polymerase chain reaction, and subjected to DNA sequencing. A total of 501,753 sequence ‘reads’ were done.


The sequence analysis revealed the expected vaccine strains in each preparation, and in three (out of 8) cases, other unexpected viral sequences. The retrovirus avian leukosis virus was found in the measles vaccine, but at a very low level (700 nucleotides from 4 sequence reads). A virus similar to simian retrovirus was identified in Rotateq (276 nucleotides from 1 sequence read). Significant levels of porcine cirovirus 1 were found in Rotarix. The entire viral genome sequence was deduced from 6344 sequence reads, comprising over 40% of the reads done for that vaccine.

[TheMercenary]

That is pretty crazy Jinx. I am not sure that you could show causation but it certainly leaves the door open when you are exposed to unexpected virus strains that you did not expect and were purposefully administered.

[Griff]

A child came into my classroom having gotten 4 shots in one session this week. One arm has very intense localized swelling hot and extremely hard to the touch. Spread them out people.

[jinx]

Combination MMRV vaccine linked with 2-fold risk of seizures

Oakland, CA (June 28) – The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) is associated with double the risk of febrile seizures for 1- to 2-year-old children compared with same-day administration of the separate vaccine for MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and the varicella (V) vaccine for chicken pox,

[jinx]

Whooping Cough Kills 5 in California; State Declares an Epidemic

SAN FRANCISCO — After the deaths of five infants, California health authorities declared an epidemic of whooping cough in the state on Wednesday, urging residents — particularly those of Latino background — to get vaccinated against the disease.

But the CDC says:

We present evidence that in the Netherlands
the dramatic increase in pertussis is temporally associated
with the emergence of Bordetella pertussis strains carrying
a novel allele for the pertussis toxin promoter, which confers
increased pertussis toxin (Ptx) production. Epidemiologic
data suggest that these strains are more virulent in humans.
We discuss changes in the ecology of B. pertussis that may
have driven this adaptation. Our results underline the importance
of Ptx in transmission, suggest that vaccination may
select for increased virulence,

...

Widespread vaccination of children reduced the incidence
of illness and deaths caused by pertussis (1). However,
globally pertussis remains 1 of the top 10 causes of death in
children (2). Further, in the 1990s a resurgence of pertussis
was observed in several countries with highly vaccinated
populations (3,4), and pertussis has become the most prevalent
vaccine-preventable disease in industrialized countries.
In the Netherlands, the estimated incidence of infection
was 6.6% per year for the 3–79-year age group from 1995
through 1996 (5). Similar percentages have been found in
the United States (6). One of the hallmarks of the pertussis
resurgence is a shift in disease prevalence toward older persons
who have waning vaccine-induced immunity (7).
The reemergence of pertussis has been attributed to
various factors, including increased awareness, improved
diagnostics, decreased vaccination coverage, suboptimal
vaccines, waning vaccine-induced immunity, and pathogen
adaptation. The relative contribution of these factors may
differ between countries and is the subject of ongoing debate.
Pathogen adaptation is supported by several observations.
We and others have shown that antigenic divergence
has occurred between vaccine strains and clinical isolates
with respect to surface proteins, which confer protective
immunity: pertussis toxin (Ptx), pertactin (Prn), and fimbriae
(8,9). Strain variation was shown to affect vaccine efficacy
in a mouse model (10–13). Because adaptation may
involve the structure of virulence factors (by antigenic variation)
and their regulation, we extended our studies on the
evolution of B. pertussis by investigating polymorphism in
the promoter of Ptx (ptxP), a major virulence factor and
component of all pertussis vaccines (1). We provide evi-
dence that expansion of strains with increased Ptx production
has contributed to the resurgence of pertussis in the
Netherlands.

[classicman]

hmmm - even I can see there is some type of correlation there.

[classicman]

H1N1 vaccine suspended due to suspected links to increased narcolepsy in children and adolescents

Six cases of narcolepsy, a chronic disorder causing excessive daytime sleepiness and extreme fatigue, have been reported after patients had been receiving the Pandemrix vaccine.

Six cases of narcolepsy is consistent with annual averages, reports THL, but all of these patients were affected after being vaccinated, and there are nine additional cases that have not yet been confirmed.

The precautionary measure will take effect until the actual cause of the current health issue can be established. Preliminary results of the investigation will take several months to be known, says the THL.

“A number of different reasons may be behind the observed rise in the incidence of narcolepsy: A(H1N1) infection, vaccination, a compound effect of infection and vaccination, or some other factor entirely. Infections in general are known to cause narcolepsy,” said a THL press release.

In Sweden, the Medical Products Agency started a similar investigation on Aug. 19 for the same reason. Sweden has bought 18 million doses of the vaccine, sufficient for everyone in the country to have two injections. In Europe, about 30 million people have been vaccinated, and worldwide at least 90 million.

here

[Undertoad]

http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/ne...ne-autism-link

Exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines in infancy or in the womb is not associated with an increased risk for developing autism, according to a new study from the CDC.

Children in the study who developed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) actually had less exposure to vaccines with the mercury-containing preservative than children who developed normally.

[Happy Monkey]

Maybe mercury deprivation causes autism! Autism has been on the rise ever since parents stopped letting their kids play with mercury from broken thermometers, after all.

[classicman]

... and eating lead paint chips. Maybe thats it.

[Clodfobble]

One wonders why they would keep studying it, since they've already removed thimerosal from the standard (not including flu shots) childhood vaccination schedule.

[Undertoad]

One knows why.

[Clodfobble]

Yes, because most science is done based on political climate and pressures, rather than seeking new and objective knowledge. I'm glad we agree on that.

[Undertoad]

Aren't you not supposed to be here or something? I mean, I wouldn't want to be accused of calling you a liar when you flat out put words in my mouth.