Pneumonia Vaccine Shown to Actually Increase Bacterial Infections It Is Supposed to Prevent
<blockquote>It's estimated that nearly one in 7 U.S. adults have been
diagnosed with sinusitis in the past 12 months, which occurs when the
mucous membranes in your nose and sinuses become irritated.
i In most of these cases (90-98%) a virus is the cause, whereas in 2-10% of cases, a bacterial infection is also present.
These bacterial infections are becoming increasingly drug-resistant and
therefore harder and harder to treat, which is why the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently issued new treatment
guidelines for sinusitis.
</blockquote>Alarmingly, however, buried on page 16 of their report is
the acknowledgement that certain hard-to-treat bacterial infections in
children are on the rise because of the widespread use of the conjugated
pneumococcal vaccines!
Bacterial Infections on the Rise Since Introduction of the Pneumonia Vaccine <blockquote>The IDSA report states:
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" ... both the prevalence of H. influenzae (40%– 45%)
and proportion of b-lactamase–producing H. influenzae (37%–50%)
(extrapolated from middle ear fluid cultures of children with acute
otitis media) have markedly increased among other upper respiratory
tract infections since the widespread use of conjugated pneumococcal
vaccines... Whereas S. pneumoniae was more common than H. influenzae
prior to 2000, the prevalence of H. influenzae has clearly increased
while that of S. pneumoniae has decreased in the post–pneumococcal
vaccine era, such that currently they are approximately equal … "</blockquote>In
the United States the Prevnar vaccine, which is used to prevent
pneumoccocal disease that can cause meningitis and bloodstream
infections in young children, was licensed in 2000 and has been given to
infants in four shots between the age of 2 months and 15 months. The
vaccine originally covered seven and now covers 13 of the 90-odd strains
of the Streptococcus bacteria. </blockquote><blockquote>Although
pneumoccocal disease caused by seven pneumoccoal strains in the 7-valent
Prevnar vaccine declined after widespread use, one pneumoccocal strain
called 19A developed super resistance and is now causing pneumoccocal
disease that is antibiotic-resistant.
In 2010, the FDA licensed a 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine to cover more
strains, including 19A, in an attempt to interrupt transmission of
pneumococcal disease, which is associated with over 80 different strains
of pneumococcal. The health community has known for years that
non-vaccine S. pneumoniae serotypes had not only quickly replaced the
seven included in the original Prevnar vaccine, but were also causing
invasive non-vaccine-type pneumonia to increase by 71 percent. Writing
in the journal
Emerging Infectious Disease, researchers stated:
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"In the Netherlands, PCV-7 [the 7-valent pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine] offered high protection against vaccine-serotype IPD
in vaccinated children, but increases of non–vaccine-serotype IPD
reduced net vaccine benefits."</blockquote>That's the reason U.S.
officials introduced the new 13-valent pneumonia vaccine—to hopefully
keep the replacement serotypes at bay. However, history suggests that
both antibiotics and vaccines may be intricately involved in the
evolution of pneumonia superbugs.</blockquote>
Pneumonia Bacteria Swapped Genes Before Prevnar Hit the Market<blockquote>A new analysis by a team of international researchers revealed the complete genetic makeup of 240 samples of a strain of
Streptococcus pneumonia taken between 1984-2008, which allowed the researchers to note changes over time.iv The strain, known as the Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network clone 1 or PMEN1, is resistant to several antibiotics.
There were several interesting revelations, including:
- The pneumonia strain emerged when penicillin was frequently used, but because it was not killed by penicillin, it flourished
- The strain changes one of its DNA nucleotides about every 15
weeks, a rate of mutation similar to that of the common
antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA
- One way the bacteria mutate is with a sugar coating called a
polysaccharide capsule; PMEN1 has a capsule called 23F, which was
included as a target in the Prevnar vaccine. However, by the time the
vaccine hit the market, the bacteria had already morphed into a new
serotype called 19A, which the vaccine did not work against.
Wired Science reported:
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"The study "illustrates that these genes are under
enormous selection pressure due to human interference with antibiotics
and vaccines," says Garth Ehrlich, a bacterial pathologist at the
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute in Pittsburgh. Mapping the
organism's past genetic contortions may not help researchers predict
what the bacteria will do next, but the analysis shows that some genes are particularly prone to changes and probably are not good vaccine targets, he says."</blockquote>A
secondary problem is that the overuse of antibiotics for ear and sinus
infections has also caused these serotypes to become resistant to
antibiotics. Researchers reported in
Science:
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"More than 700 recombinations were detected, with genes
encoding major antigens frequently affected. Among these were 10
capsule-switching events, one of which accompanied a population shift as
vaccine-escape serotype 19A isolates emerged in the USA after the
introduction of the conjugate polysaccharide vaccine. The evolution of
resistance to fluoroquinolones, rifampicin, and macrolides [antibiotics]
was observed to occur on multiple occasions."</blockquote></blockquote>
Will Vaccines Leave a Legacy of Superbugs and Diseases?<blockquote>Vaccines
carry health risks and do not guarantee protection against contracting
infectious disease. In the case of Prevnar, no long-term studies were
conducted to evaluate whether it is associated with development of
chronic illness or disability. And the clinical trials that were
conducted by the vaccine manufacturer before the Prevnar 7 vaccine was
licensed in 2000, compared one experimental vaccine (pneumococcal)
against another (meningococcal), which means no true placebo was used in
a control group, compromising the results. Still, children in the
pneumococcal vaccine group had more seizures, high fevers and other
reactions, and there were 12 deaths (including 5 labeled as Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)) reported in the pre-licensing clinical
trials.</blockquote><blockquote>Each dose of Prevnar vaccine contains
aluminum as an adjuvant, which is used to provoke a strong immune
response but is also a known neurotoxin.
vii</blockquote><blockquote>Now
it's being suggested that widespread use of the Prevnar vaccine is
leading to other unforeseen consequences, like increases in bacterial
infections and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant supergerms. Other
vaccines also have produced serious, unintended adverse effects, such as
the chicken pox vaccine, which can
increase the risk of adult shingles. </blockquote><blockquote>It's so important to understand that your best defense against
any disease
is a robust healthy immune system. Vaccines can actually compromise
your immune function, and this is true regardless of your age. Two of
the most important factors influencing the health of your immune system
are:
- Your gut flora
- Your vitamin D status
About 80 percent of your immune system resides in your gut, so
maintaining a healthy gut flora is imperative for maintaining a fully
functioning immune system. Also, if your child's gut is populated with
too many pathogens, he or she is likely to be more prone to
vaccine-induced damage. For more information about this, I highly
recommend listening to
my interview with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.</blockquote><blockquote>Vitamin D is another crucial component for maintaining optimal health, so I urge you to get your children's
vitamin D levels tested, and, if found deficient, to follow my recommendations for optimizing their levels. </blockquote><blockquote>
Artificially manipulating your immune system with a vaccine does
not produce the same kind of lasting immunity and sought after
disease-fighting results that a healthy lifestyle can. It may actually
make you
less healthy in the long run. </blockquote><blockquote>For more information about vaccines, vaccine ingredients and vaccine policies and state laws, the
National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a good place to start to do research and obtain information that you
need to help you make intelligent, informed decisions about
vaccination. </blockquote>
Share Your Story with the Media and People You Know <blockquote>The
media is quick to warn about the dangers of infectious diseases but
rarely discuss the dangers of the vaccines against those diseases. This
has created a very lopsided view of the safety of vaccines. So please,
if you or a family member has suffered a serious vaccine reaction,
injury or death, talk about it. If we don't share information and
experiences with each other, everybody feels alone and afraid to speak
up. Write a letter to the editor if you have a different perspective on a
vaccine story that appears in your local newspaper, or make a call in
to a radio talk show that is only presenting one side of the vaccine
story.</blockquote><blockquote>It is important for you to be brave
because you might be strongly criticized for daring to talk about the
"other side" of the vaccine story. Be prepared for it and have the
courage to not back down. Only by sharing our perspective and what we
know to be true about vaccination will the public conversation about
vaccination open up so people feel comfortable talking about these
critical health issues. </blockquote><blockquote>We cannot allow the
drug companies and medical trade associations funded by drug companies
to dominate the conversation about vaccination. The vaccine injured
cannot be swept under the carpet and treated like nothing more than
"statistically acceptable collateral damage" of national
one-size-fits-all mass vaccination policies that put way too many people
at risk for injury and death. We shouldn't be treating people like
guinea pigs instead of
human beings. </blockquote>
Internet Resources Where You Can Learn More<blockquote>To
learn more about informed consent, the six principles for protecting
your vaccine choices, and a summary of the U.S. law pertaining to
vaccine exemptions, please review the article,
STOP! Read This Before Vaccinating for Anything. </blockquote><blockquote>I encourage you to visit the following web pages on the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) website at
http://www.nvic.org/:
- NVIC Advocacy Portal: Protect vaccine exemptions in YOUR state.
Right now, legislation (AB2109) to restrict the right for Californians
to file a personal belief exemption to vaccination has passed the
Assembly and is in the Senate. If you are a resident of California and
don't want to be forced to get a signature of a medical provider in
order to file an exemption to vaccination for personal religious or
conscientious beliefs, you need to act NOW!
</blockquote><blockquote>
Sign up
today to use the free online interactive NVIC Advocacy Portal and stay
informed so you can take immediate action when proposed legislation in
your state threatens your legal right to make voluntary vaccine choices.
As a Portal user, you will be put in immediate touch with your own
legislators with the click of a mouse or touch on your SmartPhone screen
so you can tell them what you want them to do.
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- NVIC Memorial for Vaccine Victims:
View descriptions and photos of children and adults, who have suffered
vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths. If you or your child experiences
an adverse vaccine event, please consider posting and sharing your
story here.
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- Vaccine Freedom Wall: View or post descriptions of harassment by doctors or government officials for making independent vaccine choices.
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