Vaccine deaths ignored

Media Release  28/4/2010-  Recent Vaccination Death in the Illawarra.  Swine Flu/Annual vaccination recommendation should cease for pregnant women and all children under 10 years old.

The recent death of a healthy toddler in Queensland following an annual flu and swine flu vaccination is very alarming but not uncommon.  In the last month, a new born baby died following a vaccination, in Corrimal (Illawarra Area) NSW.  This baby was healthy before receiving vaccinations and died the following day.  Deaths from vaccination occur more frequently than reported in the media.  Doctors are reluctant to make direct causal link as they are paid to give vaccinations, with the belief that they are safe.  It is impossible for a doctor or nurse to predict whether a baby or child is allergic to a component of a vaccine. Therefore every baby/child is at risk of reactions, whether that be to egg protein or other animal proteins, nut oil, aluminium, mercury, formaldehyde, borax, MSG, and so forth that can be contained in a vaccine. Furthermore, deaths following vaccination are dismissed as SIDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) or SBS (Shaken Baby Syndrome).  Where parents are investigated, to establish if they were responsible for the sudden death of an otherwise healthy baby or child.  The question of a child's death following a vaccination is seldomly investigated or raised by health authorities. An alarming increase of auto-immune diseases, allergies, behavioural disorders in the community is disturbing, and many parents are questioning whether the increasing load of vaccinations is responsible. 

It is reported in the media that vaccinations are tested and are safe.  Yes, they are tested but NOT for their safety.  In a recent trial of the Swine flu vaccine at Westmead Hospital, the trial was conducted for the immune response to the vaccine NOT the adverse reactions.  Late last year (3 December 2009) the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), approved the use of Panvax® H1N1 influenza vaccine to include children aged from 6 months of age.  The TGA has advised that children under 10 years of age will require two doses of the vaccine given at least 28 days apart, as with children’s seasonal flu vaccinations.   Meanwhile the government is targeting pregnant women with a vaccine that contains mercury and antibiotics. There have never been any safety data or vaccine trials ever done on pregnant women. The CSL product information states that the safety profile of the vaccine in pregnant women is unknown. The Swine Flu vaccine is highly recommended to pregnant women, this is alarming as the mercury containing vaccine can cross the placenta and cause neurological damage to the unborn baby. There are many medical published article stating that there is no causal link between vaccines contain mercury and the incidences of Autism, however many parents who have a child with autism will argue that there child's neurological development was affected soon after a vaccine. 

Vaccines are not tested for their safety but only for immune response i.e. antigen levels (the body's ability to respond with antibodies to the vaccine).

Not tested for carcinogenic (cancer causing) potential

Not tested for effects on fertility

Not tested for neurological effects on the recipient, all flu vaccines contain mercury (thimerosal) and are developed using chick embryos.

Examples of trials: Meningococcal C verses Pneumococcal, HPV vaccine verses adjuvants of vaccines. Swine Flu vaccine single dose vs double dose of Swine Flu vaccine.  These are NOT safety studies. 

There is now a call to suspend all Swine/Annual flu vaccination for all children under 5 years of age.  What is alarming is this year 2010, they have also recommended vaccinating all pregnant women with both the Swine Flu and Annual Flu vaccine.  There is absolutely NO safety data or trials on this group.  There should be an immediate halt to such a program.   No pregnant woman should be vaccinated with the Swine flu or annual flu jab.  The statistic show that deaths from the Swine flu amount to less than 0.5 percent of all confirmed cases.  The risk is too high to experiment with young children and pregnant women, let alone the majority of the population.

The recommendation to vaccinate young children under 10 and pregnant women should be immediately stopped.  Further investigation as to whether vaccinating children over 10 years of age and elderly under 65 years of age is effective and at all necessary.

Patricia Bohackyj

Coordination of Healthy Families of Illawarra

Mobile 0422 933 993