Woffling On

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Guillain Barre Syndrome Everyone?

I have not merely woffled elsewhere, but actively lectured and campaigned against the excessive use, or abuse, of immunization. This runs counter to the orthodox view where the clanging symbols are in favor of massive promotion of immunization programs.

I am frankly astonished at the large number of well qualified and highly educated medical practitioners and researchers (no, not the ordinary GPs and the like, they are pretty clueless and just do and parrot what they are told) who strongly advocate the use of immunization en masse.

Can you say monkey virus? How quickly people forget when authorities want them to. Tens of thousands of people were knowingly immunized with contaminated materials decades ago and the fallout will largely be covered up.

Quite apart from the sledge hammer treatment of the immune system that immunization really is, and all the violent and unknown damage it causes, there is the ever present risk that the materials used are unsafe in other ways.

The case referred to above is a scandalous example from the past. Here is a good example of my point from today, courtesy of the FDA. Read the following very carefully and then do some serious thinking. If you are a proponent of immunization it may be a refreshing change.

FDA and CDC notified consumers and health care providers of five reports of Guillain Barre Syndrome following administration of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine A, C, Y, and W135 (trade name Menactra), manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. It is not known yet whether these cases were caused by the vaccine or are coincidental. FDA and CDC are sharing this information with the public now and actively investigating the situation because of its potentially serious nature. Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a serious neurological disorder that can occur, often in healthy individuals, either spontaneously or after certain infections. GBS typically causes increasing weakness in the legs and arms that can be severe and require hospitalization. Because of the potentially serious nature of this matter, FDA and CDC are asking any persons with knowledge of any possible cases of GBS occurring after Menactra to report them to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System <https://secure.vaers.org/VaersDataEntryintro.htm> (VAERS) to help the agencies further evaluate the matter.


Please don't give me the ridiculous lines from low level utilitarion ethics about the greatest good for the greatest number. That ethics of convenience simply doesn't wash with me. Nor, I suggest, will it be much comfort to those who contract GBS.

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