Debunking Herd Immunity

Greetings from chilly Iowa,

Its not even mid September & we are under a frost advisory for tonight.  This is something we don't usually see until the end of October or November.  I have a feeling its going to be a long cold winter.

But onto our topic -

Herd immunity, we hear about this when the CDC & Paul Offit are worried about herd immunity rates going down because of so many parents opting to take advantage of their right to not vaccinate their kids.

Is herd immunity a fact or is it a myth?

A peer reviewed journal - the New England Journal of Medicine has said that herd immunity is a myth.

Lets start by taking a look at 2 different types of herds -

Which set of herds is healthier,  the ones in the feedlot or the ones in a tree lined pasture?  I lived out in the country for almost 5 years on a farm & across the driveway was a small lot filled with cows that were wading around in mud & feces up to their hocks that were constantly being shot up with antibiotics, I would say the cows in the tree lined pasture are healthier.

According to the CDC, you have to have 95% of the population up to date on their vaccines to have herd immunity.  Now think back, have you had 30 vaccines in the last 10 years?   How about 20 years?  If not, you are not up to date. More than 50% of the population has been unprotected for decades.  So, to start off most of the adult population is not up to date on their vaccines so that is a big bite in the "herd" immunity theory.

The concept of herd immunity came from when people would contract a disease naturally & would provide lifelong protection.  This concept was then erroneously applied towards vaccine induced immunity.  If vaccines do give a person immunity it is usually only for two to ten years.  Not a lifelong immunity that getting a disease naturally would provide.

When we examine scientific literature vaccines only provide 30-40% immunity.  This means that more than 60% of the population had no protection.   This falls well below the required 95% that the CDC says is needed for "herd immunity."

According to the CDC, only 1% of U.S. kid haven't been immunized.  So, how is herd immunity being compromised supposedly among kids?

Without the herd immunity theory to fear monger parents into getting their kids vaccinated the vaccination program would all but end.

The myth of herd immunity is pressuring many to be vaccinated against their will. But is there another reason why parents are being told that they have to get their kids up to date on their vaccines before entering school?   How about a financial incentive?

In the State of Illinois unless a school system has a 90% vaccination rate among their students they will receive 10% less per student until the student population is brought into compliance.

How about the vaccines that shed?   There is no herd immunity there.  Vaccines that shed for at least 28 days are the MMR, Varicella (chicken pox), Rotateq, FluMist & the oral polio vaccine.  They can shed thru the air, thru saliva & thru a persons elimination process.

We hear that vaccines have saved more lives than they have taken.  The benefit-risk ratio is always acceptable until it happens to your child.  If your child becomes autistic after a vaccine you have to care for that child physically & financially not the person that gave the vaccine.  If your child dies after a vaccine you are the one who will be grieving not the person who gave the vaccine.

Quoting Dr. Wakefield from the 2014 Autism One conference - The benefits do NOT outweigh the risks of vaccines as the risks will vary from person to person.

Will you bow to the peer pressure or stand up & say no more......

Until next time,

Lori


http://www.vaccinetruth.org/page_28.htm

http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/02/18/the-deadly-impossibility-of-herd-immunity-through-vaccination-by-dr-russell-blaylock/

http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/02/18/the-deadly-impossibility-of-herd-immunity-through-vaccination-by-dr-russell-blaylock/

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/herd-immunity-myth-or-reality

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/cellular-microscopic/herd-immunity2.htm

http://intellectualinsurgent.blogspot.com/2010/05/myth-of-herd-immunity.html

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/herdimmunity.htm

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/the-herd-immunity-myth-and-how-it-pits-parent-against-parent/

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/the-herd-immunity-myth-treating-our-children-like-cattle-2/


http://www.whale.to/vaccine/vaccines_exposed.html

http://www.whale.to/a/herd.html

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/the-herd-immunity-myth-treating-our-children-like-cattle-2/

http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/vaccineinjurytable.pdf

A rebuttal for NOVA

Greetings from chilly Iowa,

I'm sure many of you watched NOVA's documentary on Vaccines Wednesday evening.  As usual, it was very one sided & had to feature Paul Offit as their "expert" on vaccines.

I don't know about you but every time I saw his ugly mug on my TV I wanted to throw something at him.

As the documentary went on, I was typing up a rebuttal on their Facebook page.  This turned into quite a long rebuttal that a few pro vaccinators have tried to refute but many support my opinion.

I would like to share with you my rebuttal to this one sided documentary -

Why was Offitt included in this episode? He makes millions a year promoting vaccines. His vaccine that he invented was recalled because of the deaths of babies that received it.

What happened to reporting both sides of the story? What about the toxins in vaccines? Like mercury (still in there, even in trace amounts), aluminum, formaldehyde, antifreeze.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf

What about vaccines that shed because they are live virus vaccines? Like the MMR, Chicken pox vaccine, Rotateq, FluMist & the oral polio vaccine. They can shed up to 28 days.

What about the injuries & deaths of thousands of kids a year from vaccines? Why not cover that?

Recent outbreaks have been among the fully vaccinated -

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/04/18/nj-mumps-victims-were-vaccinated-officials-say/

http://fox59.com/2014/02/12/mumps-confirmed-in-vigo-county-advisory-sent-to-colleges/#7iIVEJqiQ4TaFQIR.99

An expert from Mayo Clinic has said that the measles vaccine is failing so its not the unvaccinated.

http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/mayo-clinic-expert-confirms-measles-vaccine-is-failing-so-its-not-the-unvaccinated/

The CDCs own documents & other government documents show that their a problem with vaccines.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/ASOT/Thimerosal/prweb11598819.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23609067

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21993250

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099159

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058170

Page 11, paragraph 8 shows that autism is a side affect of a vaccine.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/vaccines/approvedproducts/ucm101580.pdf

24 other papers have backed up what Dr. Wakefield has said. A court has ordered that Dr. Wakefield's paper be reinstated & the Lancet is in violation of that court order.

http://www.autisminvestigated.com/lancet-wakefield-retracted/

HPV is a dangerous vaccine & needs to be taken off the market. 17 girls died during the clinical trials. To date, thousands of injuries have occurred as a result of this vaccine.

Adverse reactions from the Gardisil shot direct from VAERS. (http://sanevax.org/)

Disabled 1,170

Deaths 170

Did Not Recover 7,202

Abnormal Pap Smear 577

Cervical Dysplasia 249

Cervical Cancer 80

Life Threatening 645

Emergency Room 11,814

Hospitalized 3,737

Extended Hospital Stay 254

Serious 4,984

Adverse Events 35,692

This was another documentary that was NOT well researched or reported.

Here is the link to NOVA's Facebook page.  My rebuttal is on the thread that has a picture of a baby with the white background.

https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline?ref=br_tf

Until next time,

Lori

The CDC is hiding facts about Ebola

Greetings from rainy Iowa,

I'm sure many of you have been following the Ebola story.  You would think with the mortality rate of this virus being as high as 90% that the CDC & WHO would tell us the whole truth on the matter.  But as usual numbers are being hidden & facts are being twisted.

Lets look at how this all started in the first place.

We know that the people of Africa line up for vaccinations to protect themselves & their kids from "deadly" diseases.  This outbreaks started at the same time that the U.N. was conducting vaccination campaigns in Sierra Leone, Zaire & Liberia.

When news of the outbreak reached into the rural areas of Africa people stopped coming for their vaccinations.   But its too late, people are already crossing borders to get away from infections & are possibly infecting others.

Another carrier of this virus are dogs.  Dogs in Africa are eating the dead & then taking the virus with them wherever they happen to wonder off to.  So workers are trying to kill these dogs that are eating the dead to stop the virus from going any further.

A doctor from the University of Florida has said the cat is way out of the box on this one.  That this outbreak will get much worse before it gets any better.  That cases of Ebola could top 10,000 by months end.

A Dr. Rodriguez has said that cases of Ebola may be double or even triple of what is being reported.

Again, this is scary considering the high mortality rate of this virus.  I've read one report that I can't relocate now where a doctor has contracted the Ebola virus but has never treated an Ebola patient.

So how is the CDC covering things up & twisting facts.   All we have to do is look at their own website.

Back on Aug. 9th, their Ebola info page read like this -

Signs and Symptoms

Symptoms of Ebola HF typically include:

• Fever
• Headache
• Joint and muscle aches
• Weakness
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Stomach pain
• Lack of appetite

Some patients may experience:

• A Rash
• Red Eyes
• Hiccups
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Difficulty swallowing
• Bleeding inside and outside of the body

Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to ebolavirus though 8-10 days is most common.

Some who become sick with Ebola HF are able to recover, while others do not. The reasons behind this are not yet fully understood. However, it is known that patients who die usually have not developed a significant immune response to the virus at the time of death.

Today it reads like this -

Symptoms of Ebola  typically include

• Fever (greater than 38.6°C or 101.5°F)
• Severe headache
• Muscle pain
• Weakness
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal (stomach) pain
• Lack of appetite

Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to ebolavirus, although 8-10 days is most common.

Some who become sick with Ebola are able to recover. We do not yet fully understand why. However, patients who die usually have not developed a significant immune response to the virus at the time of death.

Now, lets take a look at webmd.com.   A question on there that is asked is could Ebola ever reach our shores?   The answer is that it is possible.   This was back on  April 7th of this year.   However, the page now reads that cases have only shown up in Africa.

Testing on humans with a vaccine for Ebola was set to start last week.  I've read that participants are given $1700 to receive the vaccine.  I feel sorry for those that choose to be a guinea pig for this experiment.

How long until we see cases of this in the U.S.?  My theory is that within a year we'll be seeing cases here.  Have you ever seen the movie Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman & Morgan Freeman?  If not, I recommend it.  

Until next time,

Lori


http://jhaines6.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/the-ebola-breakout-coincided-with-un-vaccine-campaigns-by-yoichi-shimatsu/

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/08/27/report-dogs-eating-dead-bodies-of-ebola-victims-on-liberian-streets/

http://www.fhcrc.org/en/news/center-news/2014/09/Ebola-cases-10000-September_Fred-Hutch.html

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/doctor-ebola-virus-cases-may-be-underreported-by-as-much-double-or-triple-more-contagious-than-were-being-told/

http://web.archive.org/web/20140809182139/http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/

http://web.archive.org/web/20140407192912/http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ebola-fever-virus-infection

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ebola-fever-virus-infection

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/qa-experimental-treatments.html

And we are back up & running

Greetings from warm & soggy Iowa,

Its been a rough week here in Central Iowa.  Lots of rain that leads to short term street flooding afterwards.  We've also been working on a car for the IMCA Super Nationals that starts on Monday.

Here are some pictures of it -

For more info regarding super nationals - 

https://www.imca.com/

If you would like to watch the races from home, you can look into buying viewing time here - 

https://xsan.tv/

Until next time,

Lori

The CDC has been exposed

Greetings from NE Iowa,

As the weekend started a scandal against the CDC has started.  A whistle blower has come forward saying that the CDC has been sweeping the vaccine-autism link under the rug for years.

This whistle blower called Dr. Brian Hooker & told him that the CDC has been covering up the the link for years.   The CDCs own documents show this lie.    These lies are the Tuskegee experiment all over again.

The Autism Media Channel that had a video on this whistle blower is gone.  This whistle blower was escorted off the CDC campus.

Can you see the CDC covering its tracks?

What other things have this whistle blower - by the name of Willliam Thompson exposed?

Remember the news report came out that the flu shot prevented myocardial infarctions?  False.

 Influenza vaccination was not associated with risk of recurrent coronary events during the corresponding period of November through October (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 1.18, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.79, 1.75) or during the corresponding periods of expected influenza activity (November through April) (HR = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.63, 1.78) or inactivity (May through October) (HR = 1.34, 95% CI: 0.76, 2.36). These results suggest that the benefit of influenza vaccine for older adults does not extend to protection against recurrent coronary events.


Another article that he co-authored -

Thus, routine vaccination of all children is likely less cost-effective than vaccination of all children ages 6-23 months plus all other children at high risk.


Another article -

RESULTS:

The authors found no statistically significant associations between thimerosal exposure from vaccines early in life and six of the seven latent constructs. There was a small, but statistically significant association between early thimerosal exposure and the presence of tics in boys.

CONCLUSIONS:

This finding should be interpreted with caution due to limitations in the measurement of tics and the limited biological plausibility regarding a causal relationship.

William Thompson is the medical Edward Snowden.   Lets hope that he is up to the task of bringing down the CDC & the scrutiny that is bound to come.

Until next time,
Lori









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpckzxVEoc&index=2&list=UUfIZ2PofuUgEM79W3fOc6Mg

http://www.robertscottbell.com/government/breaking-cdc-whistleblower-thompson-in-grave-danger-now-by-jon-rappoport/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12244032

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176570

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21785120

http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/do-we-have-a-medical-edward-snowden/

Freedom

Greetings,

While we celebrated 4th of July I had to look at what are we celebrating?   Our 1st amendment freedoms - Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly & Freedom to Petition to the government.

What about a freedom to not have toxic substances injected into us?

 What about the freedom to not have foreign substances implanted into our bodies?

235 years our founding fathers signed a document that gave us freedom from Tyranny.

Many states are trying to take away our freedom to say no to vaccines.   That the needs of many outweigh the few that want to say no.


With the Ebola outbreak knocking on our door step its only a matter of time before we start seeing it in our communities.   A lab in Ames, Iowa is working on a vaccine.   I'm sure many of us our asking ourselves "Will this vaccine be mandated?"   Believe me, I've asked & wondered that myself.   And I've wondered will our exemptions be available if they are & what will we do if no exemptions be accepted for this particular vaccine.

Every day a freedom is debated to be taken away from us.  All in the name of security, safety & the fight on terrorism.

Here's to another year of us exercising our freedoms under the constitution & our god given rights.

Until next time,

Lori

Financial incentive for doctors to push vaccines?

Greetings,

Lets start with a brief overview of what has happened since my last entry.

My daughters fiance' got his stitches out- no further talk of vaccines.   I got a bottle of VaccinePro at the Autism One conference to counter act any negative effects of the vaccine.

The Autism One conference was fantastic!   So much great info.   Dr. Brian Hooker gave a great talk on the lies that are occurring within the CDC towards the public.   Mark & David Geier got a look at the Vaccine Safety Datalink that shows the REAL dangers of vaccines.   This info isn't available to the general public.

During the Autism One conference, I was on a segment of the Robert Scott Bell show. (robertscottbell.com)   I did a video clip about advice for new parents that are looking at the vaccine issue.  This was a bit nerve wracking since I had to come up with 4 minutes of advice with only about 10 minutes to really think about it.

Racing has been sidelined for this year.  We didn't get the car winterized in time before a cold snap hit.  We believe we have a cracked engine block.  We traveled down to Missouri last weekend to get a Dodge Neon hoping that the engine would be ok to put into my car.   We weren't able to listen to it in Missouri because the fuel line was cut in the engine compartment.   We started it this past week & it was belching blue smoke indicating that the rings are shot on the pistons.   So, the everything is on hold for this year & hoping to have a good start to the season next year.

Now on to our topic -

Many nurses & doctors will deny that there is any financial incentive for doctors to push vaccines on their patients.  I've known this to be a lie since the late 90's.  My husband & I used to clean a clinic.  About twice a month we would have to clean up after a luncheon that was thrown by a pharmaceutical rep to show the latest & greatest drugs that were available to doctors - including vaccines.   These lunches included expensive entree's like brisket, roast beef & expensive deserts.   When we cleaned out the garbage cans in the doctor offices we would find the info about the drugs that was given to them & the LONG list of side affects associated with the drug.  If the side affects are longer than the symptoms I believe that is a warning sign that drug is something you shouldn't be taking.

A lady I know on Facebook put a question on her FB wall - Any nurses out there that want to chime in about vaccines? I am curious if you believe they are beneficial, or see reactions go unreported, or anything else.

Another lady said a nurse posted this on a vaccine page -

I used to be a vaccine believer simply because I *knew* on a very superficial level vaccines prevent disease. I had never researched them before, but that's what we hear as a general knowledge topic.

When I started working in pediatrics, the shear number of parents calling in terrified about their children's behavior after being vaccinated and the doctors' dismissive attitude to their concerns peaked my interests. I started asking questions to the drug reps when they came in and they either full on said they didn't know the answer, there was no data, or made a generic (false) statement about the vaccine. Then I was told by the doctors NOT to ask questions. All they need to know is the insurance reimbursement amount. 

As time when on, I noticed we were constantly seeing patients for sick visits shortly after they received shots. I ran a report using our billing software and found over 80% (I believe it was 82.something%) of the children who received shots came back for a sick visit within 10 days. These were upper respiratory infections, coughs, fevers, eat infections.....overall just sick stuff. Of course children get sick, but I found the high proportion soon after getting shots interesting. 

During my time in pediatrics, while I did work for doctor who DID accept non vaccinating families, I also saw how staff were instructed to LIE about vaccines being required for school and daycare for financial reasons. The difference between the insurance reimbursement for a fully vaccinated early childhood visit and a vaccine free well child visit was $400+ vs. about $50.

There were a handful of times patients had severe enough and immediate enough reactions to vaccines 911 was called. One that stands out in particular was when an obnoxiously outspoken pro-vaccine mom brought in her 12 year old son against her husbands wishes for his first HPV shot. While checking out at the front desk, within about 20 minutes of his shot, the boy fell to the ground and had a seizure lasting about 3 minutes. It ended just before the paramedics arrived. He spent a couple days in a coma and just over a week in the hospital. Another time a 2 month old baby girl left the office after her shots and was rushed back into the office by her parents not 10 minutes later. She had completely stopped breathing. The ambulance was called, CPR and oxygen given. She did not die, but was severely brain damaged after that. 

VAERS is an important tool and doctors are REQUIRED by law to report ALL possible vaccine reactions. They don't. Many, many, times I asked the doctors if/how/when they would be filing the report. I even asked how I should get the reports started for them to make them less time consuming and (when they actually know what VAERS was) always sort of scoffed and dismissed it.

While my experiences and time spent researching make me confident in never vaccinating myself of children, I am not "anti" vaccines. I believe in informed choice. My risk factors for certain diseases may be different than yours. Your experiences may be more on the danger of diseases than danger of the vaccine. 

I am "anti" 3 commonly held beliefs of many people who are adamantly pro vaccine:

The belief that vaccines are mandatory to attend school/daycare. Exemptions are available. 

That non vaccinated people are walking biohazards and need to be avoided at all costs. (The majority of the adult population is under or non vaccinated based on the current vaccine schedule)

The refusal to acknowledge that vaccine injures can and do happen and that they can be devastating and far more expensive, dangerous and deadly than many of the vaccine preventable diseases.



Go back & reread the insurance payout wording again.   The doctors get more money from the insurance companies if kids are fully vaccinated compared to a non-vaccinated child.


At the Autism One conference, one of the moms told me that New York schools get thousands of dollars per child that is fully vaccinated.

So, is there a financial incentive to vaccinate kids?   I think that answer is a resounding yes.

Until next time,
Lori