Vaccine-Genocide (and subsequent denial by authorities) Continues Around the Globe
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From Bhutan:
11 November, 2009 - The recent suspension of the pentavalent vaccine (due to deaths) by health authorities has worried parents of newborns and there is a reluctance among them to complete the vaccination dosage.
Pentavalent vaccine was introduced to protect infants against pneumonia, one of the leading causes of death in children under 15 years in Bhutan, and meningitis. Although pentavalent vaccination was suspended, babies that were given the first or second dose should complete the remaining doses, said paediatricians.
Tshering, the father of a three-month-old son said, “I’m not sure if we should go for the third dose. If we can skip it, we’d definitely do it. I don’t want anything to happen to him,” said Tshering, who lives in Trashigang. “But I’ll have to check with the doctor first.”
Jas Maya Rai, a mother of a two-month-old son is loth to take her son for the second dose. “I was scared when I heard about the deaths because, by then, my son had already received the first dose,” said the mother of two. Her son was one of the first babies to receive the pentavalent vaccine in Jigmechoeling, Gelephu, when it was introduced across the country on September 1. The family recently moved to Thimphu and her son’s second dose of the vaccine is due soon. “My son had fever throughout the night after receiving the injection,” she said.
While the illiterate parents are not aware about the vaccine’s suspension, some who have heard about the deaths have made up their minds not to take their babies for immunisation at all. “It’s better for the baby to grow naturally than to lose it to a vaccination,” said the mother of a newborn in Semtokha. In Kanglung, Trashigang, a mother, Yeshi said, “Our child was fine and we didn’t know about it at all.” Another mother of a seven-month-old son said, “I’m glad my son missed this vaccine but, you never know, they may be hiding the truth.”
Paediatricians say that a complete dose is a must and that an incomplete dose of immunisation means incomplete protection against diseases. “The risks of getting infections are decreased, it potentiates the child’s immunity against diseases if a complete dose is taken,” said the head of the paediatric department, Dr K P Tshering.
However, some parents believed the authorities and said that the deaths could have been coincidental. “I don’t think our doctors would introduce a vaccine to kill babies,” said Sherub, a father of an eight-month-old boy.
Sherub, who is an engineer, said that even his friends feel that the vaccines did not cause the deaths of the eight babies. “But I heard about villagers in Dremitse, Mongar, not going to immunise their babies after they heard about the deaths,” he said.
Sherub and his friends however feel that, if the vaccines have come in as aid, the quality should be scrutinised. “I think we take whatever’s being given to us and that’s when quality is compromised,” said the engineer.
A dose of pentavalent vaccine costs USD 3.6, (about Nu 173). Bhutan, however, pays only USD 0.23 (Nu 11) and the rest is borne by the global alliance for vaccine initiative (GAVI), which supplied the vaccines to Bhutan.
Meanwhile, the health ministry is still waiting for the world health organsiation (WHO) to identify the laboratory where samples of pentavalent vaccine would be sent for quality testing. The WHO’s experts’ preliminary findings have already ruled out any program error in the storage and handling of the vaccines. “We’re planning to send about five vials (each vial contains one dose) from the hospitals where adverse reactions were reported from,” said the program officer of the vaccine preventable disease program, Tshewang Tamang.
This vaccine “issue,” say health officials, is the other side of having a good immunisation program. “Our program’s reach is very good. So, all babies who are six, ten and 14 weeks old are vaccinated. And any illness in that age group would be implicated to the vaccine,” said Dr K P Tshering. “That’s the risk. The illness may be because of disease but it happened after receiving the vaccine and we can’t rule out either.”
China Daily (Denial): Two die after H1N1 vaccination
By Shan Juan (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-11-14 09:17
Two persons are reported to have died after taking the A/H1N1 vaccination as the Chinese mainland prepares to vaccinate 65 million people, or 5 percent of its population, by the end of the year, health officials said on Friday.
A secondary school teacher in Hunan province died while playing basketball 8 hours after taking the jab, the provincial health department said on Friday afternoon.
But his death, according to preliminary findings, was not linked to the vaccine and it would not affect the ongoing H1N1 vaccination program, said Deng Haihua, spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
Deng did not give the details of the other victim. According to regulations, the local health authority where such deaths occur should be the one to announce it, he said.
So far, 15 people have suffered severe side effects including anaphylactic shocks (sudden drop in blood pressure or difficulty in breathing) after taking the jab, said Liu Dawei, a vaccination expert with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
"These people will get free treatment and cash compensation," Liu said.
Till Thursday, more than 12 million people had been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, with 1,235 complaining of side effects, the Ministry of Health said. Most of the reactions, however, have been mild and temporary.
Preliminary results of the Hunan victim's autopsy show he could have died after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, which experts say kills more than 1,700 people in the country each day.
"The Hunan teacher's death is a coincidental medical incident," Liu said.
The exact cause of his death can be known only after all his medical records, including the final autopsy report, are studied, Deng said. But the batch of vaccines from which he got the jab has been withdrawn as a precautionary measure.
The autopsy on the other victim was likely to be performed on Friday night, Deng said.
No vaccine is risk-free, but the influenza vaccine is among the safest, said Vivian Tan, press officer of the World Health Organization's Beijing office.
More:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-11/14/content_897053...
Notice how they always say, "no vaccine is risk-free"......
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...but they will NEVER admit it when the suckers DO cause injury and/or death.
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