www.nmaseminars.com
Smallpox vaccination is here.
Over the last seven months, much effort has gone towards preventing the reintroduction of the smallpox vaccine to the world, but to no avail. Despite the extensive information in the popular press dissuading its use and warning of its complications, we are going to vaccinate. Despite President Bush's admission that "our government has no information that a smallpox attack is imminent," we are going to vaccinate. Despite the fact that the CDC's own historical documents show that mass vaccination doesn't work, we are going to vaccinate. And we are starting with the military and first responders.
These initial vaccinees will be the "trial balloons" for vaccinating the rest of us. Side effects and complications reported by these "volunteers" will be monitored closely and reported nationwide. We can only hope that these reports will contain full disclosure of the serious side effects and the actual numbers of occurrences. Determining the level accuracy reported to the press may be difficult. We will need to be vigilant and skeptical: suppression of vaccine side effect data has been well documented. Case in point: the anthrax vaccine, another vaccine trialed on our military.
Side effect records are critically important documents. It is easy to postulate that mass vaccination will commence, sooner rather than later, if fewer-than-anticipated side effects are reported. But regardless of the seriousness or the number of the side effects, if a suspected "outbreak" occurs---anywhere in the world---all bets are off as to what our Government will force upon us. And if the smallpox virus has been weaponized (genetically combined with any number of other biological weapons)…all bets are off as to the protective value of the vaccine.
Since Bush's announcement on December 13, I have had the opportunity to share these points nationwide through many newspaper and radio interviews. The myths surrounding the smallpox vaccine cannot be over stated. Don't believe what the media is telling you about smallpox or about the smallpox vaccine.
Here is a review of what the CDC says about how contagious smallpox really is and how likely it is to be spread by casual contact.
Smallpox "Facts" Exposed As Myths:
1. Smallpox is highly contagious
"The infection is spread by droplet contamination. Coughing and sneezing are not generally part of the infection. Smallpox will not spread like wildfire."
Walter A. Orenstein, M.D., Director of the CDC's National Immunization Program (NIP), CDC meeting June 20, 2002
2. Smallpox is spread by casual contact
"Transmission of smallpox occurs only after intense personal contact, defined by the CDC as constant exposure, occurring within 6-7 feet, for a minimum of 6-7 days."
Joel Kuritsky, MD, Director of the National Immunization Program and Early Smallpox Response and Planning at the CDC. Info from Am. J. Epid. 1971; 91:316-326
3. The death rate from smallpox is 30%
Case fatality rate in adults was "much lower than generally advertised" and closer to 10-15% in adults. "Even without mass vaccination, smallpox would have died out anyway. It just would have taken longer."
Dr. Tom Mack, of USC, reported at the CDC meeting June 20, 2002 -The verbatim transcript of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) June 19 and 20, 2002
4. Since the 1900s, the death rate from smallpox in the US was consistently less than 5%
In 1900, 21,064 smallpox cases were reported, and 894 patients died [that’s 4.2%--ST]. During 1900-1904, an average of 48,164 cases and 1528 deaths caused by both the severe (variola major) and milder (variola minor) forms of smallpox were reported each year in the United States. [that’s 3.2% --S. Tenpenny]
The pattern in the decline of smallpox was sporadic. Outbreaks of variola major occurred periodically in the first quarter of the 1900s and then ceased abruptly in 1929. [what caused that? Not vaccination since that would have been a constant. --S. Tenpenny]. Outbreaks of variola minor declined in the 1940s, and the last case in the United States was reported in Texas in 1949.
MMWR. Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999 Impact of Vaccines Universally
Recommended for Children -- United States, 1990-1998 MMWR April 2, 1999 /48
(12);243-248
5. The US has spent nearly $800M over the last 14 months to develop the smallpox vaccine. Why would a terrorist choose this virus?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) lists 65 known biological warfare agents and an infinite number of organisms that can be created through genetic engineering. If we vaccinate against smallpox [and anthrax], an enemy could easily pick a different microorganism for use.
More information on smallpox is at: http://www.vaclib.org/basic/smallpoxindex.htm