- Hello Dr. Weeks:
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- Answering the question of aborted human fetal tissue:
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- As many of the people who follow your emails and have
expertise in microbiology may be aware, vaccines contain substrate, in
other words substances that the viruses attach to and feed upon, i.e. vaccines
which contain live virus. Continuous and Immortal cell lines, i.e. cells
have limitless ability to replicate, will be vero cell lines, i.e. cells
from african green monkey. HOWEVER, the Acambis new vaccine will have
55 MILLION DOSES of cells that are from ABORTED HUMAN FETAL EMBRYOS.
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- I am also concerned about contact vaccinia. The only
information that we have is from an era when smallpox vaccines were routinely
given out. Much of the population then, was protected via vaccines or
by actual illness. I believe that the number or cases at that time was
27 in every 100,000.
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- HOWEVER, we now live in an era when most of the population
has NO immunity to smallpox. This opens the door to propensity to contract
vaccinia. It also is an era when many have weakened immune systems. There
are a number of people who have conditions such as lupus, CFS, ME, FM,
Epstein Barr, HCV, HIV, autoimmune diseases of blood etc etc etc. These
people would have weakened immune systems that would also give then natural
proclivity toward contracting vaccinia from newly vaccinated people. There
are also more cases of skin disorders like eczema.
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- I believe that newly vaccinated healthy people with no
skin illnesses can be infective re vaccinia virus, for up to 21 days.
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- I am also concerned about the risk of CJD, HIV, HCV transmission
via fetal cell lines, as well as a risk for nvCJD via calf serum and other
animal tissue. Vero cells, in my opinion, can open the pandora's box for
future tumors and HIV. As mentioned above, vero cell lines do contain
tissue from African Green Monkeys.
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- There are a number bovine diseases associated with vaccines
that contain bovine strate, such as bovine herpes virus, visna virus, etc
etc, also a risk for viruses, bacterias and toxins.
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- I am against mass vaccinations at this time. I believe
that before vaccination, education. Our first line of defense will be
diagnosis of a smallpox event. After a smallpox case has been identified,
then, as was successfully implemented in New York City 1948, ring vaccinations
of first, second, third etc etc contacts, as well as preventive quarantine
of possible contacts combined with offering vaccinations to the public
in the area of smallpox case. I think that NYC dept. of health handled
the 48 outbreak excellently. The result was 12 cases with 2 deaths. If
you remember the index case was not immediately diagnosed thereby causing
two noscomial cases before smallpox was finally identified.
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- I think that there is a big question as to integrity
of the vaccine. Will the vaccine that is over 35+ years in age, contain
even more viruses and bacterias then when new? What did the diluting process
do to the vaccine. What will be the quality of the Acambis and other newly
manufactured vaccines? Acambis will have 55 MILLION DOSES of vaccine that
contains cells from Aborted Human Fetuses. Then, the new vaccine will
contain cells from African Green Monkeys.
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- At this time, I have too many questions about mass vaccinations,
as do many of my colleagues. MD Anderson Cancer Hospital sent out a request
for information via Promed. They are very concerned about contact vaccinia
virus spread from newly vaccinated personnel to cancer patients.
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- I have posted a lot of information on the vaccine and
the process of innoculations on my message board at:
- clickitnews.com/emergingdiseases
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- Thank you,
- Patricia Doyle
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.clickitnews.com/emergingdiseases/index.shtml
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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- From Dr. Byron Weeks
- cyberdoc9@ida.net
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- New Smallpox Vaccine Policy Sane, Sensible and Safer
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- It should be remembered that the actual disease smallpox
can be spread by aerosols from missiles and aircraft. It is lethal in at
least 30% of victims, whereas the vaccine made from cowpox serum is fatal
in about 1/10,000. It is not an injection but is inoculated in the first
layer of skin.
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- The arm swells and there is fever and pain expected normally
for about 7 days. I have had a great deal of experience with the vaccine
prior to 1979, and do not find the side effects nearly as alarming as portrayed
by the media. Dr. Horowitz, a doctor of dental medicine with a masters
degree in public health, is doing us a disservice by calling the vaccine
"cowpus."
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- I do pray that nothing else is going to be added to the
newer vaccines grown on human fetal cells or monkey kidney, such as the
Mycoplasma and squalene that was identified in the Gulf War vaccines..
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- Col. Byron T. Weeks, MD, Ret.
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- Reprinted from NewsMax.com -
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- New Smallpox Vaccine Policy Sane, Sensible and Safer
- By Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., and Robert J. Cihak,
M.D.
- NewsMax.com
- 12-20-02
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- In our July 4, 2002, column on the smallpox threat, we
wrote, "Don't procrastinate; Vaccinate."
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- We noted that, for any given individual, the risk of
not vaccinating against smallpox could be greater than the risk of vaccination,
depending on personal medical conditions, location, travel patterns and
myriad other factors. We cautioned, however, that immunization for the
general public should be voluntary and informed.
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- We therefore strongly support President's Bush latest
proposal, with a few exceptions noted below.
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- However, since the threat of bioterrorism is scary enough,
we first want to correct some widespread media disinformation.
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- Although generally supportive of the president's vaccination
plans, many news reports falsely claim that the smallpox vaccine is the
world's "most dangerous vaccine." For example, a Dec. 14 Reuters
story by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent, calls the DryVax
form of smallpox vaccine "the most dangerous vaccine existing."
A Dec. 13 Associated Press article claims "Smallpox vaccine is more
dangerous than any other."
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- These and other news stories are a media myth and seem
to be spreading faster than a computer virus.
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- For example, the Hepatitis B vaccine has more complications
than the smallpox vaccine. Yes, this is the Hepatitis B vaccine that is
now required by some grade schools, even though grade school children are
not at significant risk for Hepatitis B infection.
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- As Jane Orient, M.D., executive director of the Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), points out: "Children
are routinely required to take vaccines against diseases much less serious
than smallpox despite comparable side effects. For example, statistical
projections estimate the number of deaths associated with administration
of 300 million does of the smallpox vaccine would be 350 deaths. And yet
there were 440 deaths associated with only 20 million doses of hepatitis
B vaccine as of 1998." This death rate is more than 10 times higher
than the smallpox rate.
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- For another example, we believe that the anthrax vaccine
is much more dangerous than smallpox immunization. But because only the
military use the anthrax vaccine, and because the military hasn't released
complication data, civilian scientific analysis isn't possible.
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- So, what should be done to improve the president's plan?
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- The recommendations made in a Dec. 13 AAPS press release
urge the president to speed up the timetable.
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- "We applaud the President's recognition that advance,
voluntary, immunizations is the right decision," said Dr. Orient.
"But it could be a fatal error to wait until 2004 to make the vaccine
available to the general public."
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- The specific reasons why were spelled out previously,
in a September 2002 AAPS proposal:
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- "Prudent medicine as well as public policy tells
us the logical alternative is to make immunizations available, with full
disclosure and informed consent, to those who want them. This will allow
much more effective screening of those who are at a high risk of complications
from the vaccine, and allow people who are more likely to be exposed to
voluntarily be inoculated."
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- Other reasons include:
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- For about two weeks following inoculation, vaccinated
individuals can spread the live virus (called vaccinia) used in the vaccine.
Vaccinated persons need to avoid people more vulnerable to complications,
an impossible task during emergency mass inoculations.
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- Immunized volunteers are needed now to produce vaccinia
immune globulin (VIG) for treating others later.
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- In addition, we also suggest manufacturing of smaller
vaccination kits to avoid spoilage and waste (current kits provide 100
doses that must be refrigerated after opening and used within a month)
and educating the public regarding next-generation vaccines.
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- Educating the public will take some time, even before
a smallpox attack. Doing so now will help prevent chaos and panic later.
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- But perhaps the greatest argument in favor of vaccinating
now is the fact that the capability exists. On Dec. 13, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proclaimed, "The United States
currently has sufficient quantities of the vaccine to vaccinate every single
person in the country in an emergency."
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- Therefore, we see no reason to wait as late as 2004 before
you are allowed the opportunity to educate and protect yourself and your
family, in consultation with your personal physician.
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- In sum: It is time for "Super Smallpox Sundays"
in 2003 just as it was time for "Sabin Oral Sundays" to protect
against poliomyelitis in 1957.
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- The president made a difficult but wise decision. Reporters
shouldn't muddy the water with bad information.
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- Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., is a multiple-award-winning
writer who comments on medical-legal issues. Robert J. Cihak, M.D., is
a former president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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- Contact Drs. Glueck and Cihak by e-mail at GlueckAndCihak@newsmax.com
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