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Caustic Commentary

Sally Fallon Morell takes on the Diet Dictocrats

VACCINES AND MEASLES found that mortality dropped by 58 percent when children
Early in the last century, measles killed millions of people hospitalized with measles were given cod liver oil. Later
per year. Then the death rate dropped—by the 1960s, by 98 studies in the 1990s showed amazing results of vitamin A
percent. The measles vaccine entered the market in 1963, reducing deaths by 60 to 90 percent. Research also indicates
and the death rate dropped a bit more, just continuing its that people who have childhood measles have lower rates of
downward trend. Other infectious diseases—such as scarlet cancer and allergies.
fever and typhus—petered out in a similar way without any
vaccines. Most scientists agree that the decline in death rates VACCINES AND WHOOPING COUGH
goes to improved nutrition, sanitation and health care. Most It seems that nature just does not want to cooperate with
of the deaths occurred among our plan to control childhood dis-
the poor or in those who had un- eases using vaccinations. A study
derlying diseases. When a child just published in Pediatrics (doi:
has measles, he or she has im- 10.1542/peds.2014-3358) found
munity for life and that immunity that protection from whooping
is passed through the mother to cough (pertussis) wears off just
give immunity to her offspring two to four years after the vaccine.
for the first year. But immunity Like the measles vaccine, the more
from vaccines wears off and one effective the shot, the more danger-
unintended consequence of the ous it is. The whole cell pertussis
measles vaccine is that more vaccine was removed from the
pregnant women are getting the market in 1997 after many years of
measles—and when this hap- documented brain damage, such as
pens, the results can be serious. acute encephalopathy, and health
A study in Houston of twelve officials now openly admit that
pregnant women and one who the current “safer” vaccine is less
had just given birth, all of whom effective. The Vaccine Adverse
had the measles while pregnant, Event Reporting System (VAERS)
found one died, seven suffered database lists almost seven thou-
pneumonia and seven hepatitis, four went through premature sand severe reactions to the pertussis injection—which means,
labor and one lost her child in a spontaneous abortion. A according to FDA and CDC, that the actual numbers could
study of eight measles pregnancies in Japan found three had be ten to one hundred times higher. As the pertussis vaccine
spontaneous abortions or stillbirths while four babies were is given in combination with two other vaccines (diphtheria
born with congenital measles; two mothers had pneumonia and tetanus), it’s hard to say which one is causing the most
and one suffered hemorrhagic shock. A Los Angeles study reactions. Pertussis rates have been rising in recent years,
of fifty-eight measles pregnancies found twenty-one ended after a low of less than three thousand in 1987. Outbreaks
prematurely and two died. More babies are also getting have occurred in fully vaccinated populations, such as a 2014
measles, and babies have a greater risk of complications. At outbreak in a Jewish summer camp. In fact, former Wistar
least five measles vaccines have been withdrawn from the vaccine developer Stanley Plotkin, MD, an advisor to Sanofi
market because of high rates of serious reactions. The current Pasteur and vocal champion of vaccines, recently told the
vaccine is said to be safer, but also wears off more quickly Third Annual Conference on Vaccines hosted by the European
(business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/lawrence-solomon- Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,
the-untold-story-of-measles). Vitamins A and C are highly that recent whooping cough outbreaks are due to a failing
protective against the measles. As early as 1932, scientists vaccine. He concluded that a new vaccine is needed. It will
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